Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz , actually Boleslav (William) Felix Robert Sienkiewicz [ɕɛn'kʲevʲiʧ] (born May 3, 1958 in Blakely , Pennsylvania ) is an American comic book artist and illustrator.
Life and work
Sienkiewicz, who comes from a family of Polish descent, grew up first in Blakey, Pennsylvania and later in Hainesville, New Jersey, where he also attended school. This was followed by studies at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in Newark, New Jersey.
After graduating, Sienkiewicz, whose artistic role models include Curt Swan and Jack Kirby , began working as a full-time comic artist in the early 1980s. His first engagements were as an illustrator for Marvel Comics , for whom he initially illustrated series such as Moon Knight (1981-1983) and Chris Claremont's New Mutants (1983) as well as a comic adaptation of the film Dune . After Sienkiewicz first worked for Epic Illustrated magazine in 1986 as the author of a story he had painted - namely the story Slow Dancer - the eight-part mini-series Elektra , written by Frank Miller , followed in the same year : Assassin , which was a great commercial and artistic one Success became. He then worked for Marvel as an illustrator on comics about characters such as Captain America , Wolverine , Spider-Man and the X-Men .
For Marvel's competitor DC Comics , Sienkiewicz mainly drew miniseries such as Nightwing / Huntress (# 1–4; 1998), Batman : GCPD (# 1–4; 1996) and Superman : Day of Doom (# 1–4; 2002), One-shots like DC 1st: Batgirl / The Joker and graphic novels like Dark Knight Dynasty and The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan as well as occasional work as guest artist for series like Aquaman , Batman (# 533, 534), Detective Comics (# 709 ), Green Arrow (# 109) and Superman (# 173) and pin-up contributions for various Secret Files and Galleries .
Sienkiewicz presented the graphic novel Brought to Light together with Alan Moore and he produced the mini-series Stray Toasters on his own . He has also designed countless covers for titles such as Lone Wolf & Cub , Rom , Dazzler , The Mighty Thor , Return of the Jedi and The Transformers .
As an illustrator, Sienkiewicz created a biography of guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1995) as well as the albums Charity of Night by Bruce Cockburn (1996), Bobby Digital In Stereo by RZA (1998) and Business As Usual by EPMD ( 1998) and Voodoo Child . There were also engagements for magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Spin Magazine and the illustration of Herman Melville 's classic novel Moby Dick for the Classics Illustrated series .
In 1998, Sienkiewicz broadened his range of activities by making his first children's book author appearance with the picture book Santa: My Life & Times (An Illustrated Autobiography) . The awards he has received for his work include the Eagle Award (1981, 1982, 1983, 1987), Kirby Award (1987), Inkpot Award (1981) and the Eisner Award (2004).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sienkiewicz, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sienkiewicz, Boleslav Felix Robert; Sienkiewicz, Boleslav William Felix Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book artist, painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blakely , Pennsylvania , USA |