My barber said collecting comics is just hoarding with a theme

I was getting a haircut yesterday and mentioned my hunt for a specific X-Men issue. My barber, this older guy named Vince, just shook his head and said, 'Sounds like hoarding with a theme to me.' He wasn't being mean, but it stuck with me. He argued that buying stuff you never read, just to have it, is the same logic. I've always seen my collection as a library, but now I'm questioning if there's a line. For those with big stacks, do you actually read your books or just own them?

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the_tara12d ago

Honestly, my buddy had this same crisis last year. He had boxes of comics he hadn't opened in a decade, just sitting in his mom's garage. He finally sold like 80% of it and kept only his absolute favorites, the ones he actually rereads. Tbh it was a wake-up call for me too, made me go through my own shelves. There's a big difference between a library you use and a pile of stuff you're just storing.

casey84312d ago

Yeah, that "library you use" line hits a little too close to home.