Bags, Borads and inches...

[Michaelangelo|DAH]

Hey... I'm about to order some comics from mycomicshop.com, but some of the comics I have aren't bagged and boarded, So I wanted to buy some extra bags and boards, both for regular size and over-size, I just don't know which to buy for which, The "Inches" system is confusing me alot, since we have another measuring system over here... I've been calculating from inches to centimeters, But I'm still not sure which bags and boards I need to buy for which. Can anybody help ? :)
Thx in Advance

[Venom]

http://www.eslus.com/Gizmos/inchcm.html

[tablesalt]

Hey... I'm about to order some comics from mycomicshop.com, but some of the comics I have aren't bagged and boarded, So I wanted to buy some extra bags and boards, both for regular size and over-size, I just don't know which to buy for which, The "Inches" system is confusing me alot, since we have another measuring system over here... I've been calculating from inches to centimeters, But I'm still not sure which bags and boards I need to buy for which. Can anybody help ? :)
Thx in Advance

There are basically three sizes, golden age, silver age, and current. You want the current. Comics are pretty standard, so you don't need to worry about measuring.
If you're really worried, you can get teh silver, which are slightly larger, as a bigger bag won't adversly effect the comic.
The boards should be labled the same way.

Beyond that you can choose from poly bags, or mylars. Mylars last forever and are really shiny, but cost a lot more. polys should be changed every 5-7 years, buy cost way less.
A middle groiund is My-lites, which still last forever, but are thinner. I recently put all my tmnt advertures comics in my-lites, since I don't buy singles anymore, it was worth it for a permenate solution. They cost 22.99 for a hundred at Graham Crackers Comics.

Pne thing I noticed when trying to buy supplies from Canada is that many stores won't ship them outside the US, or charge ungodly shipping rates, so be sure to look around.

[Roseangelo]

Oh, you don't even need to know inches to buy bags/boards. They're sold according to their "age." There's Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age. For regular comics you want Modern Age, for the oversized ones you actually want Magazine size.

[Michaelangelo|DAH]

ok, Thx alot for the input :)