For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States
BILL SIENKIEWICZTo me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
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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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But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
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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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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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Cartooning is an honorable thing
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So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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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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And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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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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Do 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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I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
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Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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