After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
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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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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I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
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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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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 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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So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
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Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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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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But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
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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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And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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