Saying goodbye to the kids

February 17, 2009 on 1:46 pm | In Comics | No Comments

I have too many comics and too little space in my 2-bedroom apartment. New York City is famous for packing tenants into cramped buildings and I thank God every day that I’m fortunate enough to live where I do. It allows me to store a lot of things I’d normally have to get rid of, like comics, books, and musical instruments (I probably wouldn’t throw those out).

Sadly, I have run out of room. Which means I need to make some decisions about what needs to go into storage, that delightful place that New Yorkers pay too much money for. My storage locker is a good $20 round-trip cab ride away, so I don’t often visit it, or drop things off in it.

So I’ve started taking books out of the collection that I know I won’t read again for a long time, and putting them into a special long box that’s labeled “off-site”. All limited series too, so I won’t be surprised in the future when I stumble across an issue and then have it living separately from the rest of the collection. So far 52 and all the Countdown tie-ins (as well as the 52 issue series itself) are in the box, which frees up a LOT of space for me.

My point is keep your collections in good order. Don’t cram them all in a box, don’t let them take over your house or apartment. Make judicious decisions about your books and they’ll treat you nice.

And speaking of “judicious,” I’m sitting in a room for jury duty. Waiting. For something, anything to happen.