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
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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.
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So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration
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But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression
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But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
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Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision
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So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.
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Cartooning is an honorable thing
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And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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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
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And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say
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Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident
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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.