Comic book drawers!

[tuftears]

I have quite a few comic books. I was wondering how to store them... You can't really put them in a bookcase because unless they're graphic novels, there's no binding side to speak of, it would just be a row of staples facing the reader. Standard comic boxes would work but you can't stack them...

Or can you?

Browsing around, I came across some interesting references to comic book file drawers, and decided to try putting them together.



Here's the first row of these. Ultimately there'll be four or five rows. I got these from CollectionDrawer.com.

Interesting stuff, I had to admire how cleverly the cardboard is cut so you can assemble these from just a few sheets of cardboard each, but they fit together pretty securely, and importantly, will bear weight. At least I hope they will. -_- That many comics will weigh a lot.

Comments

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind that cardboard is really acidic and will destroy the comics unless they're all bagged...

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

That is a good point I hadn't thought of! That'll be a fair bit of work. -_-

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Have a comic bagging party in your new house! :D Put a movie on, each guest gets a stack of comics and bags, and serve some pizza or something. Of course, people will probably start reading the comics...

[cjthomas.livejournal.com]

I'd worry more about handling comics with greasy fingers. Food/snacks and archival filing are not a good combination...

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Maybe! I might do something like that with the books for the library, when the bookcases come in. -_-

The comics will be in the closet of my office, which is why you can see a track on the floor-- that is where the doors were removed since they were blocking access to the comics. So I can sort and bag comics during downtime in whatever I'm doing online!

[cjthomas.livejournal.com]

There's always the "hanging files" option. I've seen quite a few stackable systems intended for that sort of thing. Put N issues per file folder, and you're set.

(I'm assuming these are bagged; _everything_ seems to damage un-bagged comics, with humidity being my main worry in your climate.)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Fair point. I probably need to buy a bunch of comic bags for the ones I significantly care about. -_-

[shadow-weaver.livejournal.com]

I store mine in plastic tubs

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Well, that works if you have them on heavy-duty shelves, but harder to flip through them!

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Do you flip through them all that frequently? If you're going for long-term storage, durability might trump access. But, hey, whatever works best for you! (I prefer plastic bins for storage, especially since I live in Florida. When I've kept things in cardboard boxes in the attic or garage - lacking a basement for such things - bugs have EATEN THROUGH the cardboard and done nasty stuff to my stored terrain pieces.)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

That would totally be a D: moment.

And no, that is one reason behind wanting a better comic organization system... Comics being all mixed up or stored tightly and in a hard to reach spot is a big turnoff.

This is an indoor closet, so a significant presence of bugs would be a Very Bad Thing in general for the house.

[chefmongoose.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I may have to invest, my current 10 longboxes are semi-messy. :)