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About this journal

I want to share pictures of my comic book collection on display and collages I've made. I enjoy seeing a variety of books together. Some displays are thematic; others are random. I hope others will find them as enjoyable as I do. Along the way I may lend perspective to my hobby and share my views on comic book collecting.

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Displays

The almost endless wall

I displayed comics on this bookshelf for about a year and a half. Then I moved and my available space changed and books went on display on a chest of drawers. I moved again and now it's been about 5 months since I put up anything to showcase. I need to figure out my priorities.  
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Comic books not on display

My collection started in New Mexico and has made the move across state numerous times, to Washington DC, Texas and Alabama. Before my kids were born I had a room. A room for my junk and collectables.  Now they're in the Harry Potter closet under the stairs. Hey, in ABQ, NM I figure it beats even a mile high basement in Denver.  
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Those books again?

Despite not wanting to display any one book for too long, many find themselves back on the bookshelf. They're likely a favorite or have a cover I don't tire of looking at. My hobby once consisted of 7-8k comicbooks. Now I have around 1500. There's a core group of around 500 kept in 6 short boxes. These are mostly keys. There's another 5 long boxes of books along with 2 long boxes and a couple of paper ream boxes of graphic novels and TPBs. In the garage there's another 2 long boxe
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Three's Company

I look back on my hobby as three distinct phases. Phase 1 - 1985-1997 (age 10-22). I collected anything and everything I could find and afford. My comic book budget was funded by chores and money I saved from birthdays and Christmases. I grew up in southern New Mexico and sometime in the future I may talk about regional scarcity. There were slim pickens but I did alright. Phase 2 - 2003-2012. I returned to the hobby and bought moderns but also focused on older, mainly Bronze Age keys.
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Didn't I mention collages?

Not too long ago someone created a post asking us how we enjoy our collection. It was refreshing to read all the different, and the familiar, responses. One of the ways I enjoy my collection is through pictures I've taken of it. Sure I'll read a few books a week and I'll flip through boxes, pulling something out to look at, pretty often. But the catalog of my collection is solely pictures I've taken of it and with phone handy I'll scroll through those galleries daily. Those pictures I
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A different perspective

I didn't use this chest of drawers too much for display. Cats liked to lounge on it and books sometimes got knocked around. The cats pretty much never jumped up onto the bookshelf.  
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