The Digital Movement - Part 3

Point 3 -

Time capsule.  Each of these issues of scanned comic books by GIT Corp [1] contained ads for products that were common for the time of the original comic was printed.  Its not a huge selling point, but its an fascinating aspect of looking at an old comic book and seeing hair and clothing styles reflected in the ads.  Its history.

Point 4 -

Volume.  Comic books can take up a considerable about of space.  Go into any comic book store and look at the back issue section and marvel over the amount of floor space dedicated to them.  Most of us don't have that much extra floor to dedicate to making our comics accessible like this, so we stack them, and store them in closet, under beds and where ever we can find a spot.  This makes for looking at old favorites almost requires the services of Indiana Jones to find the missing issues.

Moving a vast collection, like I had to do, will make you question collecting comic books.  Surprisingly, these little things can reach considerable weight.  Anyone who has picked up a long box will know the weight these little things can get to.

With all that said, the idea of containing literally thousands and thousands of comic books onto DVDs and being able to consolidate rooms full of comic book boxes into a single box, or shelf in a closet is my definition of the perfect comic book collection.

Point 5 -

Paper - it degrades.  Many of the GIT Corp DVDs contains hundreds of comics books from the early 1960's.  These comics are 40+ years old.  Those old comics were printed on low quality paper.  They don't suffer the passage of time well.  I used to have some of the older comics.  Even with proper storage practices, the paper just doesn't hold up well to time.  They begin to smell, turn yellow and become brittle.  Having a 45 year comic for considerable money is worthless in terms of its entertainment value.  The condition of these older comics makes it almost undesirable and in some cases, impossible, to look at them.   With the GIT Corp collections, I can look at these older comics any time, and as many time as I want without any concern of damaging the comic book itself.

What's nice about having the GIT Corp collections is that I can sell my comic books to someone who wants the paper version.  As I noted before, I like to read comic books, not store them. 

In my next segment, I will finish with a fiery explosion and set the stage for the future of comic books.

References:

[1] - http://www.gitcorp.com/