If you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
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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Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
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Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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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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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 there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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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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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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To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
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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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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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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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And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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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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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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