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

[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.