Be-Leaguered
While we're on the subject of comics, we thought we'd mention illustrator Jamal Yasseem Igle's recent announcement that he'll be joining the teaching staff at the Art Student's League of New York this September. Igle is himself a graduate of the League (as well as of the School of Visual Arts).
We note that Igle will be joining the ranks of several artist staff members whom we recognize and respect, including painters Costa Vavagiakis and Harvey Dinnerstein, as well as sculptor Peter Reginato. Given the League's long history of playing fast and loose with the boundaries of art, we would have thought they'd have offered a sequential art class by now. (The school began partly as a reaction against an Academy deemed too conservative by art students at the end of the 19th century.) But no. According to Igle, the League "has never had a class that concentrates specifically on the comics medium." So this will be a learning experience all around.
Igle's classes will be offered on Sundays, and anyone 12 years old or older may register.
23 August 2006