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How to create a comics filing cabinet

It sure beats short boxes Previously, I had maintained my collection in short boxes on shelves. This became pretty cumbersome as my collection rose over 10,000 issues. Some LCS's in my area used drawers to store their comics like filing cabinets. I found a source that would custom-make such comics cabinets, but they were approximately $1000 each. I evolved from that to regular steel vertical file cabinets, which can cost more than $600 each. I transitioned from that to used office supplies, wh
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Possibly the least significant Grail book ever?

All things come to he who sits and waits... Welcome back to my first journal since Feb 11. Just got too busy with life, a business trip to England (I loaded up on pence Marvels), and family stuff. Fortunately, all along a submission was being run through the mill... I've been on the lookout for certain books that certain boardies need. Sometimes, I find one but rarely is it in good enough condition. I took a chance on one in particular because the price was right, even though it was an o
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the original Teen Titans

The Brave and the Bold Presents... Several years ago, Geoff Johns reinvigorated the Teen Titans into one of the most enjoyable reading experiences of the 2000s, and certainly the highest quality Teen Titans stories since Wolfman/Perez, if not ever. During this time, I learned about the Teen Titans' first appearances in Brave and the Bold and Showcase in the mid 60s. The early-mid 60s are often seen by comics fans as the dawn of the Marvel Age, I think partially due to the widening gap betwe
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Birth of the Multiverse

there shall come a crisis... It's been a while since I posted a pair, so I thought I'd reach back for some real classics. Justice League of America 21 has the first crossover with the Justice Society of America in "Crisis on Earth-2!" This event went on to become an annual occurrance and eventually expanded to include crises on New Genesis, Earth-X, Earth-S, and many others. Although Earth-2 was introduced in Flash 123, it was through the JLA-JSA team-ups that the idea of the multiverse
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Magic Words

The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore by Lance Parkin Recently, I have felt the desire to increase my knowledge of creators and the circumstances that have led them to be where they are in the industry and their personal lives. Few comics personalities are as divisive and intriguing as Alan Moore, so that seemed like a good place to start. Coincidentally, this decision came within a week or so of Lance Parkin publishing his second book on Mr Moore, the 423-page Magic Words. The book seems t
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These just back from CGC...

Moderns submitted at Wizard World Nashville I submitted these books at Wizard World Nashville in October, and they were invoiced at CGC on Oct 23rd, Modern non-Fast Track. Allowing for Thanksgiving and Veterans Day that made just about 31 business days turnaround, which is A-OK. I'm not sure why these went through so quickly. This time, I made sure to write down what my estimated grades were and had that the reference during the unboxing, just to add to the torment. Again, i do not check
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Platinum Vertigo

Two Gaiman premiums... I came late to Sandman; I didn't become a regular reader until 47, I believe. I was introduced to it by the Science Fiction Book Club, who had Book Club Hardcovers of A Game of You, Season of Mists, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen. They also had periodic promotions to get several books free when you joined or renewed, so I got everything comic-related. Sandman was the first long-running title that I got fully complete. Currently I'm missing only the #8 editorial variant
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Two for Thursday?

with all apologies to Hammershipdown... So after being impressed by Hammer's trend of Three 4 Thursday journals, I picked up a CGC frame from Gweedo's Showcase too. I chose a two-slot this time, since I could come up with so many more duos I had that I would like to display. Plus, I wanted to try them out before dropping too much money. In short, I'm completely satisfied with the end result, and would recommend Gweedo's Showcase to anyone looking to display their books. I did pay extra for
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More new additions

I really am cutting back... So despite all my intentions of cutting back, I had a chance for two books I couldn't pass up. One I've hunted for a long time, and one I didn't know I wanted until I saw it. I got both from mycomicshop.com auctions. The first is A1 #5, 9.6 SS signed by William Stout. I've already written about how much I enjoyed A1 #1, and the feeling has expanded across the title. This one includes work by the following, lifted from the A1 wikipedia page: Cover Story, Nei
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Signature Series unboxing

Thanksgiving weekend hullaballoo Hello all, I hope everyone had a Thanksgiving weekend that was happy and enjoyable in their own way. One of very few drawbacks to mine was that my CGC submission was attempted to be delivered the day we left to visit family, so all I had was the little orange slip to pick them up later. Sigh. Over the weekend I did a little shopping, and was surprised to find some Defiant Comics binders in an antique mall. I picked up two Plasm 0 Premiere Editions with c
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An additional perk to frequently checking Order Status

n/d, no publisher listed My submission of 16 Moderns hand-delivered at Wizard World Nashville has been Verified, and four of them display as no date, no publisher. As briefly discussed in a journal by Lee K, http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=315130&Number=7061587#Post7061587, this likely indicates that these are the first issues of their kind ever graded, so the CGC database has no information to pull. The good news is that these are guarant
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Two new Signature Series additions

one I'm pleased with, one I'm not It's been a long time since my last journal, several weeks in fact. I've just been too busy to write much, but things have still been going on. This week I gained two Signature Series books. The first, Atomeka's A1 #1, signed by Glenn Fabry and Brian Bolland. I was initially drawn to this comic for the cool Warpsmith cover. I recognized the characters from Miracleman, and the table of contents on the back cover read like a who's-who of influential creato
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Convention report: Wizard World Nashville

I felt guilty for even showing up. So this past weekend, I arranged to have a comic-buying weekend tour. I flew into Nashville to be met by my best friend and longtime comic cohort. We hit up several stores in Nashville, Kentucky, and even Indiana before making an appearance at Wizard World on Sunday. Why only one day? We had reviewed the website and saw how few comic creators would be there, and none of the panels looked all that interesting. Our only true objective was the CGC table. H
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Slabs en route...

Turnaround time for Modern non-Fast Track: ~50 business days Last July I sent in two invoices for slabbing, one with my four Collector's Society coupon books and one with fifteen Moderns. My four Collector's Society have already been revealed in my first journal: http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/JournalDetail.aspx?JournalEntryID=14286 Now I see my Moderns are on the way. I checked the tracking number, and they have already left Florida to be delivered tomorrow by UPS. I'm more
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Not enough time in the day

Or maybe I just have too many interests As mentioned in my last journal, my wife and I are now homeowners for the first time. We've been filling our evenings with painting and cleaning before we really get things moving. Additionally we're both employed full-time, and are taking a few classes to keep up our professional development, and are trying to maintain our physical fitness (I completed my first half-marathon this month), and I've been doing some extracurricular activities related to t
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Major life events

So much for my CGC budget... The days of throwing money away on rent are over; welcome to the days of throwing money away on a mortgage! Tomorrow my wife and I are expecting to sign the documents buying our first house. We've tried to keep the monthly payments as close as possible to our current rent payment, but of course there will be additional new expenses. For example, I haven't had to mow a lawn since I was in high school, now I have grass of my very own. But more importantly, now I
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Baltimore Comic-Con Reflections Pt 3:

I finally buy some comics, day two at the con. With all my CGC business accomplished, I was able to look forward to rummaging around for great deals on the second day of the Baltimore Comic Con. I had my want list in hand, and was ready to go. In general, high grade keys and what's "hot right now" were the headliners at nearly every booth, but I had a great time plucking some flawless Alan Moore Swamp Things and a hodgepodge lot of Uncanny X-Men ranging from 153-207. Some of those were pret
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Baltimore Comic-con Reflections part 2:

The CGC experience (live!), day one at the con The first batch of comics I sent off for slabbing was done via Wizard World Anaheim in 2011, so I had a pretty good idea what to expect. The details were different this time, as I sent four books to be pressed by CCS prior to grading and had five to try to get signed. The outcome, however, was nearly the same. In each case I had pre-filled my submission form using the PDF invoice, which saved vast amounts of time and frustration. I thought tha
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First foray into the journals...

Secret origin and part one of my Baltimore Comic-con reflections I guess I should start with a brief introduction. I've been a comics reader all my life, and assert that I learned to read by associating the actions in the panels and words in the balloons with what my parents read and explained to me as a small child. Most of what I had back then were old Whitman reprints of Disney and Warner Bros characters. Even then, I could recognize the difference between average comics and those by the
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