There’s not much difference between a long box and a short box, except for the size.
As my collection is growing, I recently had to make a decision about storage. Do I use the long boxes or the short? I chose the short. The reason was simple. The short boxes can fit in side a closet side by side, and be opened front to back. Yes, I may be able fill a long box one day–but what good would that do me if I can’t get to it because the closet floor gets cluttered. The short boxes also allow me to slowly grow into having one title per box, ie Superman, or Action comics. One day, when I get a bigger house or find more room in the outside closet, I would like to line all my short boxes on a shelf where I have easy access to them all.
I like the short boxes, they make my small collection look big. The long boxes might look tempting and may look like they save you money, but they are just not worth it.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Preserving Comic Collections by Bags and Boards « Newsprint and Silly Putty // Apr 8, 2007 at 7:08 pm
[...] First, I bag my comic books immediately when I return home. This may sound simplistic, but, I have found, the more the books wait the longer these books will be vulnerable to wrinkles and tears. (Not to mention the spilled Diet Coke.) Another important dabger to avoid is let the comic books pile up on your desk as you wait to find time to put them in bags. The sooner they are put in a bag, the sooner the comic books will be place in the safety of a short box. [...]
2 Preserving Comic Collections by Bags and Boards // Feb 11, 2008 at 10:35 pm
[...] First, I bag my comic books immediately when I return home. This may sound simplistic, but, I have found, the more the books wait the longer these books will be vulnerable to wrinkles and tears. (Not to mention the spilled Diet Coke.) Another important danger to avoid is let the comic books pile up on your desk as you wait to find time to put them in bags. The sooner they are put in a bag, the sooner the comic books will be place in the safety of a short box. [...]
Leave a Comment