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• I was lucky enough to be given books that weren’t top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

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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 be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff.

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• I didn’t want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

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• If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

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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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• But I’m aware of the fact that I’m working in a commercial venue where I’m producing something that I wouldn’t normally be approaching the way I’m doing it.

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• Cartooning is an honorable thing.

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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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• 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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• But there’s still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.

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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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• And I’ve never viewed comics as assignments for the client.

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• After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.

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Bill Sienkiewicz (36)

Birth:	3rd May, 1958
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Artist, Cartoonist

About

Bill Sienkiewicz was born in Blakely, Pennsylvania.He is an Eisner Award-winning American artist and writer best known for his comic book work, primarily for Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin. Sienkiewicz often utilizes oil painting, collage, mimeograph and other forms generally uncommon in comic books. Sienkiewicz attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in Newark, New Jersey. Sienkiewicz continued as artist of the Moon Knight color comics series, starting with the first issue. Sienkiewicz produced covers for a range of Marvel titles, including Rom, Dazzler, The Mighty Thor, Return of the Jedi and The Transformers, and drew the comic adaptation of Dune.

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