I started reading 2000AD around prog 150, reading my brother's copy each week. When he left home I bought it for myself and have done ever since. Eventually the piles of progs got too much, and after a couple of house moves they ended up in crates in my roof. And there they stayed. I never read them, as it was too much hassle to fish out the ones I wanted, even though the boxes were labelled, and I think that I found the sheer size of the collection intimidating. And besides, I just buy the collected editions when I want to relive an old thrill. Eventually I decided they should go to a good home, but for ages I wasn't sure how to do that - far too many to sell off via eBay bundles - even a year's worth is a big heavy parcel. So they stayed in my attic. Then a couple of weeks ago I spotted a few progs in the local Oxfam shop, and got talking to the lad behind the counter, who, it turns out, knows his comics. "I have about 1500 2000ADs, could you take them?". "Sure, no problem." And so six stupidly heavy crates containing virtually every prog from 1987 to 2017 ended up in the charity shop. I have no idea how they'll shift them!
So if the size of your prog collection is preying on your mind, give a thought to donating it to a good cause. Now it's gone I feel it's a weight off my mind. I now only have about six years worth lying around (so I can figure out what's happening in The Order before the latter series are collected) so I think I'll be fine for while!
So if the size of your prog collection is preying on your mind, give a thought to donating it to a good cause. Now it's gone I feel it's a weight off my mind. I now only have about six years worth lying around (so I can figure out what's happening in The Order before the latter series are collected) so I think I'll be fine for while!