13 Facts About Jamal Igle

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Jamal Yaseem Igle is an American comic book artist, editor, art director, marketing executive and animation storyboard artist.

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Jamal 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.

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Jamal Igle later studied at the School of Visual Arts.

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Jamal Igle 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.

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Jamal Igle spent several months as a storyboard artist for several CGI animated series such as Max Steel and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles.

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In November 2006, DC Comics announced that Jamal Igle would be taking over as series artist of Nightwing.

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In December 2005, Jamal Igle signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, which was publicly announced on January 10,2006.

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Jamal Igle was the artist on the Ray title that debuted in September 2011 as part of the DC's New 52 relaunch.

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On January 2,2012, Jamal Igle announced the end of his DC Comics exclusive contract on his personal blog.

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In November 2013, Jamal Igle began working at Action Lab Comics, serving as Co-Director of Marketing and Press Relations until March 2015, when was promoted to Vice President of Marketing.

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Jamal Igle announced he was leaving the company in October 2016, and was working on the next installment of Molly Danger, which would remain part of that publisher's imprint for younger readers.

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In July 2006, Jamal Igle joined the staff of the Art Students League of New York.

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In 2022, Jamal Igle joined the staff of the School of Visual Arts, as an instructor in the BFA Comics department, beginning with that year's Fall semester.