As I mentioned, in January, I reclaimed some comic books from my youngest’s bedroom as we culled the children’s books from his shelves (and moved the bookshelves downstairs as depicted in the The Noggle Library, 2026 Edition).
I stacked up the salvageable ones, which includes not only some heavily worn comics from my youth but also things that the boys got at The Comic Cave back in the day or things they bought at ABC Books, whether with gift cards they received or as a bribe for coming with me to the book shop (not that they had much choice ten and twelve years ago).
And…. some of these Bongo Simpsons Comics Explosion books. They’re flat-spined collections of comic strips(?).
I have a bit of a conundrum: Do I count them as books or comic books?
As you know, gentle reader, I have in the past counted collections of cartoons as books in my annual tally and generally subject you to my twee musings on what I’ve read. Not so with comic books. But, as I mentioned, these have flat spines. Like graphic novels. Which I have counted in the past.
So, if I count them as books, I can use them for blog fodder. And I can just put them on my bookshelves. If I count them as comics, I have to acquire some magazine-sized poly bags and figure out where to put them–my short boxes are comic sized. Maybe I need to get a magazine-sized box as well.
Oh, the dilemma!
Probably, though, I will bag them and store them with the comics. Not that it will make much different at estate sale time, but it will leave the room on the bookshelves for actual, you know, books.
