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Q&A with Eric Seffinga
| Q: | Which piece in your gallery is your favorite and why? |
| A: | Comic-wise, I would have to say my favorite piece of original art is the Sandman page from the end of Doll's House by Dringenberg and Jones. The series came along as I was entering "adulthood" and supposed to be leaving childhood behind. In retrospect, the timing dovetailed perfectly not just with the narratives in the comic, but with a level of maturation within the industry as well. But it is also special as it was the first piece of art where my then girlfriend, now wife was with me when I purchased the page. In fact, I think she loaned me her card to pay for it, since I hadn't come to the show with money intending to buy anything of significance. It was a whopping $125 in 1994 at a little local comic show in Virginia. Totally coincidental and wonderful. Beautifully drawn by Dringenberg and inked by Jones. With that skritchy near-painterly way of theirs, and I have a thing for Morpheus and Daniel pages. I couldn't ask for a better example. |
| Q: | Please tell us a little about yourself. |
| A: | I'm lucky in that my wife and I share a great many interests. She got into comics late in life than most, but she ended up studying sequential art in college, and has a degree from SCAD. So that means comic art istn't just something I enjoy, we have a shared interest. We used to go to cons a fair bit, but stopped doing that largely around 2000, and have mostly switched to perusing the internet and keeping in touch with the artists whose work I enjoy. The cons just sort of became a blur of sameness that got boring to us both. We found ourselves spending more time visiting the places around the con than at the con as time went on. Eventually got to where we'd rather go to places of than cons. :) I've had a couple periods where I was so content with our collection I pretty much stopped buying art. The longest was probably the period between around 2001-2007 I think? My wife has stayed at that contentment. The bug keeps nipping at me. I keep trying to get back to that point of not really looking to actively buy more, but things just keep popping up. Our focus has shifted (expanded) a fair bit over the years, as what we enjoy has been refined and evolved beyond just comic art, and into painting and artists that explore work with a similar subculture of influences. I keep an eye out for new artists constantly though. THere are some great guys out there making wonderful affordable work. Reminds me of the 90s, in price and in fun of purchase. So much of the older art has escalated to the point where buying it is more of a chore and a financial planning decision than a fun pickup. |
| Q: | How long have you been collecting comic art and what prompted you to start? |
| A: | Roughly 25 years or so? I stumbled across my first original at a local comic show in 1991 I think it was. Maybe early 92. They used to do these monthy "shows" at a hotel in Tysons Corner Va. I took my brother to the show, and we were looking at comics, and whatnot. Spotted this guy with a handful of pages. I had no CLUE this stuff existed. And the moment I saw it, a light switch was flicked in my head. I flipped through the pages the guy had, and bought one from Shade the Changing Man. I don't think I'd even read that issue, I just wanted a piece of a title I recognized. It was such an insignificant page, and yet it changed my life. |
| Q: | How do you display/store your collection at home? |
| A: | Mostly on the wall. Almost entirely on the walls. For the first 12 years or so, most of it was in portfolios. Then one day we started sinking money into framing rather than buying more art, until we had our favorites all up. And once we started living with the art around us, it made a huge huge difference in how we felt about owning it. It wasn't just about having art, but experiencing it daily. Because my wife and I share our passion for art, the stuff is in every room of the house. We try and treat it as elegantly as we can, without clutter and as cleanly framed as possible. It really made a difference, and we live in our own little art museum. |
| Q: | What are your top five most wanted original pages or commissions? |
| A: | Our walls are pretty much full, so it's down to nearly a one in, one out situation for our collection. And after a LOT or pruning, and curatorial revising, the balance is great. Not a lot of wants, and most art minor preoccupations. I'd love to get just the right Kent Williams page from either Batman Black & White, or the Fear of Falling short from Sandman. I keep looking at Mignola Hellboy pages and covers. I sold my Mignola pieces a long time ago and every so often, get the ache to get another. It's one of those know it when you see it situations. The only specific piece I'd really love is a piece Kwan has... the Drawing on Your Nightmares cover. That's a gem! |
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