Congressman John Lewis Wages Public Opinion Fight With President-Elect Donald Trump; March Benefits

In case you missed the latest pieces of building falling off the American experiment, Eisner-winning Congressman John Lewis has in the last few days become the focal point for Democratic party reaction to the forthcoming inauguration of Donald Trump. Lewis objects to the nature of the election and feels that foreign interference delegitimizes the election. He won't be attending the inaugural activities. This has led to the usual weird public reaction from Trump via social media and a slew of articles as to what it all means in a deeper sense and what the proper responses on both sides should be. The US political landscape is basically the Comics Journal message board circa 1997 now, although people second-guessing how Lewis should conduct himself or the nature of his career is way more depressing than Dirty Danny throwing a diaper at Ted Rall or Domingos Isabelinho pounding through comics foot soldiers like Darth Vader in that 15 seconds near the end of Rogue One.

There is a bit of comics news to this in that the accompanying surge of interest in Lewis has driven sales on the biography of his years in the 1960s Civil Rights movement: the three-volume, award-winning March. I am happy for people that get to read that book as a way of seeking out information that is alive to them at this moment. That whole book covers things that have become alive to us in a way I'm not sure anyone thought likely when the project was announced.
 
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