Bill Sienkiewicz Tells his Origin Story | Meeting Neal Adams for the First Time

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[@frantzkenol6720]

Bill Sienkiewicz is an American MASTER. Seriously one of the greatest artists in the 21st century. The fact that he primarily paints superheroes should not and does not diminish that fact

[@MarMotorbiker]

When I was a teen, I used to say to my friends that Bill is the David Lynch of comics

[@jorgecoelho4051]

Love this so much. Bill is a US National Living Treasure...

[@ProfessorKenneth]

You're my favourite artist Bill 👍🏻💯 you Inspire my art for years.

[@jmarcguy]

I remember seeing his Moon Knight stories in the Rampaging Hulk magazine. Used to just stare at it. Amazing stuff!

[@backstage702guy]

Glad this popped up on my YT feed. Have always loved Sienkiewicz, but never seen him. I expected like a Tim Burton type personality with crazy hair. I owned a comic shop in the 80's and loved his run on New Mutants. "Cocaine Bear" poster looks so much like his work. NM movie wasn't what I wanted, but the influence of Sienkiewicz is ever present. Have always loved his style. Even though I fell out of love with comics, I never fell out of love with great and unique art, and he's always gifted us with that.

[@ColonelMilquetoast]

Interesting stuff. Sienkiewicz’s Moon Knight in the back of Rampaging Hulk was a treat. I would point out to the editor that at about 9:42-9:52 is a fine Moon Knight cover by Michael Kaluta while Bill drew a short interior story of that issue.

[@brianng8350]

Beautiful story. Would love to see the original portfolio that got him the job at Marvel. But I can definitely see the Neal Adams influence in the Moon Knight art.

[@stunsisacul]

Your New Mutants stuff was just so captivating. I remember it was the era of pockets and big guns but I couldn’t NOT buy back issues of New Mutants. And I was new to comics but I was just baffled about how THIS work could have become X-Force.

[@ryanclark6602]

My favorite artist of all time. The whole reason I loved the character of Elektra

[@FarawayPictures]

I do like listening to these life snippets.

[@matthewobrien4639]

Fantastic! My favorite since New Mutants!

[@royorbit]

Nice vid! ✨ one of my all time hands down faves

[@chrismyers2047]

Great story, Bill. Congrats.

[@robertbeerbohm1800]

Enjoyed learning some of your background leading up to your life choices!

[@porkhill6665]

Shortly before Neal adams passed away I was getting heavily into the Bronze Age and when I saw his art I knew he was the definitive creator to revamp Batman back to who he was. It’s a darn shame I never caught him at a con the work he did made so much sense like it was meant to happen. He lays a foundation for us to study and explore

[@dreamquesttv]

I met him TWICE at cons. The second time, he remembered who I was (the guy that brought the tattered Batman Annual with his Two-Face on the cover to sign)! He was great to fans. I'm sorry you missed him.

[@MindFeather]

that was fabulous! thanks so much! if possible i'd love to see more of you talking about your influences and your inspirations -- from the art world, the comics world including Europe, and beyond -- what inspires you outside of traditional illustration and painting. like how do your favorite film-makers inform your art, what role (if any) do things like travel or food or music play into your art, etc. thanks so much for all you do!

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Wow! This is such an amazing (and inspirational) video! It's an absolute joy, pleasure, and blessing to get an inside view of Sienkiewicz's psyche and overall well-being, as well as to see mind-blowing examples of his groundbreaking artwork!

[@Sketchartbymarc1]

So insightful! So relevant. Thank u!👏✨

[@happe.floaterinc821]

Great talent,unique style. Discovered you on ELEKTRA...love your vision.

[@KalleVilenius]

Pretty inspiring stuff.

[@MegaAppl3]

Awesome ! Great story

[@quintessenceSL]

Was actually never a big fan of comics in general but Stray Toasters was a tour de force that had me re-evaluate the entire medium and my ideas on storytelling and what is art. Now I read on the mechanics of comics as there is a previously unknown world open to me.

[@qemuel]

Wonderful.

[@RobertGraefeMusic]

Awesome. This was pretty inspirational :)

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

that was beautiful 😂

[@stgma3244]

the best!

[@Raffienco]

Great interview and story!

[@half_dane]

I'm so happy for this video drop! Glad it's back

[@graemejackson5979]

Inspirational stuff.

[@troyc4250]

Finally!!!! Nice to see you again Mr. Sienkiewicz.

[@lucie4529]

He’s back! Thank you Bill

[@HarryNicNicholas]

what's with that music, i was crying all the way through this. poor bill, poor poor bill, wahhh! how about something a biit up beat fer crying out loud, i've blown my kleenex budget for this month.

[@D.S.handle]

Bill even looks a bit like a character drown by him

[@OnionSavoya-jf5hz]

Do they worship Dionisi at that School bill went to?

[@mmytacist]

What a great story. Your art really resonates for me!

[@kenkerluke]

*Promo sm*