“So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through.” FirstsBookProcessMarch Author:Andrew Aydin
“It's important to realize that the series actually grows with the reader. "March: Book One" is a great introduction for kids as young as eight or nine years old. But then they grow with the reader. Book Two is bigger, Book Three is even bigger. And they grow more violent and more confrontational.” YearsTwoImportantBookKidsYoungThreeGrowsRealizingReaderBiggerSeriesEightNineViolentMarchIntroductionNine YearsBook Readers Author:Andrew Aydin
“We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through sequential storytelling. I mean, a good comic-book panel is not that much different than a meme.” TryingMeanBookDifferentSpeakGenerationsGrewInternetGrew UpStorytellingComicDigitalComic BookMemes Author:Andrew Aydin
“"March" was inspired by "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." I actually first heard about that comic from John Lewis, who told me that it played an important role in the movement. And so once he told me about that, it made me start thinking, "Well, why doesn't John Lewis write his own comic book?".” ThinkingWritingFirstsWellsMadeImportantBookStoriesRolesHeardMovementKingsInspiredComicMarchComic BookLutherMontgomery Author:Andrew Aydin
“I went on to write my graduate thesis on the ["Montgomery Story"] comic book itself. It was the first long-form history that was ever written about it. And it's how I found out Martin Luther King actually helped edit "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story."” WritingFirstsLongBookStoriesFormFoundWrittenKingsComicGraduatesComic BookLutherEditsThesisMontgomery Author:Andrew Aydin
“I spent almost two years working on this book ['March'] before we ever had a publisher, before we ever had a title. And when you're reading it, and you're writing it, and you're ingesting it, sometimes a single word just comes up over and over and over again. And if you're trying to capture the essence of what it is you're trying to tell, you don't have a whole lot of space.” IfsWritingTryingYearsTwoBookSometimesWholeReadingSpaceEssenceCome UpTitlesTwo YearsMarchCapturePublishersSingle Word Author:Andrew Aydin
“Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book festival.” BookClassSeeingFestivalsCongressman Author:Andrew Aydin
“I have been a comic book fan nearly all my life. My fascination began as a refuge after my father left because it was within the stories told in comics that I could find heroes who fought for justice and where outcasts or misfits could find purpose and commonality. But over time I have come to love comics as a medium for its ability to tell stories with tremendous depth and emotion that in some ways go beyond what is possible solely with the written word.” WayHas BeensBookStoriesPurposeFatherLeftJusticeAbilityEmotionWrittenFansHeroDepthMediumsComicRefugeComic BookFascinationOutcastWritten WordMisfitsCommonality Author:Andrew Aydin
