Storing your comics19041
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Bobashek private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Do you store your books front to back or front to front? I’m upgrading all my books to new silver bags and boards and am looking to the forum on how you do it. | ||
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 You do know that the new guy brings the donuts, right?
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I store mine front to back. If SUGGEST you store them front to front. I've just never gone through mine and done that. | ||
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jfry20002000 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I do 2/bag front to back. Seems to allow better storage in a box from my experience | ||
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OGJackster private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Front to back. This may sound silly but, It never occurred to me to go back to front. | ||
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I go front to back, so that I can look through the box more easily and I know which side the spines are on. Cuts down on accidental damage to unslabbed books. | ||
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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esaravo private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Bobashek - I use Mylites and Fullbacks by E. Gerber for my better books. They are more expensive, but are acid-free, never yellow, and never need to be replaced. And they make your books look great too. I have always stored books back-to-back and front-to-front. I have done this for over 40 years without issues. In fact, when I started collecting and backboards weren’t readily available, I would put two books in a bag, back-to-back. I have pulled several 9.8’s for unpressed books stored this way in long boxes for decades. I bought this book in the mid to late 1970’s and stored it that way in a long box with the rest of my Avengers. I sent it in for grading and did not have it pressed.  |
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 would be nice to have a snugger fit.
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Sigur_Ros private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I store mine edge-to-edge. Thankfully my neighbors are understanding and avoid them when mowing their lawns. | ||
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Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Sigur_Ros LOL!  You even had me there for a second. I read the first sentence and was thinking, 'You use them like wallpaper...?' Then I read the rest.  |
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OGJackster private msg quote post Address this user | |
Well, if we're doing the way-back machine, I used to use a cut-up piece of cardboard and 2 produce bags. I'd bag the book separately so it didn't lay directly on the cardboard and then place them in the 2nd produce bag. Then as I got older, and could afford, I'd buy bags. |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Quote:Originally Posted by OGJackster Holy cow....I did the same thing. Any cardboard I could find....shoe boxes were a favourite...I'd cut those up and use produce bags to bag and board my books, 40+ years ago.  |
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Bobashek private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo I use Mylites for the more expensive books for sure. I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be holding onto my almost 9000 book collection but wanted to get them a fresh look in case MCS comes a knockin. |
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Mostly Front to Back so I can see them and in Mylites/Full backs. Some boxes are Front to Front to maximize space. Alternating the spines keeps them even and fits a few more books without forcing any into the box and has actually reduced some and eliminated some stacking curls with even pressure on those books; in about a year and half under the current pressing TATs🤣 |
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Bobashek private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I’ve also been bagging the old boards and using them as filler/dividers. Keeps them out of landfills for now. | ||
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cyrano0521 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Front to back, with a few at the end flipped around so no comic is up against the handle area. And I only use short or magazine boxes because I cannot carry a full long box. 200+ short/mag to hold everything. | ||
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Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by cyrano0521 This is me, too. 100%. Including the ban on long boxes because my back is not up to that anymore. |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Bobashek I take old boards and use them as packaging material when I ship something out. They may not be good for bag-and-board comics anymore, but tape a few together and they sure can fill up the empty space in a Gemini mailer. |
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Bobashek private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by cyrano0521 Yep, all shorts for me too. I use BCW comic drawers mostly with the BCW plastic bins for the more expensive books. |
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BigRedOne1944 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @esaravo Thats an amazing looking book Ed! I store all my books in mylar. 2 books per bag with board in between They are all then filed in my custom made wall of comic drawer boxes      |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @BigRedOne1944 That looks like total class. You're giving me ideas!  |
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BigRedOne1944 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd Check with your wife first! Mine wasn't to happy when I torn the wall apart  |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| If I had a hubby, I'd check with him. |
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I'm a #2.
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BigRedOne1944 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Byrdibyrd that too! | ||
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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xkonk private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Recently heard of this product, if anyone wants to be fancy about keeping your comics from sliding around in the box https://www.sidekicksupplies.com/ | ||
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CatCovers private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Currently- short boxes, Mylites, fullbacks, back to front. Mostly. I still have a thousand or so in poly bags and basic boards, and if I’m not sure I’ll keep the comic long-term, it tends to stay that way. Of course, way back in my early 20s I was mostly buying books out of habit, and when I ran out of bags and boards I didn’t get more. Just stuck the comics naked in a long box or two and there they stayed for years. I’ve pulled a few 9.8s out of that stash. Half the reason for bags and boards at all is just to give us the feeling our books are protected. |
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Thelastpearce private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Front to front in short boxes. Have since I started collecting again. | ||
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by xkonk Those look useful, but honestly, that task is what I use old clothes for. I cannot tell you how many pairs of hole-y bluejeans are stuffed into the ends of partially full boxes. |
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Bobashek private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by xkonk I contacted them and found out they don’t work with comic drawers. |
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 I like bean sprouts.
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James42 private msg quote post Address this user | |
 Front to back in bags and boards in long boxes. May go front to front in the future to maximize space. |
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 It's chicken Monday.
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Rush_is_a_band private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Learn from my mistakes with this cautionary tale. Legal size file cabinets, while definitely being able to hold two rows of comics in each drawer, are not a great solution for someone living in an apartment. I bought a four drawer file cabinet with the purpose to store books and while full, it must weight at least 800 pounds. It works, but if you ever look into a file cabinet as an option, maybe stick with two drawer. |
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cyrano0521 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by xkonk I just use stuffed animals or whatever will fit (good use for used Geminis) |
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