The win makes Lewis the first sitting congressman to win an Eisner. Tracing the story of how the US congressman became a central figure in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, March: Book Two won the prestigious Eisner prize for best reality-based work. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama five years ago, the civil rights pioneer John Lewis was presented with a rather different sort of honour in San Diego this weekend: an Eisner award for the second volume in his graphic novel memoir, March. “I am delighted and overjoyed that the story of March is so pleasing to so many people all over America,” Lewis told the Washington Post. The Will Eisner comic industry awards are the most prestigious honours in this field.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2016 12:44 UTC