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In July 2006, Jamal joined the staff of the [[Art Students League of New York]].<ref> |
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Revision as of 04:40, 2 August 2011
| Jamal Igle | |
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 Jamal Igle at the 2008 New York Comic Convention. | |
| Born | Jamal Yaseem Igle Harlem, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Editor |
Jamal Yaseem Igle (born July 19, 1972 in Harlem, New York) is an American comic book artist, editor, art director and animation storyboard artist.
Career
Igle decided he wanted to be a professional comic book artist at the age of 14.[1] Igle attained his first job in comics at 17, as an intern at DC Comics, while still attending the High School of Art and Design. Igle attended the School of Visual Arts.[2][1] After college, he worked as a junior art director at an advertisement agency and in a marketing company. Igle's first break as an artist was with a now-defunct publisher called Majestic Entertainment in 1993. He built his resume working for a number of small publishers for years until about 1999, when he left comics for a while to work at Sony Animation. Igle spent several months as a storyboard artist for several CGI animated series such as Max Steel and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. It was during his time at Sony that he received a call from editor Bobbie Chase at Marvel Comics to work on New Warriors with Jay Faerber. He has been working in comics ever since.[3][4]
Igle has worked in books ranging from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the all-ages action miniseries Race Against Time as well as fill-in issues in mainstream titles such as Green Lantern, G.I. Joe, Martian Manhunter and Supergirl. With writer Jay Faerber has done several works: a four issue run on New Warriors and an Iron Fist/Wolverine miniseries for Marvel Comics, and Venture, a short-lived creator-owned series for Image Comics. He became the regular artist of DC Comics' ongoing Firestorm series, beginning with issue #8 (December 2004). In November 2006, DC Comics announced that Igle would be taking over as series artist of Nightwing.
Igle has worked on several projects outside of the United States including the Army of Angels graphic novel for Humanoids Publishing/DC Comics and Perry Rhodan for The Perry Rhodan company in Germany.[5]
In December 2005, Jamal signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, which was publicly announced on January 10, 2006. As part of the contract's announcement, DC Editor Steve Wacker described Jamal as a "triple threat," stating "Jamal has the best combination in an artist: he’s scary talented, super reliable, and one of the nicest guys in the business."[6] Igle was also honored at the 40th Anniversary edition of Comic Con international: San Diego with the Inkpot Award for Achievement in Comic Art.[7]
Art style
Regarding the influences on his art style, Igle has stated:
Well, that's hard to say because they are so varied. I'm not only a comics fan but a fan of fine art, film, television, and theater so my influences include Steve Rude, Al Williamson, Alan Davis, Brian Bolland, Dave Stevens, Mark Shultz, Joseph Clemet Cole, Louise Gordon, Sam Raimi, Tim Burton, Audu Paden and the list keeps growing. I'm influenced by everyone I see and talk to. I'm a student of the world and I learn and grow everyday.[8]
Other work
Igle is an active volunteer with the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, as well as a guest lecturer on the subject of comics and animation. [9]
In July 2006, Jamal joined the staff of the Art Students League of New York.[10]
Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:
Crusade
- Shi: The Way of the Warrior #8 (1996)
- Shi: Kaidan #1
- Atomik Angels #1
- Tomoe/Witchblade: Fire Sermon (1996)
Dark Angel
- Race against Time #1-3
- Blackjack: Blood and Honor
DC
- Action Comics #900 (among other artists) (2011)
- Countdown to Final Crisis #21, 4 (2007–08)
- Countdown: Search for Ray Palmer, miniseries, #1 (2007)
- Famous first: Green Lantern (2002)
- Golden Age Secret Files (Dr. Sivana) (2001)
- Green Lantern, vol. 3, #52 (among other artists) (1994); #146, 157, 174, Secret Files #3 (2002–04)
- Green Lantern Corps #18 (2007)
- Impulse #58 (along with Grey) (2000)
- Kobalt #7 (1994) [11]
- Martian Manhunter #36 (2001)
- Supergirl, vol. 3, #71 (2002)
- Supergirl, vol. 4, #34-40, 42-46, 50-59 (2008–11)
- Superman # 713-714 (2011)
- Superman: War of the Supermen, miniseries, #1 (2010)
- Firestorm, vol. 3, #8-10,12-21,23-32 (2004–06)
- Nightwing #129-131, 133-134 (2007)
- Teen Titans, vol. 5, # 52, 55 (2007–08)
- Tangent: Superman's Reign, miniseries, #2-6 (2008)
- Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (among other artists [12]) (2001)
- World's Finest, miniseries (Supergirl & Batgirl), #3 (2009)
- Zatanna #11, 13-15 (2011)
Marvel
- Daredevil/Shi: Blind Faith (1997)
- New Warriors, vol. 2, #7-10 (2000)
- Iron Fist and Wolverine, miniseries, #1-4 (2000–01)
- Iron Man, vol. 3, #44 (along with Keron Grant [13] (2001)
Other publishers
- G.I. Joe #8, 10
- Grifter/Shi #2
- Noble Causes #2 (Image, 2002)
- Trinity Angels #10-11 (along with other artists) (Acclaim, 1998)
- Venture, miniseries, #1-4 (Image, 2003)
Notes
- ^ a b Pepose, David. "Artist's Alley 12: Jamal Igle From Art School to ZATANNA", Newsarama, March 16, 2011
- ^ "MULTIVERSO DC: Exclusive interview with Jamal Igle", Titans Tower, March 2008
- ^ Geeks Unite Podcast Episode 5
- ^ Geeks Unite! Episode 35: Political Discussion
- ^ "Additions to the Comic Book Team!" www.perry-rhodan.us February 21, 2003
- ^ Dallas, Keith. "Firestorm Artist Jamal Igle Signs Exclusive Contract with DC Comics", Comics Bulletin, January 10, 2006
- ^ CCI: San Diego. Comic-Con International's Inkpot Awards july 24, 2011
- ^ Contino, Jennifer M. "E-I-E-I-Igle"; sequentialtart.com
- ^ Brady, Matt. "Jamal Igle Joins Art Students League of NY" Newsarama,; August 11, 2006
- ^ Bowling Green State University Comic Book in Popular Culture Conference Bowling Green State University;October 25, 2008
- ^ source
- ^ The Fourth Rail
- ^ Review of Iron Man #44 at silverbulletcomics.com)
External links
- JamalIgle.com Jamal Igle official website.
- comic geek speak Comic Geek Interview with Jamal Igle at the 2006 New York Comic-con
- comic geek speak Interview May 2006 With Jamal Igle
- Jamal Igle in an episode of Hero Envy
- Where Monsters Dwell interview