Bill Sienkiewicz

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across. ”

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. ”

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic. ”

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different. ”

Do 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. ”

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe. ”

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

For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States. ”

It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed. ”

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. ”