How does your home life affect your comic collecting?

colcool007 · Post by **colcool007** » 20 Mar 2007, 19:32

Being a typically nebby baskit, I thought that I would put up this poll as a. We have not yet put any polls up and b. I am intrigued to see how it affects everybody.

I have experienced most extremes from while I was a kid, the comics would be cleared out on a random basis to now where Karen actively encourages our collecting.

reker1701 · Post by **reker1701** » 20 Mar 2007, 20:58

Having never voted on something like this before, how do i vote?

reker1701

colcool007 · Post by **colcool007** » 20 Mar 2007, 21:16

reker1701 wrote:Having never voted on something like this before, how do i vote?

reker1701

Just click on the poll option that matches most closely to your circumstances and then press submit.

Richard S. · Post by **Richard S.** » 20 Mar 2007, 21:33

you do need to be signed in though, rather than just browsing the messages

Richard Sheaf

Jimmy Screw · Post by **Jimmy Screw** » 21 Mar 2007, 01:09

Glad to see that collecting comics has yet to come between anybody's family relationships.

Money and space are the only problems I have to worry about although none of my friends understand my interest. Most of them never even read books though and I have quite a few of them too.

Muffy · Post by **Muffy** » 02 Jul 2007, 09:47

Over the years I have 'pruned down' my collection to just 1,900 selective issues (which take up space in 11 smallish boxes). At one point I had nearly 10,000 ? they took up far too much space.

So over the years I've sold many at my Mum's and Dad's car boot sales, and the more valuable ones on ebay. I like them for nostalgic reasons, many were bought years ago by my Grandad, my first reading experience's was with them too.

Peter Gray · Post by **Peter Gray** » 02 Jul 2007, 10:55

when ever I have a clear out....later on I buy them back...

Where I sit I have comics piled up behind and around my seat...living in a flat there is not much space..

I have so many comics I keep them in the bath......now I never wash...

Cap Haggis · Post by **Cap Haggis** » 02 Jul 2007, 11:15

My girlfriend and myself have our own places (we've been in other relationships previously so happy with that a tpresent - learn from mistakes lol) so its not a major problem for me - shes ok that I collect comics although understandably doesn't understand it but thinks it cute (how long will that last!) - then again I'm not fanatical and I'm gradually getting rid of 100s of comics and narrowing my collection to what I really like (1968-1974 US comics by my fav artists -Adams, Toth, Romita Snr, DeCarlo etc - and Odhams Pow Smash and Whams PLUS any Ken Reid, Leo Baxendale and a few other choice UK artists like Bellamy and Tom Kerr when I get them) - hope to eventually have no mor than 500 comics - I keep 90% in my attic/spare room area all nice and tiday (though in no particualr order lol) a few are in my bedroom in a box under the bed (hate the smell of musty paper) - I hope your kidding about some of those comments Peter lol

Peter Gray · Post by **Peter Gray** » 02 Jul 2007, 12:15

I keep my comics in a box room on lots of shelves....
also lots of cupboards have comics........they are all nest and tidy...

the only mess I have is round my chair....ones I haven't read yet....its hard to put these away when you still reading them...

its hard to limit a collection to certain years...as I like comics from many different years...though as a small rule I collect the Beano to 1998 before
it got more pages....I'm a big fan of David Sutherlands Dennis the menace..
though I do have a lot after that era as well....
I got rid of my Beano annuals from 1999 onwards to a charity shop....But I ended up buying them again.....so its hard to limit the years..
For The Dandy the new glossy issues only keep the ones with Jamies work...
though I havn't had the heart to get rid of my other glossy Dandys as I like Cuddles and Dimples and Brassneck..Blinky...But there is no space..

the bath would be a rubbish place for comics......

but in the fridge you can keep then nice and cool and dust free...

Gary Northfield · Post by **Gary Northfield** » 02 Jul 2007, 14:46

I keep all my comics, books and graphic novels in my upstairs studio and my wife is pretty convinced that the whole floor is going to collapse under all the weight.

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