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Bill Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz at the Big Apple Con, November 15, 2008.
Birth name	Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz
Born	May 3, 1958 (1958-05-03) (age 50) Blakely, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	artist, writer
Notable works	Stray Toasters Elektra: Assassin New Mutants
Awards	full list

Bill Sienkiewicz, is an Eisner Award-winning American artist best known for his comic books, primarily Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin. Sienkiewicz often utilizes oil painting, collage, mimeograph and other forms generally uncommon in comic books.

Early life and career

Bill Sienkiewicz moved with his family from Blakely, Pennsylvania to Hainesville, New Jersey when he was five years old.^[1] 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.^[1] His early comic-book influences include artist Curt Swan Superman comics, and artist Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four.^[1] After art school, Sienkiewicz brought a portfolio of his work to DC Comics' art director Vince Colletta. The artist recalled in 1985,

Later career

Stray Toasters #3. Front and back covers by Sienkiewicz.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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^{[citation needed]} 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, 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 2006, Sienkiewicz teamed with Neal Adams to create art for former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. Their artwork was utilized as video projections for live performance of Waters' "Leaving Beirut."

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

In 2008, Sienkiewicz illustrated a story for The Nightmare Factory - Volume 2 graphic novel.

DC Comics work

• Aquaman #52
• Batman #400 #533 #534
• Batman: Black and White #3
• Batman: GCPD #1-4
• Nightwing Huntress #1-4
• Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins
• Dark Knight Dynasty Trade Paperback
• DC 1st (One-Shot) Batgirl/The Joker
• Detective Comics #709
• Dreams Nightmares #1 Pin-Up
• Endless Gallery Pin-Up
• Green Arrow #109
• Green Lantern: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan
• Heroes Against Hunger Pin Up
• Rogues Gallery Pin-Up
• Sandman: Endless Nights Trade Paperback
• The Shadow #1-6
• Superman #400 Pin-Up
• Superman Vol 2 #173
• Superman: Day of Doom #1-4
• The Superman Gallery (One-Shot) Superman #400 Stuff

Cover only

• Question #1-19 #21-23, Annual #1.
• Teen Titans Spotlight #10
• Detective Comics #741, #772, #773, #775
• All-Flash #1 (variant cover)
• Batman: Cacaphony #1 (1:25 variant cover)

Marvel Comics work

• Alias #7 (pages 10 & 18) #8 (pages 1, 9, 10)
• The Avengers Annual #16
• Bizarre Adventures #31
• Black Widow #1-6
• Black Widow Volume 1 (Paperback with the six numbers)
• Blade: Vampire Hunter #3
• Captain America: Red, White & Blue
• Daredevil: Love and War
• Deathlok Volume 2 #11
• Dune Movie adaptation, Marvel Comics Super Special # 36
• Elektra: Assassin #1-8
• Epic Illustrated #34 (Only "Slow Dancer" Story)
• Excalibur #27 (#83 Only The Cover)
• Fantastic Four #219, #221-231
• Galactus The Devourer #1-6
• Gambit #3, #4
• Generation X Annual 1995
• Heroes for Hope starring X-Men
• The Hulk Magazine, #13-15 #17-18 #20 (Only The Moon Knight comics)
• Kull The Conqueror #4, (#2 Only the Cover)
• Marvel Fanfare #38, #42
• Marvel Preview #18, #21
• The Marvel Saga #8
• Moon Knight #1-15, #17-20, #22-26, #28-30, #33, Only The Covers: #31 #34
• Moon Knight Special Edition #1-3 (Only the Moon Knight comics)
• New Mutants #18-31, #35-38, (#17 cover only)
• New X-Men #127, #131
• New X-Men (One-Shot)
• Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #220-#229
• Return of the Jedi #1-4 (The cover, first page and pin-up) including The Marvel Comics Super Special cover (Graphic Novel with the four comics)
• Spidergirl #0 (Annual'99 cover only)
• Spider-Man 2099 #42
• Stray Toasters #1-4
• Stray Toasters TPB
• Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #6-8
• Uncanny X-Men #159, # 287, #288, #314, Annual #6 (#195 and #252 cover onty)
• The Wedding Album X-Men (One-Shot)
• What If? #34, (#43-#47 cover only)
• Wolverine: Inner Fury
• Wolverine #10-16
• X-Man #9
• X-Men Classic #63 (From Uncanny X-Men #159 )
• X-Men Unlimited #43, (#3 cover only)
• X-Men Vs. Dracula One-Shot.

Cover only

• Amazing High Adventure #1
• The Beauty and the Beast #1-4
• The Black Panther #14
• The Brotherhood #1-3
• Clive Barker's Hellraiser #10
• The Comet Man #1-#6
• Daredevil #197, #204, #207, #338
• The Dark Phoenix Saga Trade Paperback
• Dazzler #8-9, #15-16, #18, #27-35, #42, Marvel Graphic Novel #12 Dazzler: The Movie
• The Defenders #123
• Doom 2099 #35
• Elektra Vol 2 #23-#27
• Elektra: The Hand #1-5
• The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #26
• Fury #1-#6
• Ghost Rider #58
• God Loves, Man Kills X-Men. Only the 1994 Trade Paperback edition.
• The Incredible Hulk #295, #296, #297, #301, #312
• The Iron Manual Trade Paperback
• King Conan #11
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #26-30
• Marvel Graphic Novel #8 (Super Boxers)
• The Marvel Masterpiece Collection 2 #3
• Marvel Spotlight Vol 2 #6
• The Mighty Thor #332, 333
• The New Defenders #125, #131, #135
• Nick Fury, versus S.H.I.E.L.D. #2
• The Official Marvel Index 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, Annual 2 & 3
• The Savage Sword of Conan #116
• Spider-Woman #16
• Starriors #1-4 .
• Star Wars #92, 101
• The Transformers #1
• Thor Vol 2 #75
• Wonderman #1
• X-Calibre #3

Other work

• The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #2, published by Dark Horse
• Big Numbers #1-2, and several pages of number 3 (not published)
• Brought to Light
• The Nightmare Factory - Volume 2 graphic novel, published by Fox Atomic Comics
• Santa My Life & Times: An Illustrated Autobiography
• Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix, limited edition with exclusive CD
• Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix limited signed edition with exclusive CD and page outtakes
• Bill Sienkiewicz Sketchbook (Fantagraphics)
• Classics Illustrated #4 - Moby-Dick (Berkley Publishing)
• Trading Cards Big Budget Circus(Eclipse Enterprises)
• Trading Cards Friendly Dictators (by Eclipse Enterprises)
• Trading Cards Coup D’Etat (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Trading Cards Rock Bottom Awards (Eclipse Enterprises)
• Total Eclipse #1-5 (cover only)
• The Venture Bros. Season 1 DVD Set, published by Warner Home Video
• Vampire: The Masquerade's Revised Edition Guide to Camarilla & Guide to Sabbat covers

Awards

The New Mutants #20 (Oct. 1984). Cover art by Sienkiewicz.

• 1981: Eagle Award, Best New Artist^[2]
• 1981: Inkpot Award
• 1982: Eagle Award, Best Artist^[2]
• 1983: Eagle Award, Best Artist^[2]
• 1986: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, for "bridging the gap between American and European artistic sensibilities"^[2][3]
• 1986: The Gran Guigiri Award, Lucca, Italy^[2][3]
• 1987: Eagle Award, Favourite Artist (penciller)
• 1987: Kirby Award Best Artist for Elektra: Assassin
• 1988: March of Dimes Award, for charity work^[2]
• 1989: Haxtur Award Best Cover, for Question #10
• 1991: Alpe de Huiz Award, Grenoble, France^[2]
• 1992: Adamson Award, for Daredevil, and graphic experiments
• 2004: Eisner Award Best Anthology, for contributions to The Sandman: Endless Nights

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?.^{[citation needed]}

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References

• Bill Sienkiewicz's Official Site
• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Bill Sienkiewicz
• Comic Book Resources (July 17, 2001): Bill Sienkiewicz interview
• The Man Without Fear (January 2000): Bill Sienkiewicz interview

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