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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

Bill Sienkiewicz

After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
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Art Illustrators School
To me, that’s one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that’s a completely different approach
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Day Different One Pieces
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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Artist Mean Style
So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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Artist Boundaries Pushing Safe
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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Artist States World
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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Artist Stuff Want
Especially with Elektra, because I’m doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
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Artist Especially Versions
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
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Artist Black Paint White
To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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Artist Irrelevant Technique
If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
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Certain Levels Unreality
Cartooning is an honorable thing
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Artist Cartooning Honorable
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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Artist Movie People
And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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Artist Assignment Clients
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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Artist Avenue Want
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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Artist Blood Comic Respect
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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Artist Film Looks

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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