Jai Nitz, award-winning comics writer and scribe of series like El Diablo and Blue Beetle, is in town and ready to take El Paso by storm! His first official capacity will be speaking with my "Teaching the Graphic Novel" graduate class tonight before visiting a local high school tomorrow and giving his big talk later in the evening. Jai is smart, gregarious, and broad-minded, so I predict a huge success between now and his return to his hometown! :)
Updates as things develop!
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Jai just gave a very thorough and informative talk to my graduate students. I'm very eager to get their feedback on having him in the classroom and especially eager to see how they incorporate his excellent suggestions!
Jai just met with at least half a dozen classes in the auditorium of Franklin High School and had a good amount of interaction with the kids. Some were clearly more happy to be ditching class than to be listening to him, but many asked him good questions and talked ot him afterwards. He handed out business cards and talked with all who wanted to chat with him.
The best question came from a student who wanted to know why Jaime's Blue Beetle costume doesn't show any of his skin. Very poignant question that really makes one think.
I wish I could've gone to see that one. Jai is a great guy.
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