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craftgrrlThe Situation:
I sporadically dabble in comics when a particular artist or storyline piques my interest and now that I'm engaged in a few titles I wanted to find a way to store them. And I wanted a little more protection for them than a book end against a bunch of loose issues.
The Dilema:
I looked at standard magazine holders first, but they are sized for letter 8.5" x 11" paper, or larger format magazines, and left my comics still able to slide around front to back. I wanted something a little cozier.
Looking up "comic book storage or organization" seems to only yield solutions for mega-collectors who have hundreds of issues to archive! And dumping all of my comics into one cardboard box with dividers was unappealing. For one: I don't have enough comics to fill even one of those storage boxes, and two, I have nowhere readily accessible to put a big white box. I want to read and look at the pretties, not shove them in a box under my bed (my preeeccccious).
The Solution:
Cereal boxes
(comics and Capt'n Crunch, I am SUCH a mature adult!)
I will admit with shame that an article I saw by Martha Stewart put the bug in my ear for this. But the idea is by no means original, it was just a fortuitous meeting of concept and supplies.
I just finished a box of cereal (which wasn't actually Capt'n Crunch) and the article suggested cutting one side at an angle to make cheap magazine holders and I had gobs of papers laying around that needed containment.
I don't know what kind of cereal Martha Stewart eats, but my 17.5 oz/496 g box of General Mills Oatmeal Crisp was too small to fit any of the magazines I had laying around OR for letter sized paper.
But wait! I was LOOKING for a box fitting that very description! Sure enough my comics, in their sleeves, fit just PERFECTLY. I will be buying some paper to pretty up the box, because nothing says "these manly tight-wearing superhero tales belong to a chick" like polka dots.
...and that got wordy and epic didn't it? I suppose I could have just said "need comic book storage? Eat more cereal!"
Yum Yum!
I sporadically dabble in comics when a particular artist or storyline piques my interest and now that I'm engaged in a few titles I wanted to find a way to store them. And I wanted a little more protection for them than a book end against a bunch of loose issues.
The Dilema:
I looked at standard magazine holders first, but they are sized for letter 8.5" x 11" paper, or larger format magazines, and left my comics still able to slide around front to back. I wanted something a little cozier.
Looking up "comic book storage or organization" seems to only yield solutions for mega-collectors who have hundreds of issues to archive! And dumping all of my comics into one cardboard box with dividers was unappealing. For one: I don't have enough comics to fill even one of those storage boxes, and two, I have nowhere readily accessible to put a big white box. I want to read and look at the pretties, not shove them in a box under my bed (my preeeccccious).
The Solution:
Cereal boxes
(comics and Capt'n Crunch, I am SUCH a mature adult!)
I will admit with shame that an article I saw by Martha Stewart put the bug in my ear for this. But the idea is by no means original, it was just a fortuitous meeting of concept and supplies.
I just finished a box of cereal (which wasn't actually Capt'n Crunch) and the article suggested cutting one side at an angle to make cheap magazine holders and I had gobs of papers laying around that needed containment.
I don't know what kind of cereal Martha Stewart eats, but my 17.5 oz/496 g box of General Mills Oatmeal Crisp was too small to fit any of the magazines I had laying around OR for letter sized paper.
But wait! I was LOOKING for a box fitting that very description! Sure enough my comics, in their sleeves, fit just PERFECTLY. I will be buying some paper to pretty up the box, because nothing says "these manly tight-wearing superhero tales belong to a chick" like polka dots.
...and that got wordy and epic didn't it? I suppose I could have just said "need comic book storage? Eat more cereal!"
Yum Yum!
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