Digital Comic Museum
General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: Roygbiv666 on November 11, 2013, 08:27:33 PM
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Thought this was neat (and simple):
http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/docs/tape/tape.php
Of course, I never thought of that. :(|(
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cool
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I've been bagging comics for ever, well a long time, and I wish I had thought that one up. That's just so simple if a bit slower.
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The big advantage being you don't get the comic caught on the tape, sliding it in or out.
I've been bagging comics for ever, well a long time, and I wish I had thought that one up. That's just so simple if a bit slower.
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That is a real nasty, getting the tape stuck to a bit of the comic, which this method should avoid. I've been sliding comics in and out of bags for so long that I sometimes get a bit careless and, only at the last minute save the day, or the cover. Not quite on the same topic, it seems to me that, historically, comics were bagged with the flap at the top, but in the last decade, some dealers here insert the comic upside down and apply 3 pieces of tape to the flap which is, obviously, at the bottom. This way was pioneered in Scotland by the late, great and sadly missed, Pete Root, dealer supreme. As I am old and stubborn, I have stayed with the tape at the top. None of this is really that important but still causes arguments between folk who are converts to the Root method and the few who still use the old way. For anyone who is a bit unsure, always use magic tape, especially for your own comics. You've no idea how British comics often come bagged. Bakers' bags, indeed ! :o
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I had a Hawkman #1 that I sold about 25 years ago the dealer said was one of the nicest he had seen except for the foot. That damage I caused by putting it in a bag and the tape got the foot.
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Interesting. Of course, am I willing to re-do all five digits of my bagged comics that way? I am not.
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I think I might start trying that from now on. Thanks! 8)
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Tape is the enemy.
I haven't had any mishaps since I started using just a tiny piece ofScotch removable double sided tape. It always stays stuck to the back. I know some collectors that just tuck the bag in the back to avoid tape all together.
Just this week I got a pulp on ebay with packing tape stuck to the cover. The cover of the issue I'd never come across before managed to last in great shape for 80+ years until now. Happens all too often with old magazines :'(
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For what it's worth: one way to unstick tape from paper is to gently warm it with a blow-dryer. Any film of glue left on the paper by the tape can be carefully rubbed off with some rubbing alcohol.
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I did the tuck the flap trick too.
Tape is the enemy.
I haven't had any mishaps since I started using just a tiny piece ofScotch removable double sided tape. It always stays stuck to the back. I know some collectors that just tuck the bag in the back to avoid tape all together.
Just this week I got a pulp on ebay with packing tape stuck to the cover. The cover of the issue I'd never come across before managed to last in great shape for 80+ years until now. Happens all too often with old magazines :'(
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I did the tuck the flap trick too.
Tape is the enemy.
I haven't had any mishaps since I started using just a tiny piece ofScotch removable double sided tape. It always stays stuck to the back. I know some collectors that just tuck the bag in the back to avoid tape all together.
Just this week I got a pulp on ebay with packing tape stuck to the cover. The cover of the issue I'd never come across before managed to last in great shape for 80+ years until now. Happens all too often with old magazines :'(
How did that work out?
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The seller offered me a 7 dollar refund on a 30 dollar mag and gave the seller the rundown on the evils of using packing tape without any barrier between the tape and a magazine.
I took it.
With the girlie pulps, I might never see the issue again, so I usually just keep them even if I find out the photo sections or pages are missing if it's a scarce issue.
Sad but true.