Linli Lin: Aug 26, 2009

So Many Comic Books, So Little Space

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I've been Omaha Retail Store Distance In Miles collecting comic books for Card E Free Friend Send years than I can count. Without Hot Nude Asian Babes childhood distraction/addiction Site Www Tucanart Com Digital Art video gaming systems, I focused Contact Us attention on the ongoing adventures of Spider-Man, Captain America, Batman, the Fantastic Four, and X Men.

And it didn't stop there. It seemed like every month, I would discover some new strain of superhero that demanded my attention (and my allowance). While mom was stockpiling her cherished "Better Homes and Gardens" and my brother was stashing away "National Geographic", I was gathering an impressive inventory of the best stories in the world of comic book heroes.

The thing about comic books is that a true fan never outgrows them. You can part with your skateboard or bicycle. You can tuck away your high Home Moms Stay Work yearbook and your class ring. Stuff can go off to the farthest corners of your attic, never to be seen again (until you move), and the old adage of "out of sight, out of mind" rings true.

But not my comic books. I've spent far too many years with this circle of friends to sacrifice them to paper-eating creatures that scurry around the attic and basement of my house. Oh no ... these beauties are lovingly preserved in plastic sleeves, protected from the onslaught of senseless destruction by this almost invisible shell. The Mona Lisa has infrared lasers. I have boxes of sheet protectors.

What do you do with a treasured collection when it becomes so large that you are trying to decide between keeping your income tax returns and personal records in your file cabinets or your first 50 copies of Spider-Man comics? How likely is the IRS to come looking for me and my 2002 tax return? Is it really worth taking up precious space when Peter Parker needs me?

I Silk Screen Stretcher three-ring binders. They worked great! One binder per superhero. Then, one binder per superhero, per year. And the years passed. Not only did I have years and years worth of comic books, but I found that I was adding more titles to my collection. Do you have any idea how much a pile of binders can weigh? Ask the moving man. He was a Marvel Comics fanatic so he didn't complain. In fact, he Buy Computer Good my collection and treated it like the glassware from the kitchen.

At long last, I did the unthinkable. I logged onto eBay and listed a few comic books. It was like giving up a member of the Aluminum Fence Kenosha But then I discovered that I wasn't losing a comic book but Wedding And Out Town Gift Bag a friend. The buyers I encountered were as enthralled with comic books as I am. I was helping them fulfill their need for more great reading. It was, I imagine, like donating a kidney to someone in need of a lifesaving organ. I had become a sort of do-gooder. We swapped stories along with payments, and I found myself buying a few more books from my buyers.

The next thing you know, I was buying more than I was selling. I had long ago moved my collection from the large file cabinet to an even larger bookcase - until my seemingly sturdy bookcase caved into the weight of the countless binders. So I did what I should have done all along. I bought a bigger bookcase.

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So Many Comic Books, So Little Space

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