Q&A with Chris Snorek

Which piece in your gallery is your favorite and why?

Choosing a favorite has so many parameters, especially in a hobby where nostalgia plays a huge part. I think my favorite is the Thing commission by Kevin Nowlan. It's one of my earliest pieces, my first commission and a gift from my wife.

Please tell us a little about yourself.

I began reading comics in the third grade. My earliest favorites were Secret Wars and OHOTMU so I will let you infer my age based on those two statements. Like many people in our hobby I dreamt of drawing comics for a living. I attended art school and worked part time at a comic store but the comic dream was not to be.

How long have you been collecting comic art and what prompted you to start?

I started collecting OA in the early 2000's. Comics have always been "art first" for me. I understood the process of creating comics from an early age and I think buying OA was a natural extension of loving the illustrations.

How do you display/store your collection at home?

I frame a lot of art or as much as I can afford and have space for. Everything else is in Itoyas. I don't have a huge collection so space has not been an issue thus far.

What are your top five most wanted original pages or commissions?

The list is getting shorter! Having said that; I still need something from Coipel, Sienkiewicz, Miller, Timm and Quesada.