And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say Bill Sienkiewicz More Quotes by Bill Sienkiewicz More Quotes From Bill Sienkiewicz I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar Bill Sienkiewicz luckyartistbook If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special Bill Sienkiewicz keep-moving-forwardspecialinspire Cartooning is an honorable thing Bill Sienkiewicz honorableartist But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will Bill Sienkiewicz artiststorieswant But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression Bill Sienkiewicz stillsartistexpression But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube Bill Sienkiewicz tubesreading One 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 Sienkiewicz movieartistworld Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision Bill Sienkiewicz clear-visionnight-visionbakers So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration Bill Sienkiewicz envelopeshonorablepushing After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators. Bill Sienkiewicz illustratorsartschool 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 Bill Sienkiewicz venuesfactsway So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe Bill Sienkiewicz pushing-boundariesartistsafe And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing. Bill Sienkiewicz constantphysicsworld There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work. Bill Sienkiewicz movieartistpeople Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra. Bill Sienkiewicz versionsartist I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced. Bill Sienkiewicz artistwantstuff So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing. Bill Sienkiewicz filled-inartistmissing I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff Bill Sienkiewicz artistwantedstuff 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 Bill Sienkiewicz filmartistlooks People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to Bill Sienkiewicz journeypeopleway
