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Gil Kane Quotes

Gil Kane quotes

American Artist April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000

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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
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
If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me..."
I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled..."
But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled relationship with Harry Shorten. Gil Kane
Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were really able to have a style strong enough to go directly to the publishers. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and..."
All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and the inking was whoever could finish on time. Gil Kane
Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work."
Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "Then the war became a real problem and along with other..."
Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "Most of us came out of Popeye, so turning Popeye into..."
Most of us came out of Popeye, so turning Popeye into something believable was tricky enough. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and..."
I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity..."
It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "I was not too smart and constantly mouthed off and didn't know..."
I was not too smart and constantly mouthed off and didn't know anything. Gil Kane
Gil Kane quote: "In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages."
In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages. Gil Kane

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