There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don’t want to work.
BILL SIENKIEWICZAnd that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It’s an avenue to say what you want to say
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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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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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Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
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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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I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
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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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If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
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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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To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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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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Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
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Cartooning is an honorable thing
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I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
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