Found a dollar store binder that holds my weekly pulls perfectly

I was using those long cardboard boxes for years but they always got messy when I'd dig through them. Picked up a standard 1-inch binder from Dollar General for $1.25 and some poly sleeves off Amazon. Now I just sort by publisher and alphabetize as I go. Took maybe 20 minutes to set up and I can flip through issues way faster. Anyone else use a simple binder system or am I overthinking storage?

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andrew_rodriguez3mo ago

Wait you just use a regular binder? I always thought those were too flimsy and would mess up the comics. But honestly seeing how you set it up made me rethink everything. I've been using those long boxes too and you're totally right about them getting messy. Especially when you're trying to find that one issue in the middle of a stack. I might have to try this binder method because flipping through pages sounds way better than digging through cardboard. Plus I like the idea of keeping things organized by publisher as I go instead of sorting through a pile later. Appreciate you sharing this, I was sleeping on a simple solution.

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owens.cameron3mo ago

My buddy @andrew_rodriguez has the right idea. Its funny how we overthink stuff like this. Binders work fine for me and I've had zero damage after years of using them. Same goes for a lot of things in life - people always reach for the complicated solution first when the simple one was right there.

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rileyp493mo ago

Same here man, binders were a total game changer for me too.

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