Jamal Igle's Blog, page 9

A long time coming

So, while digging through the old files yesterday looking for art for an interview I found this:This was the very first drawing I did of Molly, way back in 2001. As you can see, she hasn't changed much.The thing is, sometimes you don't know what you have right under your nose. I've spent my entire career wanting to be a comic book artist for a major company. I know, that's the dream of a lot of artists, but for me it was the end all, be all for a very long time. Until a few years ago, the idea of generating my own properties scared me. Not anymore. I'm embracing my ideas for once and pushing forward. Molly Danger is a story that whether or not this campaign is successful (Although I hope it is) That will come to the bookshelves and digital. That's a promise.When I say I believe in Molly Danger, It's not hyperbole. It's a fact.I thank you all for your faith and your love and good wishes,Jamal

JAMAL IGLE'S MOLLY DANGER KICKSTARTER IN THE FINAL STRETCH

New York N.Y.For immediate release:
Inkpot award winning creator Jamal Igle (Supergirl, Firestorm, KISS from IDW) recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.com. The Campaign has reached thousands of comic fans and has been covered on Digitalspy.com, Comicsbeat.Com, Comicsreporter.com and  Newsarama.com . Now the campaign enters it’s final week, with 63% of it’s funding already pledged.
Molly Danger is the story of the world’s most powerful 10-year-old girl. A seemingly immortal super strong hero, Molly has protected the city of Coopersville for the last 20 years.
Kept in constant isolation and watched closely by D.A.R.T. (The Danger Action Response Team) an organization created to assist in her heroic deeds and monitor her movements, Molly battles the Supermechs. A team of cybernetically enhanced beings with unusual powers, Molly always defeats them and yet they always managed to mysteriously escape. Molly longs for a real life, with a real family, something she’s been told she can never have. Her life changes when D.A.R.T. recruits a new pilot, Austin Briggs. Briggs has his own motivations for joining the team, newly remarried; Austin is having trouble forming a relationship with his new stepson, Brian. Austin wants to use his connections to impress Brian, an avid Molly Danger fan. However things get turned on its ear when Molly and Brian form a friendship of their own.
“As the father of a young girl, I’ve found myself disheartened that there isn’t a female superhero character for my daughter to read that hasn’t been turned into a killer, or overtly sexualized. A character that isn’t joined at the hip to a male hero or subservient to one.” Igle said.  Igle will write and pencil the series with inker Juan Castro (G.I.Joe: Snake Eyes for IDW, Incorruptible for Boom Studios, Elders of the Rune Stone) and Colorist Michael Watkins (Sonic the Hedgehog, Transformers).
Molly Danger will be a four book,48 page hardcover album series beginning with Book One: Mighty, set for a Fall 2013 release."It's a format that I love and feel gives us the best possible canvas to tell this story" 
Igle has also teamed up with Action Lab Entertainment, publishers of the Will Eisner award nominated series Princeless, to handle the publishing and distribution of the series.
The 30 day campaign began on August 1st, 2012, incentives include a limited edition version of Book one for $22USD including shipping or a DRM free PDF for $8USD, posters, prints, a behind the scenes sketchbook and original artwork from the finished book.
The Campaign ends on August 31st 2012 and will only be funded if it reaches it’s $45,000 Goal.
Join the Kickstarter campaign at www.MollyDanger.com and http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mollydanger/molly-danger
About Jamal Igle
One of the most popular and prolific pencillers in the comic book industry, Jamal igle is an award winning artist and writer. Best known for his run on Supergirl with writer Sterling Gates, Jamal has been a professional jack of all trades for nearly 20 years, drawing every title from Action Comics to Zatanna for DC Comics. A former comics retailer, Editor for several small press companies including TV Comics, Airwave Comics and Destination Entertainment. A former Junior Art Director, Jamal has also worked as a Marketing rep in the Advertising and publishing arenas. Jamal's clients include Marvel Comics, image Comics, Dark Angel productions/ Simmons and Company, Devil's Due Studios, Crusade Entertainment, Walt Disney Inc., Sony Television, CBS Television and Scholastic Entertainment. Jamal has also worked as a conceptional artist for the Toy and gaming industries as well as film and television.

About Action Lab Entertainment
Action Lab Entertainment was founded in 2010 by a group of indie comic creators with the sole intent of publishing the most diverse, thought provoking, entertaining comics on the market.Their first major release, FRACTURE, was released in July 2011 followed by PRINCELESS in October. Action Lab continues to publish genre spanning comics from the all-ages MONSTERS ARE JUST LIKE US, and mature reader books like SNOWED IN and DOUBLE JUMPERS.
About Kickstarter.com
Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative projects.We believe that:• A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.• A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.
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For interview inquiries please contact:
JamalYIgle@hotmail.com
mailto:Spryor@actionlabcomics.com

We're at 61% with 10 days to go!

Greetings D.A.R.T. Technicians! Since our last missive we had a huge jump in pledges, thanks to you and the efforts of everyone who has embraced our project. If we continue to push we can make Molly Danger a reality.
How can you help?

Spread the word, to everyone you think may be interested in comics, all ages action adventure in the tradition of "The Incredibles" and "The Powerpuff Girls". Share this email with as many people as possible.
Spread the word to your social circles both on and off line. We're all over the net now so you can send them to or to . You can also veiw our kickstarter video on Youtube.
you can also find us on  Facebook , Twitter, Google+ and at our publisher's site Action Lab Entertainment.We also have a banner that you can share on your social networks.
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Technicians, only with your help can we get our girl to the printed page.

Thank you in advance,Jamal

Spreading the word.

Yesterday was a really good day and as we get closer to the halfway mark of our campaign I'd like to share some of the great interviews and press we've gotten. I was featured on Comic book resources THE KICKSTAND: JAMAL IGLE MAKES SUPERHEROES FUN AGAIN
as well as interviewed on the extremely popular Comic Geek SpeakThe faith and support that I've received over the last 14 days has been immeasurable. That siad, we have a long way to go to reach the goal and I am putting everything I have into this campaign in terms of promotion. If anyone knows of any possible news sources or websites I should contact to spread the word even further, let me know.Thank you so much for all of your help and support.Jamal

Greetings D.A.R.T. Technicians! It's been a wild rid...

Greetings D.A.R.T. Technicians! It's been a wild ride, my friends. With 17 days left in our campaign we are over $15,000 dollars in pldeges and going strong. I've tried to limit the amount of emails because I don't want to annoy everyone to death. Please believe me when I say that your help, your good wishes and your pledges for those who have done so already are the life blood of this endeavour. I couldn't do it with out you and I thank you for your eveything,  However, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal of $45,000 by August 31st.

How can you help?

Spread the word, to everyone you think may be interested in comics, all ages action adventure in the tradition of "The Incredibles" and "The Powerpuff Girls". Share this email with as many people as possible.
Spread the word to your social circles both on and off line. We're all over the net now so you can send them to or to . You can also veiw our kickstarter video on Youtube.
you can also find us on  Facebook , Twitter, Google+ and at our publisher's site Action Lab Entertainment.

Technicians, only with your help can we get our girl to the printed page.
Thank you in advance,
Jamal

Tally update #2, Holy Moley!

I've been told that traditionally, Kickstarter's are slow over the weekend. I don't know how treue it is all I know that as of today we've passed the $10,000 closing in on $11,000.As this is the first full week of fundraising for Molly, I'm about to launch a whole new slew of Podcasts interviews on http://doublepgspread.tumblr.com/http://alternativemindz.com/http://www.speakgeekspeak.com/comictiming/As well as some interviews that will go up on websites, still working out the details.All you have been amazing , I thank you all for your pledges and support. Please continue to tweet, retweet, and favorite. We're in this for the long haul!

Molly Danger is Live on Kickstarter

New York N.Y.For immediate release:
JAMAL IGLE'S MOLLY DANGER IS NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER
Former Supergirl artist launches his brand new creator-owned superhero series on Kickstarter.com

 The wait is finally over and the campaign is on. Inkpot award winning creator Jamal Igle (Supergirl, Firestorm, KISS from IDW) has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.com
Molly Danger is the story of the world’s most powerful 10-year-old girl. A seemingly immortal super strong hero, Molly has protected the city of Coopersville for the last 20 years.
Kept in constant isolation and watched closely by D.A.R.T. (The Danger Action Response Team) an organization created to assist in her heroic deeds and monitor her movements, Molly battles the Supermechs. A team of cybernetically enhanced beings with unusual powers, Molly always defeats them and yet they always managed to mysteriously escape. Molly longs for a real life, with a real family, something she’s been told she can never have. Her life changes when D.A.R.T. recruits a new pilot, Austin Briggs. Briggs has his own motivations for joining the team, newly remarried; Austin is having trouble forming a relationship with his new stepson, Brian. Austin wants to use his connections to impress Brian, an avid Molly Danger fan. However things get turned on its ear when Molly and Brian form a friendship of their own.
“As the father of a young girl, I’ve found myself disheartened that there isn’t a female superhero character for my daughter to read that hasn’t been turned into a killer, or overtly sexualized. A character that isn’t joined at the hip to a male hero or subservient to one.” Igle said.  Igle will write and pencil the series with inker Juan Castro (G.I.Joe: Snake Eyes for IDW, Incorruptible for Boom Studios, Elders of the Rune Stone) and Colorist Michael Watkins (Sonic the Hedgehog, Transformers).
Molly Danger will be a four book,48 page hardcover album series beginning with Book One: Mighty, set for a Fall 2013 release."It's a format that I love and feel gives us the best possible canvas to tell this story" 
Igle has also teamed up with Action Lab Entertainment, publishers of the Will Eisner award nominated series Princeless, to handle the publishing and distribution of the series.The 30 day campaign begins on August 1st, 2012, and planned incentives include a limited edition version of Book one, posters, prints, a behind the scenes sketchbook and original artwork form the finished book.
“I believe in Molly, so much so that I'm putting my money where my mouth is. “ said Igle. Incentives will include owning the original artwork from the first book as well as membership cards, t-shirts, posters and unlocked incentives.
Join the Kickstarter campaign at www.MollyDanger.com
About Jamal Igle
One of the most popular and prolific pencillers in the comic book industry, Jamal igle is an award winning artist and writer. Best known for his run on Supergirl with writer Sterling Gates, Jamal has been a professional jack of all trades for nearly 20 years, drawing every title from Action Comics to Zatanna for DC Comics. A former comics retailer, Editor for several small press companies including TV Comics, Airwave Comics and Destination Entertainment. A former Junior Art Director, Jamal has also worked as a Marketing rep in the Advertising and publishing arenas. Jamal's clients include Marvel Comics, image Comics, Dark Angel productions/ Simmons and Company, Devil's Due Studios, Crusade Entertainment, Walt Disney Inc., Sony Television, CBS Television and Scholastic Entertainment. Jamal has also worked as a conceptional artist for the Toy and gaming industries as well as film and television.

About Action Lab Entertainment
Action Lab Entertainment was founded in 2010 by a group of indie comic creators with the sole intent of publishing the most diverse, thought provoking, entertaining comics on the market.Their first major release, FRACTURE, was released in July 2011 followed by PRINCELESS in October. Action Lab continues to publish genre spanning comics from the all-ages MONSTERS ARE JUST LIKE US, and mature reader books like SNOWED IN and DOUBLE JUMPERS.
About Kickstarter.com
Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative projects.We believe that:• A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.• A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.



For interview inquiries please contact:
JamalYIgle@hotmail.com
mailto:Spryor@actionlabcomics.com

Agent 88

My peice for the upcoming "Art of Agent 88" Hardcover being published by Heavy Metal.
What... you don't know what Agent 88 is?
Agent 88 is a Kickstarter campaign for a great webseries concept by Digger T Mesch, William O'Neill, and Jan Utstein-O'Neill. It's one part Kill Bill and one part Mr. Magoo about an 88 year old assassin with Alzheimer's. you can check out the Kickstarter at http://www.agent88films.com/.

Kiss #2 Preview.. In stores Wednesday

San Diego Comic con signing schedule

Thursday July 12th, 11:am to 12 pm
DC Comics Booth

Friday July 13th 3-4:00 pm
IDW Publishing Booth 2643
Signing with Gene Simmons and Chris Ryall (This is a ticketed signing, please see an IDW employee for details)

Sunday July 15th, 2-3pm
DC Comics Booth

All other times I'll be in Artist Alley at table CC18. Bribes are appreciated, no applause just throw money.
I'll be sketching all weekend as well as a selling prints.