I finally stopped alphabetizing my long boxes by publisher

I used to organize my comics by DC, Marvel, Image, then smaller publishers. Spent 3 hours reorganizing after the Black Friday sales last year and it drove me nuts. My buddy at a local shop in Denver told me to just sort everything alphabetically by title regardless of who published it. Now I can find any issue I own in under 30 seconds. Anyone else switch up their sorting system and regret it or love it?

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fiona5027h ago

Alphabetical by title is the way to go, no doubt about it. I've had my books sorted that way for about six years now after a similar headache. One thing I'd add is to keep a separate short box for crossover events or limited series that tie into multiple titles. For example, I keep my Final Night issues off to the side so i don't have to dig through the whole box.

sagey696h ago

Fiona502 over here trying to save us all from the chaos of crossovers, but honestly that just sounds like a recipe for more headaches. Now I'd have to remember if an issue is a crossover BEFORE I file it, which is exactly the kind of thinking that got me into this mess in the first place. Pretty soon I'd have a box for crossovers, a box for mini-series, a box for variants, and a box for "books I bought because the cover was cool." Might as well just throw them all in a pile and play blind man's bluff every time I want to read something. Sounds like a great way to make a simple hobby into a full time job, but you do you @fiona502.