When does your comic collection become too large

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:06:29 pm

I was looking at my comic collection last weekend and came to a realization that I "may" have too many comics. The funny part is that I am pretty sure that my collection has almost doubled from last year.

This is what I currently got:
14 long boxes full
4 half boxes full
a cabnet in my office overflowing with comics
an entire tall book shelf full of HC's and TPB's.

When do you guys think you have too many comics?

BTW - I am not getting rid of anything and my comic collection is sure to grow, but just curious what you guys think.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:33:40 pm

Never.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:37:16 pm

I don’t know that there’s a strict number, but I think when a collection becomes a hassle rather then being something enjoyed it’s probably too big. I’m getting to that point now, and will likely start selling some lots to make room.

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:49:22 pm

Mine is too big now. 47 short boxes.

I have been seriously thinking about weeding it down to less that 15 boxes but the thought of listing them on ebay or shipping them out in small numbers is daunting.

How do you really get rid of 30 short boxes of comics without selling them to a dealer for 10 cents each? Should I just take them to a local convention and offer them at a buck each for the commons? Anyone in the Northern Virginia area that wants to swing by and buy some of them from me?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:56:22 pm

mine was up to

120 long
200 short

now the keep pile is

100 short

thats more then enough

I agree when it becomes a hassle and not fun anymore thats the line

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:58:22 pm

Mine is 70 long....30 short.

Jersen · Post by **Jersen** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:11:28 pm

Geez! My collection is pretty paltry compared to you guys! I'm sitting on 8 longs and 6 shorts. However, I've only been back into collecting for 3-4 years and until late-'09, I was only buying current stuff, it's been the back issue diving and eBay lots that have really bulked me up from the 1 1/2-2 longboxes full I had from my childhood collecting.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:41:15 pm

If you include stock then i guess it's scary, but my own collection is about 50 short and 15 long, so not nearly as big as it could be.
When i was on my DC mission i accumulated 30 long boxes in about two years from the late 70's to early 2000's, then realised i had to stop.
Then when it dawned on me how much fun i could have with the DU's and that i would be picking up thousands of books i had never laid eyes on or knew even existed, i just knew that no amount would ever scare me again.

I am actually thinking about asking friends and family to store stuff for me.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:49:41 pm

The short boxes I have are for magazine sized books and Previews catalogs.

I never do buy any of the short comic-sized boxes. I always put regular comics in the long ones.

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:56:43 pm

When Mile High Comics comes to you for back issues!

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:01:58 pm

Draco wrote:Never.

x2

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:53:11 pm

caxiotis wrote:When do you guys think you have too many comics?

When I get that feeling of being overwhelmed and burdened by it rather than enjoying it. I'm still there, but am slowly chopping away at it.

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:36:49 pm

I've only got about 10 long boxes and 5 shorts, and its getting to that annoying point. Really, i just need to quit buying random lots and start focusing better.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:40:08 pm

It gets to be too much when you fall out of love with comics.

-slym

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:00:43 pm

slym2none wrote:It gets to be too much when you fall out of love with comics.

-slym

Very poetic

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:06:20 am

slym2none wrote:It gets to be too much when you fall out of love with comics.

-slym

I'd echo this; my enjoyment is on the wane, especially for the the 'big two'.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:50:23 am

leonmallett wrote:
slym2none wrote:It gets to be too much when you fall out of love with comics.

-slym
I'd echo this; my enjoyment is on the wane, especially for the the 'big two'.

DUs dude. Do it. Tons of cool stuff that doesn't cost a ton.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:39:08 am

It really depends on how much space you have. 6 months ago all I wanted was more. Now I've moved and had to send 5 boxes to my parents and the boxes I have here are overflowing and need more space.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:21:44 am

ian_house wrote:It really depends on how much space you have. 6 months ago all I wanted was more. Now I've moved and had to send 5 boxes to my parents and the boxes I have here are overflowing and need more space.

When these next two shows are done we coming down to get monstered and ill bring you some new boxes

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:14:50 am

It's a love/hate thing.

A collection is always too big, and yet we all continue to buy more!

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:24:19 am

The thing that gets me is when I have a series of boxes organized and then I introduce a few hundred more comics. I have to take all my *SQUEE* out of the boxes and then start over chronologically. That process is too labor intensive to do more than once every couple of years, so I have a lot of "holding boxes."

I'm getting close to giving up on staying organized. Maybe I have too many comics.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:46:37 am

depluto wrote:The thing that gets me is when I have a series of boxes organized and then I introduce a few hundred more comics. I have to take all my *SQUEE* out of the boxes and then start over chronologically. That process is too labor intensive to do more than once every couple of years, so I have a lot of "holding boxes."

I'm getting close to giving up on staying organized. Maybe I have too many comics.

The boxes in my pic hurt my brain when i was filtering in the last lot, so next time i have gaps.
I too have holding boxes, but i love filtering in what i bought in the last year and looking through it all again.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:50:45 am

I have one small box as a holding box as well. It's full of green lantern and birds of prey and dark horse stuff right now.

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:20:10 pm

400yrs wrote:
caxiotis wrote:When do you guys think you have too many comics?
When I get that feeling of being overwhelmed and burdened by it rather than enjoying it. I'm still there, but am slowly chopping away at it.

Well said... I'm with 400 all the way.

On that note, my stuff is split between two single family homes - mine and my parents. I've got too many long boxes on that rack at my p's to want to bring them over to my place, yet my place is filling up quickly with drawer boxes.

I've been feeling for a while that I'm getting ready to be done with things myself, actually.

TheVisitor · Post by **TheVisitor** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:52:22 pm

It's too large when you have been married for over 20 years and you still have thousands of comics at your parents house that you have no room for at your own house.

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