Who sniffs comic books? 1 1

[comicjack]

I'm starting to smell like my old comics 

[batman_fan]

On 7/13/2023 at 8:32 PM, Junkdrawer said:

It’s almost a habit for me, ,,, a drug. Carry on.

The real question is who DOESN’T sniff comics

[Kal-El]

My wife, who is not a collector and cannot understand why a book would need to be encased in a plastic case, loves the smell of old comics. God bless her.

[LudaToke]

There was an episode of Comic Book Men where they went to Geppi's Entertainment Museum and Walt asked and got to sniff an Action Comics #1.  That must have been nice.

[Robot Man]

There is nothing quite like sniffing a Church book. In the 40+ years that I have owned a lot of mine, the scent has slightly disappeared but still there.

Dells seem to have a unique aroma. I remember driving home with an open box full from a flea market on the front seat. The scent just permeated my car. We used to laugh that “You can tell by the smell it’s a Dell”…

[Dr. Balls]

My wife looooooooves the smell of fresh printing. Digital press stuff does not smell like traditional ink, though - so she doesn't always get her fix when she sniffs books.

[Bludriver]

I love sniffing comics....but that could be because I lay my lines of coke on them

[Aman619]

I met a guy who said he sniffed the comic to grade it.  He was holding it in his hands!  Im still puzzled by that weird assertion! or fetish... eek

[Ken Aldred]

On 7/14/2023 at 1:34 PM, F For Fake said:

Nothing finer than walking into a comic shop that's filled with the smell of newsprint! Doesn't happen as often as it used to, since they started printing comics on the shiny/slick paper, and they just smell acrid. It's said. But a store full of old comics and books, nothing better.

I'd recommend the paper stock used in Russ Cochran's EC Library hardcovers.  Pure class.

[jimbo_7071]

On 7/14/2023 at 8:23 AM, Jeffro. said:

I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing comics

Jeffro, have you ever seen a grown man sniffing comics?

[Ken Aldred]

On 7/14/2023 at 2:12 PM, batman_fan said:

The real question is who DOESN’T sniff comics

I was going to say me, but if you’re anywhere in the vicinity of newsprint there’s always significant passive inhalation.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

[HarlenStenby]

The underlying notion in this thread that niavely suggests  that the smell of an old comic cannot be faked is exactly that - niave. One could simply take an old comic book or old newsprint, or a pile of them and seal them together with whatever they want to also hold that odor. After even a few hours, that smell will follow whatever was sealed up with it.

[Shazbot]

Key, baby!

[ttfitz]

On 7/14/2023 at 9:38 AM, Kal-El said:

My wife, who is not a collector and cannot understand why a book would need to be encased in a plastic case, loves the smell of old comics. God bless her.

A few years ago at the Baltimore Comic Con, I was looking at some books from Tomorrow's Treasures / Richie Munchin and asked about taking them out of the bag. When I did and was counting pages and checking for cutouts, my daughter smiled and said, "I love that old comic smell." Couldn't have been prouder. 

[lou_fine]

On 7/13/2023 at 8:56 PM, lizards2 said:

Or sinus-clearing mothballs...., 

 

On 7/13/2023 at 9:00 PM, shadroch said:

I don't sniff them, but if I smell mothballs or mildew, I will pass on a book unless it is ridiculously cheap.

I would most definitely NOT pass on ones with the signature Edgar Church mothballs smell that some long time experienced collectors can apparently detect.  

Edited September 28, 2023 by lou_fine

[LowGradeBronze]

On 9/25/2023 at 9:15 PM, HarlenStenby said:

The underlying notion in this thread that niavely suggests  that the smell of an old comic cannot be faked is exactly that - niave. One could simply take an old comic book or old newsprint, or a pile of them and seal them together with whatever they want to also hold that odor. After even a few hours, that smell will follow whatever was sealed up with it.

But only the real thing will still smell like it after 30 years. Fakes would soon revert. But I'm glad it's got you thinking about it.

Edited October 1, 2023 by LowGradeBronze

[Gaard]

[The lips]

Haha, yes I unashamedly do. 
in fact I’ve took it to an extreme and every time I open an old book, me and my 7 year old boy both sniff it at the same time, before saying in unison..

”I get high of that s**t”

weird but fun !!