[aisle] Comic book bags that can handle the abuse of a middle schooler

Fri Oct 15 18:41:32 CDT 2021

We use these for our magazines...

https://www.demco.com/demco-reg-economy-vinyl-magazine-binders?utm_source=google&utm_id=go_cmp-288492305_adg-20713568705_ad-525646437109_dsa-105164484966_dev-c_ext-_prd-_sig-CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRokot7qdZIeCO-5CtPvaAk8jnFVNgREMaiKqjhFAvoQpbzHVzQizNSshoCtgwQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRokot7qdZIeCO-5CtPvaAk8jnFVNgREMaiKqjhFAvoQpbzHVzQizNSshoCtgwQAvD_BwE

Karyn Nadler, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Robert Crown School
Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone (847) 526-7100
Fax (847) 487-3596

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 5:41 PM Christine Wilson via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> For years we used the hanging bags from DEMCO for cassettes and CDs with
> books, and they held up extremely well.
> https://www.demco.com/deluxe-monaco-hangup-reg-bags
> If exterior protection is the issue, perhaps some heavy duty magazine
> covers?
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> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:29 PM Peterson, Sharon I. (OV) via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Try these Alan
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>> https://qq-studio.com/collections/stand-ziplock/products/frosted-polyethylene-stand-zipper-seal-bags
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>> Strong frosted Mylar bags less than $20 for 100
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>> Sharon Peterson
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>> Oak View School Library Teacher
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>> Alan C. (BMS) via AISLE
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>> *Subject:* [aisle] Comic book bags that can handle the abuse of a middle
>> schooler
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>> Good afternoon one and all,
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>> In my younger years, I would always be at the comic book store on
>> Thursday after school. Thursdays were when the new comic books came in.
>> Over the years, I would place thousands of my comic books in plastic comic
>> book bags. I still remember my mother telling an upset Mrs. Grove, my math
>> teacher in 6th grade that caught me reading comics in her pre-algebra
>> class, “If it wasn’t for comic books, that boy would never have learned to
>> read.” To this day, numerous boxes are still in my basement. Well, last
>> year, we won a grant to bring comic books into our school library. I’m not
>> talking graphic novels, but actual trade comic books. Whoot! Whoot! These
>> things are a hot commodity in our library. The 273 individual comics
>> already have 600 circulations.
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>> Here’s the problem. The comic books are holding up better than I thought,
>> but the comic book bags are dying fast. I tried using the collector grade
>> comic book bags. Needless to say, these bags are more for storage and
>> display than circulation. The *Comic Pro Line Bags* failed miserably in
>> the hands of middle schoolers. That brand only made it about 2 circulations
>> before it split at the seams. The *BCW Resealable Comic Book Bags* are
>> fairing better. These are making to the 3rd or 4th reader, but still are
>> giving up too quickly.
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>> Does anyone out there circulate comic books? If so, what brand of comic
>> book bags are you using?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
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