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The limited edition of
Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution is a numbered edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by the artist. Contained in a fabric-covered clamshell box is a set of 40 offset reproductions of pages from Sienkiewicz's never-before-published private notebooks, spanning four decades and featuring some of his most famous characters.
About the author
Bill Sienkiewicz has been one of the single most influential artists in the comic book world. His 40-year career includes iconic series for both Marvel and DC that have gone on to be adapted into films and television, most notably
DareDevil, Legion, Venom, and
New Mutants, the forthcoming blockbuster film from Marvel/20th Century Fox.
Summary
"Astounding... extraordinary... Jumping between highlighting his indie cult status as an artist and the mindset behind the abstraction of some of comics most beloved characters, the collection ultimately acts as a stunning visual love letter to one of comics most revered artists."
— Comics Beat
Bill Sienkiewicz (pronounced sin-KEV-itch) is an Eisner-winning, Emmy-nominated artist best known for revolutionizing the way comic books are drawn and made. His work has graced the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; art galleries in Paris, Barcelona, and Tuscany; and advertising campaigns for Nike, MTV, Nissan, the 2006 Winter Olympics, and dozens of Hollywood movies. Sienkiewicz is a classically trained painter whose artworks incorporate abstract and expressionist influences and combine oil painting, acrylics, watercolor, mixed media, collage, and mimeograph.
Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution, Vol. I (Limited Edition)—the first time the artist’s work and career have been taken out of the context of comic books and evaluated as fine art—is a numbered edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by the artist.
Contained in a fabric-covered clamshell box is a collection of 40 individual deluxe reproductions of previously unpublished paintings, drawings, sketches, and mixed media works from four decades of Sienkiewicz’s notebooks and personal collection as well as other private collections. A booklet signed by the artist includes a text explaining his influences and techniques and offer his view on the future of comic book art.
Foreword
- 1,000-copy first printing
- Featured at ALA annual conference
- PR professional hired to pitch to major review and feature media
- Coordinated marketing and social media plans with the artist at San Diego and New York Comic Cons and at many other comic book conventions in North America and internationally
- BS:R will be promoted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts of Neil Gaiman and Alex Ross as well as Bill Sienkiewicz.
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"Bill sees clearly, paints beautifully. He absorbs styles and ways of making art with the facility he had as a young man, but now I always feel he’s in control of what he does. . . . My hope is that a book like this, filled with Bill’s art all in one place, will show people who think they know what Bill can do exactly how much more he can do than any of them had ever dreamed."
— Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman
