Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert "Bill" Sienkiewicz 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 May 1958
CountryUnited States of America
world states felt
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States
blood
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
media driven produce
Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
looks film gray
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
artist technique irrelevant
To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
american-artist character elektra fantasies felt level men mystery
To me, I always felt that Elektra was much more of a character that men would put their fantasies into. I felt there was a level of mystery to her.
american-artist certainly experience loved
Toasters was a really interesting experience for me because it did take a lot out of me. It was wonderful, certainly very liberating, and I loved it.
american-artist element learning realized
That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
american-artist telling
You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the pace.
american-artist draw effects
So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.
world physics constant
And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing.