Wall frame for multiple comics?

December 27, 2006 4:15 PM

Wall frame to hold multiple comic books?

I have a very small collection of late 80's comics which might be fun as wall decoration (gotta love those old covers). A single frame for each would be sort of cheesy (maybe if I had a Wolverine #1 or something), so I am searching for a frame that might hold 3 or so comics. Any suggestions?

posted by starman to home & garden (6 comments total)

"Erikslund" frames at IKEA are $14.95 USD and the mattes hold three images.
Check out their catalog at IKEA.com.
posted by Dizzy at 4:28 PM on December 27, 2006

For more than a decade, I hung favorite comics on the wall as "art". (My wife wasn't too happy about it.) I never used a frame. I used a standard board and bag. I placed two thumbtacks in each bag, poked them through the backing board and the mylar bag. It created a surprisingly tight package that hung on the wall nicely. Lots of tack holes, to be sure, but so what? It was art!
posted by jdroth at 5:01 PM on December 27, 2006

Also, you should be aware that exposing any comic to light for an extended period of time is going to cause the cover to fade. I knew that going in, and so didn't display anything very valuable. And even though most of my comics hung in a very dark corner of the house, away from sunlight, the covers did fade.
posted by jdroth at 5:13 PM on December 27, 2006

Good find, Dizzy. Extra points if anyone finds something similar available online. Didn't think about the fading... good point.
posted by starman at 5:24 PM on December 27, 2006

I color-xeroxed my covers of "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet", packed away the originals in plastic comic sleeves nestled in acid-free binders, and hung the copies on the wall.
Cheaper than buying that danged over-priced "UV ScreenGlas" that those pishers at FramesAndTaters wanted to sell me.
Every five years or so I just re-copy.
Voila!
My kid will go to Yale when I sell 'em.
Or something.
posted by Dizzy at 6:27 PM on December 27, 2006

Update: The Erikslund have a frosted glass that cuts off the viewing area for comic-book sized images. ..*keeps looking*..
posted by starman at 3:30 PM on December 28, 2006