VIRTUAL - March, Run, Vote: Graphic Storytelling and the Fight for Democracy
Location: ZOOM – A link to access the event will be sent to you in a seperate email.
Date/Time: Thursday, October 29th 7:00-8:30pm
Admission: $25.00
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Andrew Aydin is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award winner, and multiple Eisner Award recipient best known as the creator and co-author of the acclaimed graphic memoir series March and Run, chronicling the life and legacy of civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis. A longtime aide and policy advisor to Lewis, Aydin helped pioneer the use of graphic storytelling as a tool for civic education and social change. His work has earned numerous honors, including the National Book Award, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, the Sibert Medal, and the Printz Award. A graduate of Trinity College and Georgetown University, Aydin is a frequent lecturer, nonprofit leader, and advocate for civic engagement through storytelling. In 2024, he founded the Appalachia Comics Project to amplify underrepresented Appalachian voices, and in 2025 launched DC Comics' critically acclaimed series Taste of Justice.
Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist who began self-publishing as an Arkansas teenager in 1992. Creating both fiction and nonfiction, his work includes Fall Through, Save It For Later, Come Again, civil rights icon John Lewis's March trilogy, Swallow Me Whole, Any Empire, Lies My Teacher Told Me, and stints on The Twilight Zone, Sweet Tooth, and Black Hammer. He has published comics and writing for The Washington Post, The Nib, Popula, Lit Hub, Booklist, In These Times, Scholastic, CNN, and The Weather Channel. Powell's work has received multiple Eisner and Ignatz Awards, ALA and YALSA distinctions, the Comic-Con International Inkpot Award, the Jack & Roz Kirby Award for Independence, the CXC Transformative Work Award, and is a two-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next graphic novel, Diana, will be released October 6, 2026 by Abrams ComicArts. Visit http://www.nate-powell.com/ www.nate-powell.com for more information.
