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Read comics? How do you store them?

DiabolusInMusic

DiabolusInMusic

Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
Dec 22, 2010
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
#1
I read comics when I was a kid but aside from a Supergirl reboot in the 90s, there really wasn't any I followed. I was watching a lot of Walking Dead a couple years ago and found myself reading the comic. I really enjoyed the experience so I started frequenting my local shop.

I have now been going for 2ish years and my pile of comics is getting so large the top comics slip off the pile. I have been just piling them in a stack; I really need to find a better way to store them. I was thinking of getting a bookshelf but they don't seem to stand well on their side. I was thinking maybe storing them comic book store style, facing forward on the shelf, but this would require more shelf space. Maybe record style, just dropped into a milk crate.

What works best? What do you do? I should add I am not a collector, I just want to read the stories not bag and board everything.

If anybody is curious my only real subscriptions currently are Walking Dead and Revival. I follow a couple ones that aren't monthly, but I only get them if I find them in store. I really enjoy Criminal, I cannot remember the authors off-hand but they do Fatale now. I also get any horror comics when I see them. I loved Tales From the Crypt on TV.
 
#2
Bag and board and long box is the traditional way for a reason. It's a lot easier to store it so it can last longer. If you really like the comics and want to:

1) save a little off cover price

2) make them easier to store

You might consider waiting until the trade paperbacks are released. Same artwork, no ads, sturdier binding, more condensed stories so you have less books to store.

...and then there's digital like comixology...
 
#5
Bag, board, and longbox is standard. But also be very careful WHERE you store them. I had a collection of probably a dozen longboxes, thousands of comics bought in high school, college, and a few years after when i was a very active collector, thousands of dollars spent on them mid 80s to mid 90s. Well, we moved a lot from house to house over the years and in quite a few of those houses the comic book collection wound up in the basement because there was no place else to put it. Bags and boxes save them from getting coffee spilled on them but moisture still gets in; even if you don't get mold and mildew, the comics can wrinkle and warp. When I finally faced the fact that I was never really going to go and reread the vast bulk of the collection, I tried to sell it off, only to discover that it was practically worthless due to the condition. Keep 'em high and dry if you ever intend to sell them.
 
#7
I have a thousand Conans in plastics & cardboard. I assume they're still in good shape but they've been in there for 30 years & I haven't looked at them for over 20 years & for all I know the pages have turned yellow as Titus' teeth.
 
#11
Unrepresented said:
Bag and board and long box is the traditional way for a reason. It's a lot easier to store it so it can last longer. If you really like the comics and want to:

1) save a little off cover price

2) make them easier to store

You might consider waiting until the trade paperbacks are released. Same artwork, no ads, sturdier binding, more condensed stories so you have less books to store.

...and then there's digital like comixology...
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+1

I only buy trade paperbacks. I can't be bothered looking after comics or waiting for the story to come out bit by bit.
 

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