Quick Qustion for the Grading Police...

[Proverbs22_2]

Exactly what is "Foxing", as related to the condition of paper collectibles?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

-Joe

[blowout]

It is basically mold growing on the comic book. It usually shows up as small brown spots.

In case you were wondering, it is not a good thing!

[Rip]

It sometimes looks like tiny little dots on the edges of your book. Also likes to hang out along the spine. Its like your comic has a rash. Caused by mosture.

[Bugaboo-migration]

Its like your comic has a rash.

This can also happen if you store your comics with Cherry Poptart books.

[Rip]

It can spread to the face and hands also.

[jonnydouble]

Try sprinkling some Tinactin powder on the book...did wonders for my jock-itch.

 

J.D.

[Proverbs22_2]

It is basically mold growing on the comic book. It usually shows up as small brown spots.

In case you were wondering, it is not a good thing!

 

Well, I was reasonably sure that it DIDN'T mean "Hunting Foxes"...

 

-Joe

[minutekev@50]

Prior to the 80s saturation of little blue men (and a girl!) in white pants, better known as the Smurfs, there was an animated feature from a Walt Disney pic that introduced the Foxes. Hanna Barbera ripped them off. The Foxes wore blue pants and had white skin. But instead of talking 'Smurf-English' they talked with 'Fox-English'

 

Examples:

"What the fox?!?"

"Have a foxy, foxacious day!"

"Man, that Foxette is foxing hot!!!"

"Fox you! You foxing good-fox-nothing -fox!"

"Foxette? Foxed her last night. So have half the foxes around this fox."

 

Of course this couldn't be. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride aside, Disney wanted nothing to do with anything that implied doing the humpty-hump. So the Foxes were shoved into a foxhole, only to be revived by HB decades later in the form of the Smurfs.

And you thought some dude came up with the concept while tripping on LSD!

[OldGuy]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=foxing

[deathlok]

Foxy

Foxy

Uh-you know you a cute little heart breaker, ha

Foxy, yeah

And you know you a sweet little love maker, huh

Foxy

 

I wanna take you home, uh-huh, yeah

I won't do you no harm, no, ha

You got ta be all mine, all mine

Oo, Foxy Lady

Yeah, Foxy

Foxy

 

Now-uh, I see you, heh, on down on the scene

Ohh, Foxy

You make me wanna get up and a-scream

Foxy

Ah, baby listen now

I made up my mind, yeah

I'm tired of wasting all my precious time

You've gotta be all mine, all mine

 

Foxy Lady

Here I come

Foxy Lady

Foxy (Lady)

Foxy, Fa...

Foxy, yeah

 

I'm gonna take you home, uh-huh

I won't do you no harm, no

You gotta be all mine, all mine

Foxy Lady

 

Here I come, baby

I'm comin' to get ya

Ow, Foxy lady, yeah, yeah

Oo, you look so good, Foxy

Oh, yeah, Foxy

Yeah, give us some, foxy

Oo, Foxy

Yeah, get it, babe, Foxy

You make me feel like, uh,

feel like sayin' Foxy

Ah, Foxy

Foxy Lady

Foxy Lady

 

 

[Proverbs22_2]

Foxy

Foxy

Uh-you know you a cute little heart breaker, ha

Foxy, yeah

And you know you a sweet little love maker, huh

Foxy

 

I wanna take you home, uh-huh, yeah

I won't do you no harm, no, ha

You got ta be all mine, all mine

Oo, Foxy Lady

Yeah, Foxy

Foxy

 

Now-uh, I see you, heh, on down on the scene

Ohh, Foxy

You make me wanna get up and a-scream

Foxy

Ah, baby listen now

I made up my mind, yeah

I'm tired of wasting all my precious time

You've gotta be all mine, all mine

 

Foxy Lady

Here I come

Foxy Lady

Foxy (Lady)

Foxy, Fa...

Foxy, yeah

 

I'm gonna take you home, uh-huh

I won't do you no harm, no

You gotta be all mine, all mine

Foxy Lady

 

Here I come, baby

I'm comin' to get ya

Ow, Foxy lady, yeah, yeah

Oo, you look so good, Foxy

Oh, yeah, Foxy

Yeah, give us some, foxy

Oo, Foxy

Yeah, get it, babe, Foxy

You make me feel like, uh,

feel like sayin' Foxy

Ah, Foxy

Foxy Lady

Foxy Lady

 

 

[ninanina]

Ok, so you have a few comics with foxing on it because of the way they used to be stored. Hi-humidity, along outside concrete walls etc. etc. etc. What happens to the foxing when you take these comics and put them in a proper dry environment. Does the foxing still spread over time? Or, do you have to do something in the way of preservation to prevent the foxing from spreading? I have a few like this and just wondering if I can or should ignore it. From what I can see it's not spreading but maybe it's spreading so slow I am not noticing it.