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Boleslav (William) Felix Robert Sienkiewicz (IPA: ; born May 3, 1958, Blakely, Pennsylvania, United States), usually referred to as Bill Sienkiewicz, is a visual artist best known for his comic books, primarily Marvel Comics' Elektra: Assassin. Sienkiewicz often utilizes oil painting, collage, mimeograph and other forms generally uncommon in comic books.

He holds the Polish noble class surname of Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist, Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Biography

Early life and career

Bill Sienkiewicz moved with his family from Blakely, Pennsylvania to Hainesville, New Jersey when he was five years old. There he attended elementary and secondary school. He later attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in Newark, New Jersey.

Sienkiewicz began drawing "when I was about four or five", and continued doing and learning about art throughout his childhood. His early comic-book influences include artist Curt Swan Superman comics, and artist Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four. After art school, Sienkiewicz brought a portfolio of his work to DC Comics' art director Vince Colletta. The artist recalled in 1985,

They didn't have any work for me, but that didn't bother me. I just figured that if comics didn't work out I'd done advertising or illustration. Vinnie called [renowned comics and advertising artist] Neal Adams, who put me in touch with [Marvel Comics editor-in-chief] Jim Shooter. Soon after that I was drawing Moon Knight (in The Hulk [black-and-white comics] magazine".

Later career

Sienkiewicz continued as artist of the Moon Knight color-comics series, in 1981. Two years later, he began working on the X-Men-related series New Mutants with writer Chris Claremont, where his distinctive cover paintings and character design gained much attention for the series. His own first writing credit was for the painted story "Slow Dancer" in Epic Illustrated magazine in 1986.

Sienkiewicz produced covers for a range of Marvel titles, including Rom, Dazzler, The Mighty Thor, Return of the Jedi and The Transformers, and drew the comic adaptation of Dune.

He illustrated the 1986 eight-issue miniseries Elektra: Assassin written by Frank Miller. That same year, he contributed to the Brought to Light graphic novel with writer Alan Moore. Sienkiewicz both wrote and illustrated the acclaimed miniseries, Stray Toasters, an idiosyncratic work about a criminal psychologist investigating a series of murders. In 1988, Sienkiewicz and Moore published the first two issues of the uncompleted series Big Numbers Two years later, Sienkiewicz painted the Classics Illustrated adaptation of the novel Moby-Dick.

Other work

In addition to his work in comics, Sienkiewicz has also worked in numerous other media. In 1995, he illustrated the biography of Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix. The following year he provided the artwork for the Bruce Cockburn album Charity Of Night, and went on to provide album covers for RZA's Bobby Digital In Stereo (1998) and EPMD's Business As Usual (1990).

He has also published a children's book, Santa: My Life & Times (An Illustrated Autobiography) (1998). His artwork has been published in magazines including Entertainment Weekly and Spin Magazine.

In 2004, development began on a script for a Stray Toasters movie co-written by Sienkiewicz with Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. Also that year, Sienkiewicz contributed to card art for VS System, a collectible card game published by Upper Deck Entertainment.

In 2006, Sienkiewicz designed the layout and art for The Venture Bros. Season One DVD set.

In 2007, he pencilled 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow.

Works for DC

Cover only

Works for Marvel

Cover only

Other works

Awards

Sienkiewicz was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1995 and 1996, for his production and character design on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?.

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