Congressman John Lewis, or when a real hero goes to Comic-Con

Rep. John Lewis at Comic-Con. Rep. John Lewis is at San Diego Comic-Con to promote March, a graphic novel trilogy he co-write. The novel is about the civil rights movement and the first two volumes are out now. (Lewis co-write the trilogy with Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell.

This isn't the first promotional stop in Lewis' book tour. In March, for instance, he gave an interview to John Stewart on The Daily Show.

In March, Rep. Lewis was on The Daily Show to promote his books. But, back to ComicCon where many fans of comics, movies, and pop culture flock to San Diego. Some cosplay their favorite super heroes and characters with impressive costumes.

But today, a real hero shows up to the convention and does some 'cosplay' of his own. Taking a page from the cosplayers, Rep. Lewis wore a trenchcoat and backpack like he wore when he lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965.

Lewis "wowed Comic-Con, RawStory, reported with his autobiographical graphic novel that brings civil rights heroics:

“In America right now we’re just too silent,” Lewis said during a presentation for the second chapter of his autobiographical graphic novel March. “We need to make some noise.” [...]

The panel took place a day after South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its state capitol, the mention of which drew applause from the audience. Lewis noted that many of the people who beat him and his fellow protesters during the “Bloody Sunday” march wore that same flag on their helmets.

Lewis leads a march of children for a signing of his autobiographical graphic novel | RawStory