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The completely self absorbed making of comic porn thread

Started by Colin YNWA, 01 December, 2013, 05:05:06 PM

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TordelBack

Dear grud man, how can you not see?  Your lowermost TCU is pushed out from the wall at the front and back by the skirting board and possible that cable there too, whereas the upper three are flush with the wall, leaving them out of alignment.  Starting to hyperventilate typing this.  It's too much, too much I say. 

Recrewt

Good eyes, that man!

Yeah, see what he means now.  To be honest, I was more concerned about those books on the top - I'm hoping that's just a temporary home for them as a) they look like they would be awkward to get at and b) it would look 'cleaner' with just the wooden top.

Colin - you may already be regretting opening this up to our opinions.  ;)

I, Cosh

But surely that's exactly what you would do if each level is capable of being moved independently? I mean, the alternative is to leave a gap between the upper three and the walls which doesn't need to be there and would, therefore, compel you to push them back every single time you walked into the room?
We never really die.

Colin YNWA

Quote from: The Cosh on 02 December, 2013, 06:41:03 PM
But surely that's exactly what you would do if each level is capable of being moved independently? I mean, the alternative is to leave a gap between the upper three and the walls which doesn't need to be there and would, therefore, compel you to push them back every single time you walked into the room?

This is what I was going with. Given that I'm a lazy chuff gaining added stability without having to actually do any work at all is a boon.

The point of real debate here should surely be surrounding the fact that I've pushed all the progs to the back of the shelves, rather than in true librarian style pulling them away from the back while maintaining an even line with the spines. I'm uneasy with this but have over come that unease for the sake of practical advantages.

TordelBack

Quote from: The Cosh on 02 December, 2013, 06:41:03 PM
But surely that's exactly what you would do if each level is capable of being moved independently? I mean, the alternative is to leave a gap between the upper three and the walls which doesn't need to be there and would, therefore, compel you to push them back every single time you walked into the room?

Grasshopper, the problem lies with not with the absence of a gap, but with the gap itself. 

Ask yourself this Colin: how much do you value order?  And how much do you value hidden skirting boards?  Your path is clear.

I, Cosh

Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 02 December, 2013, 07:24:29 PM
The point of real debate here should surely be surrounding the fact that I've pushed all the progs to the back of the shelves, rather than in true librarian style pulling them away from the back while maintaining an even line with the spines.
Ah. That would never have occurred to me. I assumed the real quandary was whether to start filing from the top down or the bottom up.
We never really die.

Spikes

Quote from: Recrewt on 02 December, 2013, 12:12:14 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 01 December, 2013, 05:05:06 PM
Why should you be interested in such nonsense I hear you cry

WHAT?  Are you crazy?  Of course we are interested.

Indeed.



Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 01 December, 2013, 05:05:06 PM





Your original set-up was most impressive.

And ill echo the call for MORE photos.

Fungus

Also interested  :)
(And is that a copy of Gregory peeking out?)

Have poked around Shelf Porn - it is strangely addictive - and your honest stash of comics beats a menagerie of Bat-Figures hands down  :D

Colin YNWA

Quote from: The Cosh on 02 December, 2013, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 02 December, 2013, 07:24:29 PM
...I assumed the real quandary was whether to start filing from the top down or the bottom up.

Arh now I tried bottom up, it really appeals to me despite struggling through a year of undergraduate geology. I like the idea of a comic laying down strata as the story trapped inside evolve. The trouble is when I did it this way in the old set up I really found it uncomfortable and intuitive. I might experiment again.

QuoteAsk yourself this Colin: how much do you value order?  And how much do you value hidden skirting boards?  Your path is clear.

interesting question. The problem I foresee is to remove the skirting-board behind might seem a little too permanent to my wife who even after 8 years together I think still believes my comics are just a cute phase I'll get over. After all I've all but given up football!

Colin YNWA

Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 03 December, 2013, 06:18:53 AM
I like the idea of a comic laying down strata as the stories trapped inside evolve. The trouble is when I did it this way in the old set up I really found it uncomfortable and intuitive...

That was meant to say unintuitive. Don't normally bother to correct my typos (not like I'd have the time!) but that one does kinda completely remove the entire point of the sentence!

Anyway onwards and upwards. So 2000ads in place I got to the single must important stage of this journey (well of course its not a journey, why the chuff does anybody doing anything, from making a movie, dancing a bit for a few weeks, or sitting in the jungle looking and being more dull than normal have to  describe what they are up to as a journey. I'm not on a journey I'm just doing some stuff... ahem I'm getting distracted) process. Got to this point on Saturday evening.



Now to the untrained eye things might not look too different. Nothing particularly new on the shelves, which were in position, skirting-board issues aside it would seem, last time. Still a load of boxes on the floor, still a shed load of stuff to sort. BUT LOOK HERE MR UNTRAINED EYE A PARADIGM SHIFT HAS OCCURRED (well no like above its not really has it but I'll not rant again). See those boxes Mr Untrained Eye, you see them, they contain comics, just comics, nothing else COMICS. The boxes and stuff in the room have gone through the crucible, have been heated to incredible temperature and the impurities have run off into... well into a big impurity gathering thing... which in reality looks like this.



Now aside from wondering how someone who has lived almost all his adult life in Sheffield can use a steel foundry metaphor so badly and inaccurately I see you are also wondering what all this stuff in the cupboard is. Well its the other, the detritus (and some lovely stuff too), its that which is alien to what we do here. Its my comics to be sold, boardgames that will share my comics nest, packing materials, bits of carpet roll we've decided to keep though we'll never actually use, its also original art and my drawing stuff. Its everything that's not comics. All neatly(ish, after all its not comics) stashed away.

This means we've hit a fundamentally important point. If this stuff is all that is not comics the rest of the boxes must be comics. Pure unadulterated comics (and a metal cat for display and stationary) ready for the sorting and the shelving.

LET THE SORTING AND THE SHELVING BEGIN!!!!

Proudhuff

Glad you mentioned the metal cat, I thought thought you had a LARGE rodent problem
DDT did a job on me

Recrewt

Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 02 December, 2013, 07:24:29 PM
The point of real debate here should surely be surrounding the fact that I've pushed all the progs to the back of the shelves, rather than in true librarian style pulling them away from the back while maintaining an even line with the spines. I'm uneasy with this but have over come that unease for the sake of practical advantages.

Hmmmm, now I think that looked really good in your old setup where you had the lower shelves but I wonder if that would seem to be a bit too oppressive in the more vertical arrangement that you have.  I do like seeing them all 'faced up' though.

I do find the way you store your progs interesting and wonder how practical it is?  It doesn't look like you use any dividers and such between them so how easy would it be to find and extract a single prog?  And if you remove some, won't the others all fall in?

Hawkmumbler

Those shelving units looks perfect for my bedroom for storing my meg's and gn's in. Do they come in black?

Colin YNWA

Quote from: Hawkmonger on 03 December, 2013, 12:01:43 PM
Those shelving units looks perfect for my bedroom for storing my meg's and gn's in. Do they come in black?

Without having my info to hand I'm pretty sure these are from the IKEA Besta Range which does indeed come in black. They come with a middle shelve which as you can see I don't use so the pictures you see can be deceptive. If I think on when I get home I'll check details.

Colin YNWA

Quote from: Recrewt on 03 December, 2013, 11:58:20 AM

Hmmmm, now I think that looked really good in your old setup where you had the lower shelves but I wonder if that would seem to be a bit too oppressive in the more vertical arrangement that you have.  I do like seeing them all 'faced up' though.

To be honest it was just too much of a ball ache to do it. When everythings sorted I might return them to that as I do prefer it. Being push back does help when you are pulling out Progs though.

QuoteI do find the way you store your progs interesting and wonder how practical it is?  It doesn't look like you use any dividers and such between them so how easy would it be to find and extract a single prog?  And if you remove some, won't the others all fall in?

Not very is the honest answer yes getting Progs or groups of Progs out can be a real pain. What I tend to do is when I'm re-reading from a given shelf I turn those Progs over to aid retrieval. When I've finished with that particular section up they get, back on their feet.