I met Jamal Igle on the first day of San Diego 2000 when Leah and I were wandering through the DC booth drooling over the Aquaman and Aqualad action figures. I believe Leah introduced Jamal as "a really great artist that you are going to HAVE to get an Aquaman sketch from." I was able to accomplish that task the next day in the Friends of Lulu booth. Jamal has worked on Green Lantern, New Warriors, Shi, and recently Firestorm. For more on this guy, check out Jen Contino's Sequential Tart interview with him. Jamal produced a nice perspective of Aquaman for me, which I'm now sharing with you...
AQUAMAN
by Jamal Igle
21 July 2000
(permission to post given 1 December 2004 via e-mail)
As a reminder: Almost every sketch in my sketchbook was non-commissioned and done on the floor of a con. These are not the best works of the artists. These are only representative of what the artist can do under pressure in a loud, crowded, and often stressed-out environment. Most of them were done as quickly as possible, to prevent huge lines from forming. Don't judge any of these artists negatively by the artwork you see, instead be as impressed as I am by what they accomplished in far-from-ideal conditions.
The Saturday Sketch ™ is brought to you by the letters "J", "I" and the number "81", and also courtesy the fine artists who pour their lives into producing wonderful comic books, then come to conventions only to get asked by geeky fangirls for a sketch of Aquaman. Support an artist, buy a comic book.
If you have any contact information for any of the other artists I'm trying to contact, please e-mail me. I only have permission to post one more piece, so next week is IT unless I get more sketches or reach some of the artists on my list.
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