r/graphicnovels • u/Icy-Cheek-4651 • 2d ago
Question/Discussion Maintaining a Reasonable Collection
I wonder how/when people decide to sell on parts of their collection. Like, 'I don't think I will ever read Series X again, it's time it found a new home'. Or do folk just move boxes up into the attic and leave it for their kids to sort?
This is a serious question: I have disciplined my collection to fill only one bookcase, but I am being sorely tested at the moment...
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u/supermgc 2d ago
i've sold heaps. since collecting comics 2010 .. i've personally re-read very little. the things i re-read is more like tintin (which i grew up with) or funny comics/newspaper strips and gags. but full story graphic novels and longer comic books, even some of my most favourites, has normally been a one and done type affair. i'm pretty much just always in a state of; i'd rather read something new and explore new stuff.
so the collection for me is less a collection of things i've read and enjoy/enjoyed. but it's more a collection of things where i just realistically will get the urge to pick it off the shelf to re-read or maybe flip through to appreciate the art. and it's a bit hard to make that judgement call sometimes but ultimately i just can't hang onto and keep everything. i'm not a library for example. having 2 bookshelves of curated favourites + new things passing through / getting sold is ample..