drforsey@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Forsey) (11/29/85)
I keep my comics in little plastic bags, folded shut at the top but not sealed. (Except for my double copies of LOVE & ROCKETS: those are sealed in anticipation of the day I read my first ones to death.) A couple of days ago an aquarium (a BIG one) in the apartment overhead blew up and the leakage found its way through my ceiling. Guess where it landed? As I said, the comics were in plastic bags... AND in boxes. Not one of them sustained water damage of any description. Thank God for those little plastic bags. When the bags aren't taped shut, taking one out of the bag is no more trouble than picking up an unsealed one. If it sounds like too much trouble, then you got problems! And who knows when the next aquarium will blow up? So, YES, little plastic bags are worth it! It doesn't mean I'm some sort of never-read-them fetishist, but it does mean that my ZOT!s weren't turned into mulch. End of confession. The Gray Mouser