^{The Jungle panel #67 © I.B. Nelson}

"The Jungle" began in the Castro Valley Courier in 1983. After the Courier and I parted company, I reworked the main characters and began submitting the revised "Jungle" comic strip to King Features and other syndicates. After several encouraging letters from King over a period of several years, I was chosen by Jay Kennedy, comics editor for King Features, to draw for "The New Breed" in 1989. "The Jungle" opened the door for me, but I quit working on it in 1989.

Nearly all the 112 original panels for "The Jungle" were lost in 1996.