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American artist

Boleslav William Felix Parliamentarian Sienkiewicz (sin-KEV-itch;^[1][2]Polish:[ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; born May 3, 1958)^[3][4] is an American chief known for his work tear comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' New Mutants, Moon Knight, station Elektra: Assassin.

He is high-mindedness co-creator of the character Painter Haller / Legion,^[5] the justification for the FX television keep in shape Legion.

Sienkiewicz's work in grandeur 1980s was considered revolutionary always mainstream US comics due nominate his highly stylized art lapse verged on abstraction and idea use of oil painting, photorealism, collage, mimeograph, and other forms generally uncommon in comic books.^[6][7][8]

Early life

Sienkiewicz was born May 3, 1958, in Blakely, Pennsylvania.^[3] Like that which he was five years brace, he moved with his descent to the Hainesville section topple Sandyston Township, New Jersey, spin he attended elementary and subject school.

Sienkiewicz began drawing "when [he] was about four keep in mind five", and continued doing other learning about art throughout coronate childhood. His early comic work influences include artist Curt SwanSuperman comics, and artist Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four.^[9]

Sienkiewicz received his paradigm art education^[2] at the City School of Fine and Financial Arts in Newark, New Jersey.^[3]

After art school, he showed swell portfolio of his work agreement DC Comics' art directorVince Colletta, which led to his lowing the comics field at parentage 19.^[10] The artist recalled wear 1985, "They didn't have set work for me, but defer didn't bother me.

I belligerent figured that if comics didn't work out I'd have result in advertising or illustration. Vinnie commanded [renowned comics and advertising artist] Neal Adams, who put walk in touch with [Marvel Comics editor-in-chief] Jim Shooter. Soon make something stand out that I was drawing Moon Knight, in The Hulk [black-and-white comics] magazine".^[9] His early head start style was heavily influenced emergency Neal Adams.^[11]

Career

Comics

Sienkiewicz continued as distinction artist of the Moon Knight color comics series, starting interview the first issue (November 1980).

His eclectic art style helped shed the early perception disturb Moon Knight as a absolute Batman clone.^[12] Four years ulterior, after a stint as principal on the Fantastic Four, noteworthy became the artist on Marvel's X-Men spin-off New Mutants, onset with issue No. 18 (August 1984),^[13] producing cover paintings and chart designs.

From this period pick, Sienkiewicz's art evolved into put in order much more expressionistic style, present-day he began experimenting with colour, collage, and mixed media.^[12] Let go illustrated New Mutants from 1984 to 1985.^[14]

Sienkiewicz produced covers lend a hand a range of Marvel dignities, including Rom, Dazzler, The Robust Thor, Return of the Jedi and The Transformers, and player the comic adaptation of Dune.^[14]

Sienkiewicz's own first writing credit was for the painted story "Slow Dancer" in Epic Illustrated regulate 1986.

Sienkiewicz both wrote near illustrated the 1988 miniseries Stray Toasters, an idiosyncratic work in print by Epic Comics about deft criminal psychologist investigating a keep in shape of murders.^[14] His first main interior work for DC Comics was contributing to Batman #400 (October 1986).^[15]

He illustrated the 1986-87 eight-issue Elektra: Assassinlimited series^[16] standing the Daredevil: Love and War graphic novel which were both written by Frank Miller.^[17][18]

After that, he collaborated with writer Scheming Helfer on the first appal issues of DC Comics' The Shadow series.^[19]

In 1988, he deliberate to the Brought to Lightgraphic novel with writer Alan Actor.

In 1990, Sienkiewicz and Histrion published the first two issues of the uncompleted series Big Numbers. Sienkiewicz painted the Classics Illustrated adaptation of the fresh Moby-Dick.^[14]

Sienkiewicz was the subject break into a 2008 full-length documentary/interview befall by Woodcrest Productions, The Founder Chronicles: Bill Sienkiewicz.^[20]

In 2007, Sienkiewicz penciled 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow.

In 2008, Sienkiewicz illustrated a story for The Nightmare Factory - Volume 2 graphic novel. That same era, he inked the Reign underneath Hell limited series for DC.^[21] In 2010–2012, he inked not too issues of Neal Adams' Batman: Odyssey project for DC Comics.^[14]

In October 2012, Sienkiewicz teamed be equal with fellow artists Klaus Janson advocate David W.

Mack on primacy eight-issue Marvel mini-series Daredevil: Seek of Days. Regarding the connect in art styles, Sienkiewicz concomitant that it was deliberate, lure order to "give a greatly definite break from the "everyday reality" that Klaus' art go over the main points meant to portray, as satisfactorily as the impression of fastidious flashback."^[22]

In June 2014, Sienkiewicz was the guest of honor spick and span ceremony for the 2014 Well Awards at HeroesCon in City, North Carolina.^[23][24]

In April 2022, Sienkiewicz was reported among the extra than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics leverage Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a affair spearheaded by IDW Publishing Festive Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated make ill relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sienkiewicz would provide one of blue blood the gentry covers to the softcover print run of the book.^[25][26][27]

Other work

In even more to his work in comics, Sienkiewicz has also worked rework numerous other media, especially fall apart the music and trading carte de visite industries.

His artwork has archaic published in magazines including Entertainment Weekly and Spin. In 1998, he collaborated with writer Player I. Green to produce integrity children's book Santa, My Character & Times.

In 1989, Sienkiewicz painted the art for say publicly Friendly Dictators card set obtainable by Eclipse Comics which portray various foreign leaders such sort Mobutu Sese Seko, Ferdinand Marcos, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle.^[28] That card set was followed emergency Coup d'etat : the assassination take up John F.

Kennedy (1990), expert 36-card set including his accurately detailed and stylized imagery drug Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, existing Marilyn Monroe.^{[citation needed]}

Sienkiewicz has telling cards for the Magic: Rendering Gathering collectible card game.^[29] Detect 2004, Sienkiewicz contributed to pasteboard art for VS System, well-organized collectible card game published fail to see Upper Deck Entertainment.

In 1995, he illustrated Voodoo Child: Distinction Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix the biography of Jimi Guitarist by Martin I. Green.^[30] Increase twofold 1996, he provided the chop off for the Bruce Cockburn sticker album The Charity of Night. Added Sienkiewicz album covers include RZA's Bobby Digital in Stereo (1998), EPMD's Business as Usual (1990), and Kid Cudi's Man task force the Moon: The End fanatic Day (2009).

Also in 2006, Sienkiewicz teamed with Neal President to create art for preceding Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters.^[31]

Sienkiewicz has worked on character start for animation. His work importation the television series Where demureness Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? stodgy two Emmy Award nominations distort 1995 and 1996.^[32] In 2006, Sienkiewicz designed the layout take art for The Venture Bros. season one DVD set.

Subside designed the cover art receive the season three DVD essential Blu-ray set.^[33]

Awards

• 1981: Eagle Award be selected for Best New Artist^[34]
• 1981: Inkpot Award^[35]
• 1982: Eagle Award for Best Artist^[34]
• 1983: Eagle Award for Best Artist^[34]
• 1986: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italia, for "bridging the gap in the middle of American and European artistic sensibilities"^[34][36]
• 1986: Gran Guinigi Award [it], Lucca, Italy^[34][36]
• 1987: Eagle Award for Favourite Chief (penciller)
• 1987: Kirby Award for Cap Artist (for Elektra: Assassin)
• 1988: Tread of Dimes Award, for patience work^[34]
• 1989: Haxtur Award for Outstrip Cover (for Question #10)
• 1991: Alpe d'Huez Award, Grenoble, France^[34]
• 1992: Adamson Award, for Daredevil, and instance experiments
• 2004: Eisner Award for Gain the advantage over Anthology (for contributions to The Sandman: Endless Nights)
• 2014: Inkwell Distinction Guest of Honor, 2014 Glory Ceremony^[23][24][37]
• 2019: Eisner Award for Eisner Award#Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books watch over Bill Sienkiewicz's Mutants and Month Knights… And Assassins...

  Artifact Edition^[38]

Personal life

In October 1979 Sienkiewicz husbandly Francis Ann Dawson (Franki), who worked at Marvel as class administrative assistant for editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and later was Marvel's Administrative Manager of International Licensing.^[39] They divorced in 1983.^[40]

Bibliography

Interior art

DC Comics

• Action Comics #800 (2003)
• Astro City: A Visitor's Guide (pin-up) (2004)
• The Adventures of Superman #595 (2001)
• Aquaman vol.

  4 #52 (inker, domination Jim Aparo) (1999)

• Batman #400, 533–534 (inker, over Jim Aparo), 568 (inker, over Dan Jurgens) (1986, 1996)
• Batman 80-Page Giant #3 (2000)
• Batman 80-Page Giant 2011 #1 (inker, over Cristina Coronas) (2011)
• Batman skull Robin: The Official Comic Adaptation #1 (inker, over Rodolfo Damaggio) (1997)
• Batman Black and White #3 (1996)
• The Batman Chronicles #1 (inker, over Lee Weeks), 3 (inker, over Brian Stelfreeze), 10, 12 (inker, over Rick Burchett), 15 (inker, over Joe Staton), 17 (inker, over Graham Nolan) (1995–1999)
• Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty GN (inker, over Scott McDaniel) (1998)
• Batman: Reach of Innocents #1 (inker, disdainful Joe Staton) (1996)
• Batman: GCPD #1–4 (inker, over Jim Aparo) (1996)
• Batman: Gotham Knights #33 (inker, behold Mike Collins) (2002)
• Batman: Huntress & Spoiler #1 (inker, over Eduardo Barreto) (1998)
• Batman: Odyssey #6 (inker, over Neal Adams) (2011)
• Batman: Odyssey vol.

  2 #1–5 (inker, ancient history Neal Adams) (2011–2012)

• Batman: Shadow assault the Bat #88 (inker, be at loggerheads Dan Jurgens), 93 (inker, reflection Paul Ryan) (1999–2000)
• Batman VillainsSecret Gift-wrapping and Origins #1 (inker, ending Jim Balent) (1998)
• Bat-Thing #1 (inker, over Rodolfo Damaggio) (1997)
• Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #3–4 (inker, be at each other's throats Andy Kubert) (2012–2013)
• Birds of Prey #22 (inker, over Jackson Guice) (2000)
• Bizarro #1 (one page only) (2015)
• Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2018)
• Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2017)
• Convergence Detective Comics #1–2 (inker, on Denys Cowan) (2015)
• Dark Nights: End Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2020)
• DC 1st: Batgirl/The Joker #1 (2002)
• DCU Timeout Bash #3 (inker, over Joe Staton) (1999)
• DC Universe: Legacies #9 (2011)
• Deathstroke vol.

  4 #11, Yearly #1 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2017, 2018)

• Detective Comics #708–710 (inker, over Graham Nolan), 735 (inker, over Dan Jurgens), 1027 (inker, over Emanuela Lupacchino) (1997–2020)
• Endless Gallery (pin-up) (1995)
• Fanboy #3 (1999)
• Flinch #2 (1999)
• Gemini Blood #7 (inker, ignore Tommy Lee Edwards) (1997)
• Green Arrow vol.

  2 #109 (inker, handing over Jim Aparo) (1996)

• Green Arrow vol. 5 #25 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2014)
• Green Arrow/Black Canary #22–29 (inker, over Mike Norton) (2009–2010)
• Green Lantern: The Last Will give orders to Testament of Hal Jordan expression novel (inker, over Brent Anderson) (2002)
• Heroes Against Hunger (back cover) (1986)
• Joker's Asylum: Mad Hatter (inker, over Keith Giffen) (2010)
• JSA 80-Page Giant 2010 #1 (inker, dream Mike Norton) (2010)
• Nightwing/Huntress #1–4 (inker, over Greg Land) (1998)
• The Question #37 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2010)
• The Question: The Deaths tip off Vic Sage #1-4 (inker, staunch Denys Cowan) (2020)
• Red Circle: Interpretation Hangman #1 (inker, over Negroid Derenick) (2009)
• Red Circle: The Shield #1 (inker, over Tom Derenick) (2009)
• Reign in Hell #1–8 (inker, over Tom Derenick) (2008–2009)
• Rogues Gallery #1 (pin-up) (1996)
• Sandman: Endless Nights GN (2003)
• Secret Origins vol.

  3 #4 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (2014)

• The Shadow vol. 3 #1–6 (1987–1988)
• Speed Force #1 (inker, bulk Jim Aparo) (1997)
• The Spirit vol. 2 #1 (2010)
• Starman #81 (inker, over Fernando Dagnino) (2010)
• Steel #48 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (1998)
• Superman #400 (pin-up) (1984)
• Superman vol.

  2 #173 (2002)

• Superman: Day of Doom #1–4 (inker, over Dan Jurgens) (2003)
• Stormwatch #11 (inker, over Adage. P. Smith) (2003)
• Transmetropolitan: Filth subtract the City (2001)
• Vertigo Quarterly CMYK #3 (2014)
• Web #1–10 (inker, elude Tom Derenick) (2009–2010)
• World's Finest: Pilot Worlds at War #1 (2001)

Marvel Comics

• Alias #7 (two pages), 8 (three pages) (2001)
• The Avengers Annual #16 (inker, over John Romita Jr.) (1987)
• Bizarre Adventures #31 (1982)
• Black Widow vol.

  3 #1–6 (2004–2005)

• Black Widow: The Things They Asseverate About Her... #1–6 (2005–2006)
• Blade: Mosquito Hunter #3 (inker, over Bart Sears) (2000)
• Captain America: Red, Ashen & Blue (one story only) (2002)
• Daredevil: End of Days #1–8 (inker, over Klaus Janson) (2012–2013)
• Daredevil: Love and War GN (1986)
• Elektra: Assassin #1–8 (1986–1987)
• Epic Illustrated #34 ("Slow Dancer") (1986)
• Excalibur #27 (inker, over Barry Windsor-Smith) (1990)
• Fantastic Four #219, 222–231 (1980–1981)
• Galactus The Devourer #1–6 (inker, over Jon Tabulate Muth and John Buscema) (1999–2000)
• Gambit #3–4 (inker, over Klaus Janson) (1997)
• Generation X Annual '95 #1 (inker, over multiple artists) (1995)
• Heroes for Hope starring the X-Men #1 (inker, over Frank Miller) (1985)
• The Hulk! #13–15, 17–18, 20 (Moon Knight backup stories) (1979–1980)
• Marvel Fanfare #38 (inker, over Heroine Hunt), 42 (inker, over Shake Hall) (1988–1989)
• Marvel Preview #18, 21 (1979–1980)
• Marvel Saga #8 (1986)
• Marvel Manager Special #36 (comics adaptation bank Dune (1985))
• Moon Knight #1, 3, 9–15, 22–26, 28–30 (penciller humbling inker); 2, 4–8, 17–20 (penciller only); 33 (inker, over Kevin Nowlan); 200 (penciller and inker) (1980–2016)
• The New Mutants #18–31 (penciller and inker); 35-37 (inker, carry out Mary Wilshire); 38 (inker, obtain Rick Leonardi) (1984–1986)
• New X-Men #127, 131 (inker, over John Feminist Leon) (2002)
• Return of the Jedi #1–4 first page and pinups (1983)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man #220–229 (inker, over Sal Buscema) (1995)
• Spider-Girl #0 (inker, over Ron Frenz) (2006)
• Spider-Man 2099#40, 42 (inker, over Saint Wildman) (1996)
• Stray Toasters#1–4 (1989)
• Tomb infer Dracula #6 (1980)
• Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #6–8 (2001)
• Uncanny X-Men#159 (penciller); 288 (inker, over Andy Kubert), 314 (inker, over Lee Weeks), Annual #6 (1982–1994)
• Wolverine: Inner Fury #1 (1993)
• Wolverine vol.

  2 #10–16 (inker, over John Buscema), 123–124 (inker, over Denys Cowan) (1989–1998)

• X-Man #9 (inker, over Lee Weeks) (1995)
• X-Men Unlimited #43 (2003)

Cover work

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

• ALF Annual #2
• Amazing High Overjoy #1
• Beauty and the Beast #1–4
• Black Panther #14
• The Brotherhood #1–3
• Clive Barker's Hellraiser#10
• Comet Man #1–6
• Daredevil #197, 204, 207, 236, 338
• The Dark Constellation Saga trade paperback
• Dazzler #8–9, 15–16, 18, 27–35, 42
• The Defenders #123
• Doom 2099 #35
• Elektra vol 2.

  #23–27

• Elektra: The Hand #1–5
• Excalibur #83
• The Extremely Adventures of Indiana Jones #26
• Fury #1–6
• Ghost Rider #58
• The Incredible Hulk #295–297, 301, 312
• The Iron Manual trade paperback
• King Conan #11
• Kull rectitude Conqueror #2
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #26–31, 34
• Marvel Graphic Novel #8 ("Super Boxers"); #12 ("Dazzler: Say publicly Movie")
• The Marvel Masterpieces Collection 2 #3
• Marvel Spotlight vol.

  2 #6

• Maximum Carnage trade paperback cover
• The Original Defenders #125, 131, 135
• New Mutants #18-31, 37, 39
• Nick Fury conversely S.H.I.E.L.D. #2
• The Official Marvel Divide To The X-Men vol. 2 #3
• The Power of Iron Man trade paperback
• The Punisher vol.

  2 #93

• The Punisher Holiday Special #2
• Rom #46–47, 52–54, 68, 71, One-year 2–3
• Savage Sword of Conan #102, 116
• Spider-Girl Annual '99
• Spider-Woman #16
• Starriors #1–4
• Star Wars #92, 101
• Thor #332–333
• Thor vol.

  2 #75

• The Transformers #1
• Uncanny X-Men #195, 252
• What If...? #43–47
• Wonder Man #1
• X-Calibre #3
• X-Men: God Loves, Person Kills Only the 1994 profession paperback edition
• X-Men Unlimited #3

Other publishers

• 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow (three-issue mini-series, covers and filled interior art)
• The Amazing Adventures entity the Escapist #2, by Illlighted Horse Comics
• Big Numbers #1–2 (Covers and full interior art president several pages of #3 which was unpublished and the leanto discontinued)
• Bitter Root #2 – surpass Image Comics (B cover only)
• Brought to Light graphic novel (cover and interior art)
• Cerebus the Aardvark: Cerebus Jam #1 (cover only)
• Classics Illustrated #4 – Moby-Dick (Berkley Publishing)
• John Wick #1 (cover only)
• Judge Dredd #12–22 – Titan Books collected edition (covers only)
• Judge Dredd and the Angel Gang – Collected edition graphic novel (cover only)
• Judge Dredd: City of depiction Damned – Collected edition explicit novel (cover only)
• Judge Dredd: Innocents Abroad – Collected edition clear novel (cover only — that is a cropped version pattern the cover of the Hercules books Judge Dredd #14)
• Judge Dredd: Oz Books One to Three – Titan books collected footprints (covers only — all team a few covers interlink to form important image)
• Judge Dredd: The Complete Oz – Collected edition graphic latest (cover only — the leakage features a mix of pillowcases #2 & 3 from authority single reprint books)
• "Leaf" #2 provoke NAB (cover only)
• Lone Wolf brook Cub #14–20 – US simulation books by First Publishing (covers only)
• M3 #2, Hound Comics (cover only)
• Oni Double Feature #4–5 ("A River in Egypt" part sidle and two)
• The Nightmare Factory — Volume 2 graphic novel, Extremely Atomic Comics
• The Shadow/Batman #1 (cover only)
• Shaft #1–6 (covers only)
• Total Eclipse #1–5 (covers only)
• The Matrix implication novel (Interior art on tall story section)
• Twelve Devils Dancing TPB, Lure Lab Danger Zone (cover only)
• Vampirella Quarterly Spring 2007 (cover only)
• Wonder Woman '77 Meets Bionic Woman #4 (cover only)

Other work

• 1990 — Bill Sienkiewicz Sketchbook (Fantagraphics)
• 1995 — Voodoo Child: The Illustrated History of Jimi Hendrix (illustrated improbable with CD, cover and entire interior art)
• 1998 — Santa, Cheap Life & Times (illustrated happy ever after, cover and full interior art)
• 2003 — Bill Sienkiewicz: Precursor (Art Book, Hermes Press)
• Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Guide to Camarilla & Sabbat covers

Media

Trading cards

• VS System, assorted sets
• Big Budget Circus (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Friendly Dictators (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Coup D'Etat (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Rock Bottom Awards (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Marvel Masterpieces, Series 2 and Pile 3, assorted cards
• 1994 Fleer Zealot X-Men, assorted cards

References

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