Comic book storage cabinets

After 30 years of collecting comic books I have finally built the storage system of my dreams. I still have some minor cosmetic work to do, but I'd say the whole thing is about 95% complete.

[@RetrobeeJordans]

...I periodically stop and re-watch this like is a fuggin movie! 😍 Thank you!!!!!

[@Slider617]

Haha you, me both. It's just an awesome design. Such a logical idea and easy to make. Just takes times.

[@holdemNE1]

Not a comic book collector but even I think this is awesome. I got bounced here after searching wood working sites and as I wood worker I can really appreciate the thought and detail that went into the construction of this cabinet. 2 big thumbs up.

[@joseflores5792]

a comic collector's dream come true-thanks for posting

[@keithlindow4583]

Now that's how you store your comics with style! Looks great!

[@williamllambelis3254]

This is so dope. I will build something like this one day.

[@ArvidBux]

Amazing to see this. Love how organized it is!

[@zisoul]

Dang! Cool shelf closet you made for your Comic Books. Good work Chris,I toast a Beer,Whiskey and Wine on good work you did on the shelf you made. Peace.

[@ChantaR]

Love this way of storage. I was thinking wouldn't it be great it it was double-sided? Then, I could store my comics on one side and my stilettos on the other side. Now, that's a dream come true! Great work by you and your father. Thanks for sharing.

[@natew1494]

comics AND stilettos? #inluv

[@MakThaNife]

Dang, I'd buy that house just for that cabinet! Awesome job and great inspiration!

[@photomanual01]

Nice job! I wish my dad and I were handy like that! Thanks for sharing.

[@SunnyBri]

Geezes that is a sweet set up! Truely a shame you don't have and design plans or had video taped the building process. You have storage and a decoration! Perfect!! I am green with envy!!

[@MrSagoto]

wow!..m also a collector & one day wish to make a cabinet like u..really great stuff..

[@JordanCastelli]

you, sir, are legitimately my idol. i just started collecting comics about a year ago and i cant say ive seen a better way to display comics. i hope i have a collection as sweet as yours one day

[@Paganhellbilly]

Well, it's been ten years. How's the collection?

[@superheroradio3775]

Best I've seen so far. Great work! Inspiring!

[@BillWiltfong]

Once that fills up, go through them for the books that are worthless or you aren't interested in keeping, and give them away or sell them off. That's something I recently did, it's more fun than it sounds.

[@JayJuanS]

Hallo Chris, and thank you for making this video. Your cabinet is one of the finest comic book storage solutions I have ever seen. I myself have tried to make something similar, only not as good as yours. See here: My comic book cabinet But it functions to my liking. Thanks again for giving me and others the inspiration to make our collections shine.

[@TheMightyDude]

This is amazing. Great work. I'm very impressed.

[@atozcomics]

Amazing craftsmanship.

[@M4ST3RFLASH]

Great Work. Awesome way to store the comic books. My local shop do the same, but it's dusty haha

[@barwaz10]

I would distribute the weight better and start from the bottom with the comics and go up.Another thing is the comics in the front are going to be exposed to light thru the plexiglassjust a couple of thoughts. Great job, wish I would have thought of something like this back when I was collecting. Thanks for sharing.

[@otakutourguide]

You are a genius my friend

[@schadenfreudeind]

This is awesome.

[@robertt9342]

My LCS has had these type of setups since the mid 90s. I guess they were just ahead of the game.

[@McCheeze]

Wow this is really great! Wish I had something similar, I'm approaching a 7,000 comic collection and would love to do something like this.

[@elasticlad]

3/4 inch thick for the towers, 5/8 inch thick for the boxes. The boxes were also a special kind of smooth plywood which was a little pricier but a necessity to prevent any splinters or rough wood damaging the comics.

[@cloudedjourney]

So dope! looks awesome! Really well done. I am excited once we buy a home to create my own man cave :)

[@christianburrell3864]

A thing of beauty. Well done, sir.

[@mukychip]

this is awesome man, in the classical awe inspiring meaning. I hope someday I can make something like this.

[@Mitchiekidd]

I would kill for those blue prints !

[@garyamyeljohnson]

Great job looks very nice.

[@elasticlad]

I completely agree, heavier slides would have been better but they weren't necessary. And since I would have had to buy 70 sets of slides I compromised on these ones.

[@elasticlad]

All the individual cabinets are resting on a raised floor within the space. There are three separate cabinets and they can be popped out pretty easily if they have too.

[@timo7203]

Great job!

[@centipedesocks]

That is just beautiful. Perfect!

[@lunarmoon1969]

Possible 1750lbs ....dude that almost a ton! Great work.

[@DACOSTA78]

Amazing! This is what I was looking for. Thumbs up, man!

[@Star_Wars_collector]

That is pure amazing!

[@ScottyD]

Very nice looking for storage but I am confused... You stated these comfortably hold 150 comics per drawer... then at 2:15 runtime in the video, you state you have north of 6000 comics in this already with nearly a whole row yet to be filled... BUT if you do the math 35 drawers x 150 comics... your max fill would be 5250 comics... and if you went at your "stress test" amount of 200 you would be able to store 7000 comics. Since your drawers don't seem to have 200 in them... how can you have north of 6000 comics and still have nearly an entire row empty? The one thing I would recommend is changing out all of your light bulbs to LED's that emit zero UV light. Certain incandescent and CFL bulbs emit UV which would do harm against the books against the plexiglass. Also, make sure you have your humidity controlled to a consistent level in this room. Especially since you stated the furnace room is just behind the storage...

[@juicy1213]

Scotty D I think he meant that he didn’t finish putting the books in the shelf yet. 👍🏻

[@fabianramirez7807]

Amazing piece of art

[@thedorment2]

looks awesome but 1 issue you said it hold just over 150 comfortably so thats about 5000-7000 whats the plan when you run out of room

[@chesteratkins9789]

Cool thanks for sharing this man its a tight idea! one day I hope to build something similar. If I do, ill send you a vid of it!

[@ourpromiseland2000]

Would have been nice to see a video of how you built it...nice work!

[@jpc61570]

nice,I would need three more like you got to handle what i got now. Really nice.

[@ThomasWilliams848403]

i just need one for me for now joe...lol i love it to

[@teknizian]

So awesome!

[@andreblue19651]

Well done buddy great job really looks nice..

[@AdisNukicCaptainBosnia93]

that is awesome set up man

[@Comiccollector239]

It looks amazing 👍

[@daxdcarver74]

We have over 14,000 comics and a whole room devoted to them. I'd love this against one of the walls so that the room can have other uses.

[@TheRobinusPrime]

Dax I've just finished my comics room - the video isn't long but hopefully you'll appreciate it

[@daxdcarver74]

That's very cool!

[@TheRobinusPrime]

+Dax Carver cheers

[@daxdcarver74]

We will probably do something similar. We've over 17,000 now.

[@TheRobinusPrime]

+Dax Carver wow I'm nowhere near but I love seeing what's in the drawers

[@capitaljbcomics3738]

Awesome storage buddy i need something like this!!! Just subbed ya i hope u post more soon

[@BlackCanery87]

Are the slides just rollers at the from and back of the drawer with a slide the full length of the storage cabinet? Can't really see how they are fixed in the video Nice work, very creative, looks great.

[@chriss2507]

[@vdubpowered]

awesome and interesting storage/display

[@elasticlad]

It took me a year from start to end. But I was only tackling it when I had the time. You could probably break the back on something like this in less than a week.

[@APaganPerspective]

Way to go. Great Storage unit

[@elasticlad]

Modern/bronze comics only. I don't have a lot of older stuff so it didn't make sense to build for what I didn't have.

[@UltimateSpiderPlush]

That is pretty awesome

[@6roadwarrior9]

Looks really great. My only criticism is the slides you used, I would have used something a little heavier duty. Other than that great job

[@davidray4346]

This is amazing. Now to go find space in my house to convert...

[@KyleBuchananEng]

This is really nice. What kind of sliders do you use? are they "over-extension" sliders or just regular "full extension"? if they are full, is it hard to access the comics at the back?

[@username16600]

Very nice, do you have any plans/details on the build process you can share?

[@bouelf]

I was looking for ways to store my comparable size collection and just love your setup. Can I ask you how much did it cost to build?

[@Cacti88]

Great job, has that WOW factor

[@serg4220]

should market that idea

[@bruce5476]

Is there a way you can give a quick how-to on building it? I would really like to learn so I can build my own. Much appreciated.

[@chriss2507]

This video inspired me a lot so I built my own version of his cabinet. Here are my specs: www.courthate.de/comicdrawer.jpg

[@Dahntahnsjs]

@@chriss2507 where do you grab the drawers?

[@chriss2507]

@@Dahntahnsjs You can easily grab them by the sides.

[@PacoVJ]

This is perfect! i have been looking all over the web how to store my comic books and by far this is the most brilliant way i have found. It might be too much to ask but could you provide some measures and materials that you used to put it together? I'm not too much of a handy man but i would like to give it a shot at your cabinets. Thanks!

[@comicKkrakK]

Looks really great! Since it's been a couple of years now I was wondering if you've experienced any issues due to the amount of weight on the drawers? Any sagging? How are the rails holding up? Anything that you would have done differently now that you've lived with it for a while? Thank, and again, great work!

[@nickysasi2851]

Hey Chris, love the shelf. What did you fill in the remaining spaces ?

[@plot000000]

so cool. i'm always afraid to wear out the older comics, like i'll need surgical gloves and masks to protect them or something. haha

[@Vulcanman86]

Nice showcase area!

[@michaelboyd1920]

That is beautiful!!

[@angeltread]

be cool to make duel plexiglass front with a small spacer inbetween the pieces. so that the slide in a front comic and it will always stay upright and not lean back like some of yours are doing.

[@che1925]

My biggest thing about showing my collection is that if you have repair people etc or visitors in your house.

[@chunkymilk]

shouldn’t comics be stored away from light though?

[@bromyne]

Love this solution. I have something similar in mind...but not so tall and more enclosed like a file cabinet. Thanks for the info on weight, that is something i have wondered about. Do you have any dimension info? Did you build them just to fit modern/bronze comics, or did you take silver/gold into consideration? Can you take the drawers completely out? Thanks again for shareing!

[@monikaknolton3440]

Love this

[@SilverGoldComics]

That is a really nice storage system! I'm using the stackable boxes (check out my two vids on it) but this, this is the ultimate! Nice job.

[@AHIMSA369]

Around how much did the settup of this cabinet cost? where and how did you get this?

[@nzj27]

D.I.Y most likely

[@AlbertoMcybernyc9732]

"Nuff Said" nice setup

[@TheSpaceBaby]

That is incredible

[@lav3nd3rt0wn5]

What happens if he moves house?

[@charlesfortney4426]

very, very nice

[@darrinrussell9021]

Very Cool!

[@Harleigh_19]

I think biggest question/concern is what do you do when you get more comics or a series you already have gets longer? Reorganize the ENTIRE collection to make space? Its such a time sink =( But I would Love to have this! Good Work =)

[@JǏMINEMreal]

Well, he does have about 525 to 650 more comics to put there, and I always loved to sort through comics it is fun to me...lololololololol

[@azharihamid9992]

Thats a thick wall. What's behind that wall?

[@webrik33]

How far out do the drawers come? Is there anything to prevent the drawers from tipping forward and falling out?

[@bmplovesprince]

I want it so bad!

[@ishjoseph-palu3904]

really cool review man can you buy the cabnits on ebay?

[@mistyburns1799]

im not sure if this has been mentioned but i dont feel like scrolling thru 150+ comments. you added a space of comics next to a furnace? as you know heat is bad for comics. they need a cool dark space. in addition i like the way you can see the comics thru the plexiglass but this solution doesnt allow for easy expansion especially when you’ve carved out space from a wall.

[@collinfields9571]

That's really great! One of my customers showed this to me and I wanted to know what kind of drawer glides you used?

[@DASHINGDUST]

i have thought of a shelf space similar to that but your sounds better

[@RPRsChannel]

So, how long did it take to fill up?

[@mikelessie2050]

You fill that bottom row ? Then what ?

[@TheSeeker1971]

Very nice. I have been thinking about doing this for quite some time as well. Do you find it hard to browse the comics on the upper levels? Also, what thickness of plywood did you use?

[@thomasparks8484]

man this is so awsome and sweet i love it but i wont one now lol...

[@CommanderCool76]

Do you have the building instructions or a materials list.

[@JMESPARZA05]

can u make a video on how to do it ?

[@dylandjm99]

You can get som finish molding so you don't see the edges of the plywood otherwise greet idea thank you

[@herfmonny]

How deep dose it go back ?

[@Sigel110]

Do you happen to have a blueprint that you would be willing to share? I have a few cardboard boxes but they are expensive and they break easy.

[@founddragon3593]

Impressive 😄👍👍

[@curiouspeanut]

hey, is it possible to share the dimensions and or materials used, id love to make a 3 or 4 module long storage box similar to this, if you could share them it would be great

[@FerrariDMC]

+nsideufo Why is he showing off? He didn't brag about costs, or comic prices, he shares an idea.. Go troll something you can afford loser..