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!