The Collected Editions Shelf Porn: Show me the goods!

[SmilingPirate]

here's my little collection

[Starbrand]

here's my little collection

Nice collection Pirate!Love the absolutes

[Detox]

It's OK, I think I need to reread it some time. I was expecting it to be better than it was, mostly just unimportant filler stuff, but it isn't bad and it's priced pretty nicely. I'd sayas a fan just pick it up. I'm thinking the second LE will be better and I'm very much looking forward to it.

Yea I think i'm gonna give it a shot, thanks!

[JJ87]

SmilingPirate, your collection kicks ass. A lot of quality titles and I love how neatly organized your shelves look.

[MartinNL]

Great collection SmilingPirate. Funny how those Chew and Killjoys slipcase editions look like small regular hardcovers compared to those humongous Marvel editions.

And LJ your collections seems to have grown quite a lot again too. Awesome stuff!

[SmilingPirate]

Great collection SmilingPirate. Funny how those Chew and Killjoys slipcase editions look like small regular hardcovers compared to those humongous Marvel editions.

And LJ your collections seems to have grown quite a lot again too. Awesome stuff!

Nice collection Pirate!Love the absolutes

SmilingPirate, your collection kicks ass. A lot of quality titles and I love how neatly organized your shelves look.

Thank you guys and happy New Year!)

[coughlanio]

I've started collecting trade paperbacks (I haven't purchased comics in nearly 10 years) and I've been looking into expanding my living room storage. How are the IKEA Billy bookcases? They're the perfect size (and price range) that I'd be looking at.

[victorxd1999]

I've started collecting trade paperbacks (I haven't purchased comics in nearly 10 years) and I've been looking into expanding my living room storage. How are the IKEA Billy bookcases? They're the perfect size (and price range) that I'd be looking at.

I have one and it's pretty nice. I'd recommend them

[danmar85]

I've started collecting trade paperbacks (I haven't purchased comics in nearly 10 years) and I've been looking into expanding my living room storage. How are the IKEA Billy bookcases? They're the perfect size (and price range) that I'd be looking at.

I don't own any, but if I were in the market, the only thing I'd be concerned about is sag. If there is a choice, I would go with more narrow Billy's side-by-side, instead of one or two much wider shelves.

[Spirou]

I don't own any, but if I were in the market, the only thing I'd be concerned about is sag. If there is a choice, I would go with more narrow Billy's side-by-side, instead of one or two much wider shelves.

If you collect mainly TPB, sag should not be a problem at all, even on the larger shelfs. Once you start to put weight on them, like 4+ Absolutes/Omniboo, I recommend either the narrow Billys or something sturdier. Billy is just mass production and very low quality. But absolutely OK for TPB, CD's & DVD's.

[coughlanio]

If you collect mainly TPB, sag should not be a problem at all, even on the larger shelfs. Once you start to put weight on them, like 4+ Absolutes/Omniboo, I recommend either the narrow Billys or something sturdier. Billy is just mass production and very low quality. But absolutely OK for TPB, CD's & DVD's.

Thanks! I'm in a rental property, so I just want something cheap and relatively sturdy that I don't have to worry about leaving behind if/when I move. I'm also considering the 2x4 Kallax, but I'd be sacrificing storage space.

[danmar85]

If you collect mainly TPB, sag should not be a problem at all, even on the larger shelfs. Once you start to put weight on them, like 4+ Absolutes/Omniboo, I recommend either the narrow Billys or something sturdier. Billy is just mass production and very low quality. But absolutely OK for TPB, CD's & DVD's.

That's a good point. I forgot to keep in mind his book format of choice.

[Magnum Valentino]

I've started collecting trade paperbacks (I haven't purchased comics in nearly 10 years) and I've been looking into expanding my living room storage. How are the IKEA Billy bookcases? They're the perfect size (and price range) that I'd be looking at.

I wrote a commemorative blog post when my Billys had to be retired last year if you wanna check it out :-)

http://magnumvalentino.wordpress.com...th-of-a-billy/

[John Keyt]

Nice write up Magnum Valentino . Your new shelf looks amazing . I used the 2 off the 8 cube units in my room . They are a lot better than the Billy's book cases for sure . Hold a short box rather well .

[MartinNL]

Updated my collection pics. Used photojoiner, which was quite some fun... And for close-ups click on the link in my signature.