Storing Comics

[mitchymitchymitchy]

I am moving into a new house and as a result, my parents decided they didn't want to store my comics for me anymore. I always did things my own way. i have all of my parent's comics bagged an boarded in old boxes they ship reams of paper in to office buildings.

However, my girlfriend is helping me build a nice "nerd-room" in our house and I have to decide how to store my comics.

should I get nice filing cabinets (like I saw at comicon this year), or just some long boxes (and where does one even buy Long-boxes?)

Any of you guys have any advice on the best way to store single issues? I probably have about three-to-four thousand single issues from the 80s through early 2000s.

I'm fine with my bookshelves of tpbs and Absolute editions, I just can't figure out the best (and nicest) looking way to store all my stuff.

Any ideas?

[Taxman]

I have a lot of space so I bought a comic drawer thing like you would see in a comic store and stuck it in a closet. I still had to/have to get rid of a lot of comic though.

[Taxman]

And you can buy these cardboard drawer setups cheaply which I am told are a lot more sturdy than you would think.

Long boxes you should be able to buy at any comic book store and if you can't get to a store I would think that some of the major online comic retailers would sell them.

[ClintP]

I have my comics in short boxes sitting on one of those wire shelves like you see in resteraunts and such. Each shelf can hold up to 300-500 lbs, so they work fine for me. I don't have as many comics as you though.

[mitchymitchymitchy]

I have a lot of space so I bought a comic drawer thing like you would see in a comic store and stuck it in a closet. I still had to/have to get rid of a lot of comic though.

Can you post a link for an example of this? I can't quite picture what you mean?

Or a picture if you have. Thanks.

[Ryudo]

http://www.amazon.com/BCW-Short-Comic-Storage-House/dp/B00166BLXW

[SteveFlack]

http://www.amazon.com/BCW-Short-Comic-Storage-House/dp/B00166BLXW

These, but I'd recommend the long box version over the short boxes.

http://www.bcwsupplies.com/products/comic-boxes/long-comic-book-house.htm

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/5113044362_23a252ee70.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitaminsteve/5113044362/)
40 Longboxes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitaminsteve/5113044362/) by VitaminSteve (http://www.flickr.com/people/vitaminsteve/), on Flickr

[Taxman]

Can you post a link for an example of this? I can't quite picture what you mean?

Or a picture if you have. Thanks.http://comicoasis.com/Comic_Tombs/tombsgallery.html


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Net%20Photos/IMG_0959_fs.jpg

[Ryudo]

Also, potentially 4,000 comics?

:shock:

[Brother Power the Gong]

These, but I'd recommend the long box version over the short boxes.

http://www.bcwsupplies.com/products/comic-boxes/long-comic-book-house.htm

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/5113044362_23a252ee70.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitaminsteve/5113044362/)
40 Longboxes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitaminsteve/5113044362/) by VitaminSteve (http://www.flickr.com/people/vitaminsteve/), on Flickr

Six high? Whoa!

[mitchymitchymitchy]

These look really nice. Anyone know anything about these?
http://www.comiccubes.com/cc_pricing_condos.html

[SteveFlack]

These look really nice. Anyone know anything about these?
http://www.comiccubes.com/cc_pricing_condos.html

I saw these at NYCC. They are really nice, but they look very small.

[Dood Lee]

Those comic cubes look awesome and very well designed.