Comic Collection: 3.5 short boxes down 19 to go...
So I managed to clear a bunch of stuff out of my room and I uncovered both of my comic collections. I don't think I've really looked at it in a few years, which is pretty crazy. I've been going through it all weekend. I'm sorting it into piles of comics I worked on(8 boxes), comics I read/collected(5 boxes), things I like or are worth something that I can feel comfortable selling to people(6 boxes), and things I want to set on fire(3 and half boxes).
Gah I think it says something about why I have so many comics in the first place that the smallest pile of comics just happens to be the pile that I can sell RIGHT away. Rolls eyes. I feel like I'm getting better about this though because the actually amount of comics that I want to hold on to should shake out to be around 6 or 7 boxes once I get done selling as many of them as I can.
I just took the 3 and half boxes of "things I want to set on fire" to Half Price books today along with a collection of random textbooks I used in college 11 years ago, classroom books for programs that are 5 years out of date/I don't own anymore, and books that fit on high school required reading lists... I got 45.50 for the whole lot. Also I took my old 1955 Encyclopedia set that use to use to flatten posters. I didn't get anything for those it's just easier to let Half Price recycle them then to try it myself.
It is interesting looking at my collection. The further back I go the more destroyed the comics get. I really read the tar out of some of those poor comics. I have a lot of good memories attached to my collection.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to stop using cleaning as an excuse to avoid work and actually get some art work started. It could happen right?
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Gah I think it says something about why I have so many comics in the first place that the smallest pile of comics just happens to be the pile that I can sell RIGHT away. Rolls eyes. I feel like I'm getting better about this though because the actually amount of comics that I want to hold on to should shake out to be around 6 or 7 boxes once I get done selling as many of them as I can.
I just took the 3 and half boxes of "things I want to set on fire" to Half Price books today along with a collection of random textbooks I used in college 11 years ago, classroom books for programs that are 5 years out of date/I don't own anymore, and books that fit on high school required reading lists... I got 45.50 for the whole lot. Also I took my old 1955 Encyclopedia set that use to use to flatten posters. I didn't get anything for those it's just easier to let Half Price recycle them then to try it myself.
It is interesting looking at my collection. The further back I go the more destroyed the comics get. I really read the tar out of some of those poor comics. I have a lot of good memories attached to my collection.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to stop using cleaning as an excuse to avoid work and actually get some art work started. It could happen right?
You can also read this entry on Dreamwidth.