Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert "Bill" Sienkiewicz is an Eisner Award-winning American artist and writer best known for his comic book work, primarily for Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin. Sienkiewicz often utilizes oil painting, collage, mimeograph, and other forms generally uncommon in comic books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 May 1958
CountryUnited States of America
want stories produce
But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
stuff wanted avenues
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
artist want stuff
I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
mutants want feels
I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants
black-and-white paint wanted
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
want littles stuff
So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different
want what-you-want avenues
And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say
american-artist element learning realized
That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
american-artist telling
You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the pace.
american-artist draw effects
So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.
american-artist character elektra fantasies felt level men mystery
To me, I always felt that Elektra was much more of a character that men would put their fantasies into. I felt there was a level of mystery to her.
american-artist certainly experience loved
Toasters was a really interesting experience for me because it did take a lot out of me. It was wonderful, certainly very liberating, and I loved it.
expression stills personal-expression
But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression
honorable
Cartooning is an honorable thing