But generally speaking, people weren't f... by Gil Kane

People Art illustrator Spider-Man DC Comics

But generally speaking, people weren't fired, art jobs were very hard to get, so something really calamitous had to happen to a person who was working there in order for you to find a space.

- Gil Kane

Other quotes by Gil Kane

Time

All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and the inking was whoever could finish on time.

- Gil Kane

First

First of all there was a guy named Charles Nicholas, who used to do all of the inking that Jack and Simon didn't do. Simon used to do splashes and covers, but Charles Nicholas, after a while, did the inside of all of the stuff.

- Gil Kane

Work

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.

- Gil Kane

Years Work

I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.

- Gil Kane

I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could.

- Gil Kane

Deep

I just saw the emotion in everything, so I got to feel everything that was going on and that I was viewing, but I couldn't think in terms of structure, which is the whole point of deep focus.

- Gil Kane

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