My poor comic book....

[SkyJuice]

Hi all, Just wana share this... was browsing thru those old comic books dated back to the 90s and this is what I found;

 

(Apologies for my lousy camera skill)

 

The comic book inks had transferred onto the backing board ~?!

 

Comparing the decomposed board against a newer board...

 

 

Moral of the Story?

 

Change your comic backing board every couple years or switch to those of good archive quality.

[oldbsturgeon]

Yep

[oakman29]

Welcome to the boards. (thumbs u

[Conan_Aficionado]

Did you use the coated side of the board or opaque side of the board. You have to use the coated side, some boards might be coated on both sides, but that board looks like the one side variety. Its not ink transfer, its oxidation caused by the lignin in the paper.

[Conan_Aficionado]

Here is the most informative thread there is on the subject of backing boards

 

Are "acid-free" backing boards truly acid-free?

[Bronx]

Here is the most informative thread there is on the subject of backing boards

 

Are "acid-free" backing boards truly acid-free?

 

Cool test. Thanks for the link. Very helpful.

[SkyJuice]

Did you use the coated side of the board or opaque side of the board. You have to use the coated side, some boards might be coated on both sides, but that board looks like the one side variety. Its not ink transfer, its oxidation caused by the lignin in the paper.

 

Yeah my bad, its oxidation effects... its funny cos only this comic seems to be affected the most among the same box.

 

The coated side was placed with the comics but i guess the coatings had broken down.

 

Oh there's also a strong "comic book smell" on the coated side compare to the matt side..

[SkyJuice]

Welcome to the boards. (thumbs u

 

Thanks! )

[lizards2]

My guess is that it is not so much the board itself, but the storage conditions, which cause both the book and the board to interact in a nasty way.

[RockMyAmadeus]

The book is fine. I have hundreds of boards like this. It's just oxidation on the part of the board.

[Lazyboy]

So the board absorbed all the instead of the comic? How is this a bad thing?