What would you do with 500 Simpsons Comics

[innocuous]

I responded to an ad for a bunch of Simpsons comics and went to pick them up tonight. I figured I would keep a stack to read with my kids and donate the rest to their school.

 

I go to the house to pick them up and find boxes, and boxes and more boxes. They were never opened by the recipient who saw them as just taking up space in his garage. There are a little more than 100 boxes with a minimum of 5 comics (all the same title and issue) in each box. My guess is 500-600 comics.

 

That's more than the number of students in the whole school, which doesn't even start until the end of the month. I'll probably prepare a big stack to give to the kids' school, but I'll probably still have several hundred left. Any suggestions for donating them? I'm in Southern California.

 

[NM Condition]

Donating them to a library?.

If you have a neighbourhood that has parties or special days or whatever where they do sport competitions and things like that (talking about kids), you can give free comic books...

Food, sunny day, kids having a good time and comic books...

[ComicSupply]

What issues are they?

[awe4one]

Read them?

 

Jim

[COMICKINGS]

I responded to an ad for a bunch of Simpsons comics and went to pick them up tonight. I figured I would keep a stack to read with my kids and donate the rest to their school.

 

I go to the house to pick them up and find boxes, and boxes and more boxes. They were never opened by the recipient who saw them as just taking up space in his garage. There are a little more than 100 boxes with a minimum of 5 comics (all the same title and issue) in each box. My guess is 500-600 comics.

 

That's more than the number of students in the whole school, which doesn't even start until the end of the month. I'll probably prepare a big stack to give to the kids' school, but I'll probably still have several hundred left. Any suggestions for donating them? I'm in Southern California.

 

If you have the time,sell'em on Ebay. They do pretty good in lots. You should get atleast $1-$2 each in runs on there. Donate some & sell some!

[Anfield Fox]

Look for a CGC 10

[FatComicMafia]

Which number, or numbers do you have ?

 

All boxes have the same one comic ?

 

Halloween isn't too far away either.

[EwanUK]

Agreed - sell some and donate others

 

They do surprisingly well on ebay in the UK - I sold a set of 1-25 in VF for £40 / $85 last year. Massive cross-over appeal.

[Psiknight]

They do well because they are actually pretty well written. It's also the Simpsons. I would sell them in lots on ebay, as others have stated. A 9.8 copy of #1 sells for over $100.

[jonjesper]

I wished we lived closer, the kids at the school I teach at go 'ga-ga' for comics and Simpsons is taboo which makes it all the better

[Ze-man]

I will buy a box for myself, errr.. I mean my daughter!

 

Sent you a PM

 

Post them up in marketplace. I bet you will get some nibbles.

 

Good luk

 

 

Ze-

[tilleycs]

Comics4Kids is in Washington state. A few states up, but on your side of the US, at least. Media/BPM mail shouldn't be too bad.

[Psiknight]

I wished we lived closer, the kids at the school I teach at go 'ga-ga' for comics and Simpsons is taboo which makes it all the better

 

Whaaaa? Where do you teach? The "Holy Ultra-Conservative Academy Where We Don't Let Our Kids Have Fun"?

[jonjesper]

I wished we lived closer, the kids at the school I teach at go 'ga-ga' for comics and Simpsons is taboo which makes it all the better

 

Whaaaa? Where do you teach? The "Holy Ultra-Conservative Academy Where We Don't Let Our Kids Have Fun"?

 

Maybe that came out wrong

I teach at an elementary school, and comics in general to kids are considered something you just don't do in school. Adding Simpsons to the mix (I have a few in my comic library and have handed out several others), just makes the kids think they are REALLY getting away with something, when in reality...they are reading!!! Yeah!

[benz]

must be a brother of Matt Groening.. can i have one?

[shiverbones]

Simpsons comics are great! You couldn't have done better picking up boks from the last few years in my opinion! They have Better future potential then just about anything else being printed. Any treehouse of horrors?

[MutantKeys]

If you have a box of #1s im interested..

[Ares]

Does anyone remember how this episode ended?

[Psiknight]

Does anyone remember how this episode ended?

 

That actual clip or the entire Treehouse of Horror I? At the end of the Raven-clip Homer is sitting there scared as Bart and Lisa go to bed.

[innocuous]

Just about all of them are from the past 5-7 years. The majority are the main Simpsons Comics title with numbers from about 85 through the low 100's. There are a few other thrown in, Bart Simpson, Futurama, Treehouse, Classics (magazine size that are in the envelopes in the pic). I think I saw a number 1 of something, but don't remember which. (I'm at work right now so peeking in the garage is not possible.)

 

Each box is 5 of the exact same. For example, five copies of Bart Simpson #22.

 

Thanks for the ideas. I feel like Santa Claus. My plan:

1. Read some

2. Read some to my kids

3. Give most to my kids' school

4. Give some out at Halloween (great idea, thanks )

5. Put a stack in my backpack, if you see a guy wearing a ComicSeeker.com t-shirt in Chicago Friday/Saturday, say "Hi" and you can pick one, I'll even bag and board 'em for you

6. If you have a website or blog AND you have put a link to my site on your site, PM me your address and I'll stash a few in an envelop for you