First published 2019
Bill Sienkiewicz transforms how comics get made through his mixed media approach combining oil paint, watercolor, collage, and mimeograph techniques. This retrospective removes his work from comic book context to examine it as fine art. Award winning Artnet News writer Ben Davis analyzes Sienkiewicz's creative process and positions him within broader art and pop culture movements. Editor Sal Abbinanti, who worked with the artist for twelve years, presents pieces that have appeared in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro and galleries across Paris, Barcelona, and Tuscany. Neil Gaiman contributes an introduction drawing from their collaboration on The Sandman. An extended interview reveals Sienkiewicz's artistic influences and technical methods while exploring his perspective on comic art's future. The book offers readers both visual feast and critical framework for understanding how this classically trained painter bridges fine art and popular media.
Genres: biography, art, art-history, comics, graphic-novels-comics
Vibes: critical, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: creative-process, fine-art-vs-popular-media
Setting: Barcelona, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tuscany
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
224 pages · Hardcover · Six Foot Press