Well, I feel as if I've mostly dodged a bullet thirty miles across.

On a quick glance, I have lost a few comics, but the greater portion of them are mildly damp at the bottom, and would still seem to be very readable. And while I know some things that had gone up in value are now essentially worthless, I only bought them because I liked them, so that's no great loss. So, several grands worth of re-saleable comics have vanished into the ether, and yet I still have most of them to read, hooray!

It also means I now don't have to be all precious about them when my kids want to read them later :D

Given just how soaked some of the boxes were, the low level of damage is a miracle. Or the science of capillary action, meaning that the boxes absorbed the lion's share of the moisture first, and so only passed along a small amount to the comics themselves.

I'm going with science :D

Updates, and maybe a photo of a wet box, later :)

From: [identity profile] toley-elf.livejournal.com


That is such good news :) I'm glad that they get to be read and enjoyed.

From: [identity profile] dalekboy.livejournal.com


I'll have lost a hundred or so, but given the size of the collection probably only only 2% to 5%. The rest of the damaged portion of the collection, which is probably about 60%, is still quite readable.

I probably will aim to start replacing some of the damaged stuff with tradepapers at some point, but that can wait, we have a new child, and a bouncing baby mortgage, so comic replacement is low on the priority list.

From: [identity profile] toley-elf.livejournal.com


Lol, I'm such a newcomer to comics that I often forget that individual comics even exist! Almost everything I've read has been in trade.

From: [identity profile] narrelle.livejournal.com


Um. That animated icon on LJ. That's you leaping nakedly and joyfully down an Australian highway, isn't it?

Danny boy you make me ROFL so hard I might need medical aid. :D

From: [identity profile] gutter-monkey.livejournal.com


"maybe a photo of a wet box, later :)"

I like how you change topics to porn right at the end there

From: [identity profile] dalekboy.livejournal.com


Yes, it is me.

ROFL - the reaction I get from most women who see me naked. But at least it's better than those terrible screams.
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