00:04Comic books have been long looked upon as sort of the bastard stepchild of illustration and
00:11fine art and I don't believe that. A comic book artist or an illustrator or a fine artist,
00:17art is art and I don't see any difference. Built a revolutionary you know tour de force
00:23and really kind of showed me what could be done in this medium. It's this whole other field this
00:29more than just a comic book character. There's a painting there you know and that's inspiring.
00:36I always associate Sienkiewicz with an air of naughtiness, an air of getting away with something.
00:44That's what the art looks like. It's almost like a like a Picasso-esque collage and you have no
00:51idea what to expect. To me I've always felt like the mad scientist. So for me comics and painting
00:58and art has been whatever sticks to the paper.
01:08There were people that painted comic pages but not like Bill. He pushed the form forward. Well his work transcends
01:15comics.
01:15If that's a thing to do his work definitely does it.
01:42Bill Gold asked Clint you know who do you want? Give it to give it to that Polish guy. And
01:46when I when I heard that it was what I was going to do.
01:48One of the best days of my life having Clint Eastwood refer to me as that Polish guy. I said
01:53that that's gonna stick.
01:55You
