Took me 6 months to realize I was organizing my longboxes wrong

I had my comics sorted by publisher then title, but every time I got a new run I'd have to shift half the box. Spent a whole Saturday last month redoing everything alphabetically by title regardless of publisher. Then yesterday I realized I could just label the outside of each box with a range and stop trying to keep room for future issues. Has anyone else wasted way too much time on a system that just didn't work?

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taraj114mo ago

Wait, you really think keeping a half Marvel half DC box is the solution? I tried that once and it drove me crazy trying to find a specific issue. @lee_butler I get that shifting things around is part of the hobby but it doesn't have to be a whole weekend project every time. What worked for me was getting a label maker and just writing ranges on the outside of each box. That way you don't have to leave empty space or move stuff around when a new run comes in. You just slide the new box in wherever it fits and update the label. It's way less stressful and you can still flip through your collection whenever you want.

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lee_butler4mo ago

You're saying you spent a whole Saturday redoing everything and now you're bragging about it... I've had the same system for 15 years and never had a problem. Publisher then title works fine if you just accept that longboxes aren't meant to be perfectly organized for life. I've got a box that's half Marvel and half DC because I picked up a run of Swamp Thing right next to a bunch of old X-Men. It's fine. Shifting things around is just part of the hobby, keeps you in touch with your collection. Labeling boxes with ranges just sounds like you're trying to turn comics into a library system.

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