Comic Storage/Care

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 10-11-2007, 01:06 PM

I'm just kind of curious as to how everyone stores and takes care of their comics.

For the longest time I used to just put them on a bookshelf, with no bag or board. But as my collection grew this became a lot harder to maintain, so I eventually got a longbox. Then I started to bag and board all my comics. I'm not especially picky about the condition of my comics, assuming they are in decent enough shape, but really the bag and board method is the most practical way to store comics, regardless of whether or not you are obsessed with keeping everything in Near Mint condition. The thing is though, is that I wish I originally got a couple of short boxes as opposed to one longbox. The shortboxes are much easier to move around and find space for.

Trades are just on a bookshelf, but with my recent acquistion of the old colorized TMNT trades I've just been laying those down flat on a shelf. They are a little worn, so I'm paranoid about whether I should keep them laying flat or if putting them on the bookshelf with everything else will be okay. The books are a bit bent and worn, so I'm not obsessing over keeping them in excellent shape, I just kind of want to keep them in their present condition as best I can. Has anyone else gotten copies of the trades that aren't in the best shape? How do you store them?

10-11-2007, 01:06 PM	#1
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	Comic Storage/Care I'm just kind of curious as to how everyone stores and takes care of their comics. For the longest time I used to just put them on a bookshelf, with no bag or board. But as my collection grew this became a lot harder to maintain, so I eventually got a longbox. Then I started to bag and board all my comics. I'm not especially picky about the condition of my comics, assuming they are in decent enough shape, but really the bag and board method is the most practical way to store comics, regardless of whether or not you are obsessed with keeping everything in Near Mint condition. The thing is though, is that I wish I originally got a couple of short boxes as opposed to one longbox. The shortboxes are much easier to move around and find space for. Trades are just on a bookshelf, but with my recent acquistion of the old colorized TMNT trades I've just been laying those down flat on a shelf. They are a little worn, so I'm paranoid about whether I should keep them laying flat or if putting them on the bookshelf with everything else will be okay. The books are a bit bent and worn, so I'm not obsessing over keeping them in excellent shape, I just kind of want to keep them in their present condition as best I can. Has anyone else gotten copies of the trades that aren't in the best shape? How do you store them?