That ive been thinking about for a really long time. Before i was a fulltime author, i was a High School Computer science teacher. I taught for 17 years at a high school in oakland, and i would teach in this really visual way. I would do a lot of drawing on the board to explain to my students. I always thought, man, a lot of this could really work well in a graphic novel series. I teamed up with a friend of mine named mike holmes, and together we are trying to introduce fundamental Computer Science concepts to middle school kids through comics. Host how did you go from a High School Teacher to a National Book award nominee . [laughter] guest its kind of crazy. Each when i was a fulltime teacher, i would do comics at night, in the morning, in the summers host did you think they could be published . Guest it was for me. Host really . Guest i never thought itd be a source of income. Some people, you know, play golf to relax, and that costs a lot of money. Im going to publish comics to rel
Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) commemorated Martin Luther King Jr.’s life — flaws and all — at his keynote speech Tuesday in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall. An award-winning biographer, Eig spoke about the creation of his newest book, “King: A Life.” Eig’s newest book on King is a National Book Award Nominee, a New York.
Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) began his journalism career covering high school sports for his hometown paper in Rockland County, New York. After four years in The Daily’s newsroom, Eig became a professional reporter, working for outlets like The Dallas Morning News and The Wall Street Journal. Now he’s a biographer, writing about the likes of.