The Collected Editions Shelf Porn: Show me the goods!

[Legion564]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but do you guys collect single issues here as well? If so how do you make them look good on a shelf or just not plain boxes on the floor?

[darthfrysk]

close-ups
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[darthfrysk]

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mix of dutch & american

[darthfrysk]

big fan of Strangers in Paradise

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[darthfrysk]

Legion564,

In this forum there were examples of binding multiple single issue. Also if not mistaken there was a link.
Also using maps/binders.
For me there is no "beautiful way" to display 38 issues of Backlash. Perhaps one at the time? Like arteork.

[danmar85]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but do you guys collect single issues here as well? If so how do you make them look good on a shelf or just not plain boxes on the floor?

Starting with this post John Keyt posts images of his set up, including his longboxes sitting on kallax shelves. That's one decent way of improving aesthetics.

[John Keyt]

Looking good Darthfrysk . I gotta get me some of those Omnibusses some day .

[Ben11345]

big fan of Strangers in Paradise

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I'm so jealous of your cyborg 009 collection. It's a shame they never finished publishing the whole series.

[darthfrysk]

Ben11345
if everything goes as planned, this summer I will at least fill in the gaps of Cyborg 009, Pluto & Astro Boy

[Ben11345]

Ben11345
if everything goes as planned, this summer I will at least fill in the gaps of Cyborg 009, Pluto & Astro Boy

I've heard of Pluto but never read it. It's like a imagining of Astro Boy, right?

[darthfrysk]

I've heard of Pluto but never read it. It's like a imagining of Astro Boy, right?

Oooh yes... Beautiful drawn, a strong and emotional thriller/reimagining.

[Ben11345]

Oooh yes... Beautiful drawn, a strong and emotional thriller/reimagining.

Sounds like something I'd like, I'll look out for it next time I'm out. Thanks for the recommendation and I hope you get to finish your awesome collection.

[America / Bucky / Russia]

Well, here's my collection. I only have thirty or forty odd, but my physical issue collection, plus a few digital issues to fill in the gaps (and library read books) is a lot larger. The way I organise is basically go from other publishers, through to DC, and then to Marvel; I then arrange in approximate order of the first appearance of the character.

There's no real order as to which trades I buy; I get a lot of stuff secondhand as I'm a bit of a cheapskate, but I still like to get the occasional trade from Amazon.

The trades shelf...

[America / Bucky / Russia]

[America / Bucky / Russia]

Oversized...


Undersized...


Oh, and whilst we're on that subject, here's the sort of porn I like to keep on my walls (NSFW)