Jamal Yaseem Igle
. jamaligle.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012. is an American

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artist, editor, art director, marketing executive and animation storyboard artist. The creator of the comic book series ''Molly Danger'' he is also known for his pencilling, inking and coloring work on books such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Igle decided he wanted to be a professional comic book artist at the age of 14.Pepose, David
"Artist's Alley 12: Jamal Igle From Art School to ZATANNA"

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. March 16, 2011 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

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. 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 ''

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'' and '' Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles''. It was during his time at Sony that he received a call from editor

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at Marvel Comics to work on ''

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'' with

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. He has been working in comics ever since. Igle has worked in books ranging from ''The Narrative of the Life of

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'', the all-ages action miniseries ''Race Against Time'' as well as fill-in issues in mainstream titles such as ''

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'', '' G.I. Joe'', ''

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'' and ''

''. With writer

has done several works: a four issue run on ''

'' and an '' Iron Fist/

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'' miniseries for

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, and ''Venture'', a short-lived creator-owned series for

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. He became the regular artist of

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' ongoing

series, beginning with issue #8 (December 2004). In November 2006, DC Comics announced that Igle would be taking over as series artist of ''

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''. Igle has worked on several projects outside of the

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including the ''Army of Angels''

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for

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and Perry Rhodan for The Perry Rhodan company in Germany. 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." Igle was also honored at the 40th Anniversary edition of Comic Con international: San Diego with the

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for Achievement in Comic Art. Igle was the artist on the ''

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'' title that debuted in September 2011 as part of the DC's

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relaunch. On January 2, 2012, Igle announced the end of his DC Comics exclusive contract on his personal blog. Igle launched his creator owned series via the crowdfunding website

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in August 2012, raising $50, 329.00 in 30 days. The book was published through

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, where Igle also serves as Vice President of Marketing.

Art style

Regarding the influences on his art style, Igle has stated:

Other work

According to his website, 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. In July 2006, Jamal joined the staff of the

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Personal life

Igle and his wife Karine have a daughter named Catherine. They live in

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Bibliography

Crusade

* ''Shi: The Way of the Warrior'' #8 (1996) * ''Shi: Kaidan'' #1 * ''Atomik Angels'' #1 * ''Tomoe/Witchblade: Fire Sermon'' (1996)

Dark Horse Comics

*''

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: Enemy of My Enemy'' six issue series (2014)

Dark Angel

* ''Race against Time'' #1-3 * ''Blackjack: Blood and Honor''

DC

*''

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'' #900 (among other artists) (2011) *''

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'' #21, 4 (2007–08) *''Countdown: Search for Ray Palmer'', miniseries, #1 (2007) *''Famous first: Green Lantern'' (2002) *''

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Secret Files'' (

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) (2001) *''

'', vol. 3, #52 (among other artists) (1994); #146, 157, 174, ''Secret Files'' #3 (2002–04) *''

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'' #18 (2007) *''

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'' #58 (along with Grey) (2000) *'' Kobalt'' #7 (1994) *''

'' #36 (2001) *Sensation Comics featuring

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#11 (2015) *''

'', vol. 3, #71 (2002) *''Supergirl'', vol. 4, #34-40, 42-46, 50-59 (2008–11) *''

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'' # 713-714 (2011) *'' Superman: War of the Supermen'', miniseries, #1 (2010) *''

'', vol. 3, #8-10,12-21,23-32 (2004–06) *''

'' #129-131, 133-134 (2007) *''

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'' vol. 5, # 52, 55 (2007–08) *''

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: Superman's Reign'', miniseries, #2-6 (2008) *'' The Ray'' Miniseries, #1-4 (2011–2012) *''

: Our Worlds at War'' (among other artists) (2001) *'' World's Finest'', miniseries,(Supergirl & Batgirl) #3 (2009) *''

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'' #11, 13-15 (2011)

Marvel

* ''

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/ Shi: Blind Faith'' (1997) * ''

, vol. 2, #7-10 (2000) * '' Iron Fist and

'', miniseries, #1-4 (2000–01) * ''

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'', vol. 3, #44 (along with Keron Grant; 2001Cornwell, Jason
''Iron Man'' #44
"Line of Fire Reviews". Silver Bullet Comics. accessed August 2, 2011.) *'' Marvel Age Spider-Man'' #14

Other publishers

* '' G.I. Joe'' #8, 10 * ''Noble Causes'' #2 (Image, 2002) * ''Trinity Angels'' #10-11 (along with other artists) (Acclaim, 1998) * ''Venture'', miniseries, #1-4 (Image, 2003) * ''Gateway Legends'' #2 (Originally penciled in 1996 for Living Legends Entertainment) (Gateway Comics, 2012) * ''

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'' #1-2,covers for issues 5 and 6 (IDW publishing, 2012) * ''Molly Danger: Book One'' (Action Lab Entertainment, 2013) * ''BLACK'' 1-6 (Black Mask Studios, 2017) * ''The Wrong Earth'' 1-6 (Ahoy Comics, 2018) * ''The Wrong Earth: Night and Day ''1-6 (Ahoy Comics, 2020)

References

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
Where Monsters Dwell interview

The Comics Journal
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