Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
BILL SIENKIEWICZSo there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
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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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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 that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It’s an avenue to say what you want to say
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So there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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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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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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So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
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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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I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
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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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I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
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And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client
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