And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It’s an avenue to say what you want to say
BILL SIENKIEWICZDo the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it’s still about respecting the story
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But with comics you’re reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube
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I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
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Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
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If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
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For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States
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So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
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I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
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So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much
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And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
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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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I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
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Especially with Elektra, because I’m doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
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Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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