After years of more or less ignoring back-issue comics, we've reversed course since Covid and are trying to collect as good a back-issue stock as we can get. Part of it is the change in the market and part is because we've been given some collections relatively inexpensively. They're a chore to make salable, but it's also fun to do. Giving each comic a fresh bag and board really makes them look nice. 

Some former customer (and current friend!) donated a few boxes to the store a couple days ago. I took them home yesterday and started to work on them. About 600 of them were titles worth working on (the other 200 were fine, just not immediately salable. These we leave out for people who might want them for very low cost.)

Linda and I put on the extended versions of LOTRs. They movies are so comfortable that in some ways they've become background noise. At the same time, I noticed more than I had before how many changes there were to the books, and how well placed the changes were. They made the movies work, frankly. But they also aren't the books anymore. 

Fair enough.

Still have Return of the King to watch and taping and pricing the comics. 

It's a very satisfying and enjoyable process.