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[Morris_E_Smith]

Hello,

I thought I'd tell you what brought me here before I go and ask for help (and then, in traditional messageboard style, I get one of two one-line responses from people who are sick and tired telling newbies they've missed FAQ X and failed to search for term Y).

Back in the late 80s I got my monthly copy of my favourite computer magazine and it had a free comic in it. The comic was so good that I subscribed to it, and I kept adding more and more to the pile, individual issues, annuals, and specials.

After years of working around the country, no fixed address, and everything going into the room I'd grown up in, I meet my wife-to-be and we move into a flat that has one cupboard - and she wants it for tins of soup and so on.

Kid on the way, so mum agrees that I can store my comics, music collection, football & music fanzines in the empty cupboard, in the empty room, in their big, empty house, until I've got somewhere for them. Then when the second child comes along I add in another 4 years worth.

Sadly mum passed on. A year later dad asks if I still want the stuff in the cupboard and I say yes. Another year passed and a friend sent me a link to Gumtree, free comic books. Oh Jesus. Of course they've already been snapped up - same day they were put up. Dad's number. I call him, ask if the individual issues are still there...

"Oh, I took all that worthless old sh*** to the dump. You'll never read those again."

What should be about 270 copies turns out to be about 50, so I'm in the process of trawling the net and trying to put together a digital collection. If I find the older ones in comic book reader or PDF format and they're complete, job done. If not, I have to find a complete scan or a paper copy. Sadly a lot of the online editions have chunks missing.

So I'll be on my way. Going to play with the scanner.

[The Australian Panther]

Hi Morris,
You would be surprised how many others have similar tales to tell.my Dad didn't throw out my comic collection. But he did throw out my antique organ and my 1940's Valve Radio with its beautiful sound. My comic collection I had to sell myself, due to being seriously in need of funds. And that was at a time when there wasn't much interest in comics so what I got for a 20 year collection was a pittance. And then I didn't get paid, so had to chase the buyer. I also had some stolen at a later date when I had a much smaller collection.
Yes, you can find much on the Web, if you know where to look. This site is careful about legality and we try to ensure that everything here is PD [Public Domain] so we don't post links to sites that may be problematic.
You haven't named any particular comics.I'd be interested to know what you are looking for. 

I thought I'd tell you what brought me here before I go and ask for help (and then, in traditional messageboard style, I get one of two one-line responses from people who are sick and tired telling newbies they've missed FAQ X and failed to search for term Y).

Currently we don't disparage or discourage newbies, you shouldn't get that kind of response here.
Life is too short to be miserable. So welcome.

   

[Andrew999]

Welcome Morris - you're at home here.

As Panther says, there are similar tales to tell. Once the owner of a glorious silver age collection, I arrived home one day from university to find my mother had given them away to a kid down the street - that was decades ago. Mothers! Who'd have them?!

[paw broon]

Welcome to CB+ Morris. Same here.  My mother chucked my comics out.  Someting about being a young man now and no time for kids stuff.  I'm an awful lot older than you and I was able to build a new collection later on with the acceptance of a, still, slightly perplexed wife.
You should be ok here.  Ask your questions.  Someone will help if they can.  But as Panther writes, we're very wary of posting links to stuff that isn't pd or orphaned.

[Morris_E_Smith]

Hmmm...seems to be a common scenario. Had the full Oink! collection go down the pan as well.

The most cruel thing of all was that he held on to Broons/Oor Wullie books that are 6 for

[The Australian Panther]

The most cruel thing of all was that he held on to Broons/Oor Wullie books that are 6 for