But with comics you’re reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube
BILL SIENKIEWICZBut with comics you’re reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube
BILL SIENKIEWICZI wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
BILL SIENKIEWICZLike 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
BILL SIENKIEWICZNothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
BILL SIENKIEWICZI want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
BILL SIENKIEWICZBut if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
BILL SIENKIEWICZI wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
BILL SIENKIEWICZThere is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don’t want to work.
BILL SIENKIEWICZCartooning is an honorable thing
BILL SIENKIEWICZAfter that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
BILL SIENKIEWICZEspecially with Elektra, because I’m doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
BILL SIENKIEWICZIf you’re going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
BILL SIENKIEWICZOne 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
BILL SIENKIEWICZAnd that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It’s an avenue to say what you want to say
BILL SIENKIEWICZSo there’s kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
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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