Comic Books

Originally posted on xanga.

I've been collecting comic books for the past 21 years.  I don't have an exact count, but my collection runs into the thousands.  I mainly collect Marvel comics and my favorite is Iron Man.

Recently, I've been having a lot of trouble storing my comics.  I don't know what to do with all this stuff anymore.  I have stacks and stacks of it sitting around my office.  I have most of them stored in my parents garage.  Beyond reading the comics once, I rarely read it a second time.  I keep it as purely as a collectible.

I've been considering stopping cold turkey and selling my collection.  Getting it out of my life completely.

A part of me loved the chase aspect.  I wanted so badly for years to collect all the back issues of the Iron Man series.  That lead to the Avengers, Fantastic Four, etc.

I need to simplify my life.  I have too much clutter.  Too many things keeping me occupied, that I don't have time to do the important things in life.

Hopefully I will find someone to take the comics off my hands for a reasonable price.  Most likely it'll be a comic book dealer.  I don't have time to sell stuff individually, I just want to get rid of it in one swoop.  I'll put that money towards my daughters college fund.

But I may change my mind again later.  There's just so much good stuff out there now.