Mandela Gifted With Comic Biography

By WENN, July 15 2008

NELSON MANDELA has received another birthday gift since his history-making concert last month (Jun08) - a biographical comic book set to be published in his honour.

The former South African president was feted for his upcoming 90th birthday - (18Jul08) - at a London concert headlined by the world's most influential musicians.

And now a distribution company has announced it has acquired North American publishing rights to Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book.

The graphic biography - created by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa - features interviews, archived material and illustrations by young black artists as it follow's Mandela's life story.

W. W. Norton + Company plans to publish the work next July (09).

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