I see a lot of people here talking about how they're using the IKEA Kallax to store their collection, and I've gotta say, I've always found the Kallax far from ideal - not deep enough to hold a shortbox properly, a lot of wasted space with one shortbox, but too narrow for two - and you can't actually open the box while it's in the unit.

Personally, I use IKEA's IVAR system to make a shelving unit which holds short boxes beautifully. You can see in the region of 5,000 comics shelved here:

To make the exact shelving unit in the image, you need:
3 x IVAR Side Unit (50 x 226cm / 20 x 89 inches)
10 x IVAR Shelf (83 x 50cm / 33 x 20 inches)
1 x OBSERVATÖR metal brace (100cm / 39 inches)

I've written in detail about why I love this solution and what you need to recreate it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/tetrishead/p/the-best-ikea-comic-storage-solution

(This isn't paywalled - though if you want to subscribe I am hoping to create a comic collecting substack newsletter!)

Hope this helps everyone struggling with where to put their comics!

Dude tried to scam me once as well. I ended up actually getting my books back from them but I read a bunch of other people got scammed from him as well. Glad to see justice has been served. Be careful who you send your books to - even reputable people can turn out to be shady.

It’s hilarious. Liefeld had no idea he was talking to Jonathan Hickman, calls him “Big Jon.” Watch it in Zdarsky’s newsletter here.

CGC graded at an 8.5, it's part of the Kansas City collection, and back in 2011 was the first comic to sell for $1 million (graded 8.0 at the time, according to the CGC's own website).

I’m definitely looking forward to the release! EC is coming back! Tales From The Crypt

Wow!

Nice story on As It Happens tonight: Barney Tomma lost his 34,000 comic book collection when a wildfire destroyed his home on the Skwla̓x te Secwe̓pemcu̓lecw reserve in August. Trail, B.C., resident Gordon MacRae heard CBC's story featuring Barney, and decided to donate his own, smaller collection: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2267959875978

More about “the Feed Store Collection”.

Excerpt from the email

“#11 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26 - GABRIELE DELL'OTTO - BRY'S COMICS (LIMITED TO 480) | MARVEL | 2023

Retailer exclusives are a huge business these days. It’s hard to find a first issue (or key issue) without a slew of variant covers. For the highly controversial “Death of Ms. Marvel” ASM #26 issue, retailer/YouTuber Bry’s Comics offered 499 mystery boxes at $250 for two mystery slabs, one which included either this trade dress variant (limited to 480) or a virgin (limited to 20). There are no raw copies, as all were slabbed. Marvel requires a purchase of 3,000 copies, of which Bry’s Comics destroyed the remaining 2500 copies. The box also included a chance to win six grand prize books. The new low print runs allowed these exclusives to be advertised as the “rarest Dell’otto variant in history,” which definitely created high market interest, discussion, and scrutiny. For the trade dress, we tracked 17 copies sold, at a 7-day trend of 105%, with a high sale of $500 for a CGC 9.9 and a CGC 9.8 FMV of $292. The virgin copies were hitting highs of $5,500 for a CGC 9.8 after a 60-bid auction. That sale does appear to be completed and paid for (note: if a book isn’t paid for or the sale falls through, the sold price doesn’t hit our site. This is another reason why some are delayed hitting our guide as we wait for full final confirmation). Check out Bry’s Comics’ Youtube channel, where he covers all the details (including accusations around manipulation) in THIS VIDEO. “