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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Here at Shelf Porn Central, we're not size conscious. We know it's not the number of shelves you have, but what's on them that counts.

That's why today we're featuring not one but two collections. They are perhaps a wee bit smaller than some of the more ostentatious offerings we've had in the past, but they're filled out in all the right places.

The first collection of photos comes from Doug Goodwin in Cartersville, Georgia. The second is from Jesse Young, founder and co-president of Saint James Comics.  Click on the link to see their pics.

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Before you sit down to watch for the President's State of the Union Address tonight (you are going to watch it, right?), why not cleanse the palate with some Shelf Porn.

Today's SP comes once again from the land Down Under, i.e. Australia, courtesy of writer and blogger Ryan K. Lindsay. Must be something in the water there that makes everyone produce such great collections. Whatever the reason, I'm not complaining. Click on the link and you'll see why ...

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's Shelf Porn, defender of truth justice and awesome-looking bookshelves everywhere.

Today's entry, in fact, comes all the way from Sydney, Australia, courtesy of Superman fan Steve Younis, who, appropriately enough, runs the Superman Homepage Web site. It's quite the extensive array of Kal-El-related material, so I'll bypass the usual blah-de-blah and get right to Steve and his collection:

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Who's ready for  another round of Shelf Porn? Oh, let's not always see the same hands ...

Our guest this week is artist, blogger and graphic designer Dan Bru, who has has done a fabulous job decorating his "man-cave," though a few of the more possessive collectors amongst you may balk at his method of decorating his walls. To see what I mean, click on the link and let Dan take you on his tour ...

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

When I came up with the idea of Shelf Porn a year ago, one of the things I hoped is someone would go into detail about how to make their own shelves -- offer a how-to tour of sorts for the handy comics collector so they could perhaps follow suit. Now, thanks to my co-worker and friend Bill Peschel, that day has come to pass (alright, I asked him but still).

Bill is a blogger of note in his own right, and has a book that will be coming in November from Penguin Perigee, entitled "Writers Gone Wild: The Feuds, Frolics and Follies of Literature's Great Adventurers, Drunkards, Lovers, Iconoclasts, and Misanthropes," which he describes as "a collection of dirty stories about famous writers." Keep an eye out for it in the fall.

A quick message to those of you who have sent pictures over the holidays. First of all, thank you for taking the time to answer my pleas and send me your pics. My apologies for not getting back to you, but you should be hearing back from me individually later this week.

And now, let me turn it over to Bill, as he puts on his Bob Villa outfit ...

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Welcome to another edition of Shelf Porn. I hope everyone had a nice holiday and is ready for the new year.

Our guest this week is Brian Fitzgerald, who hails from Limerick, Ireland. As you might guess by the above photo, Brian's a bit of a Batman fan and was thoughtful enough to share his photos with the rest of his fellow Robot 6 readers, though he prefers to let his photos speak for themselves for the most part.

Before we continue though, let me remind you how much we rely on submissions to keep this series going. I know what you're thinking -- "But Chris! My collection isn't anywhere good enough to be featured on Shelf Porn!" Nonsense I say! Poppycock! Rubbish and balderdash even! Everyone gets a fair shake here at SP, be their shelves large or small. So why not send some photos of your comics to cmautneratcomcastdotnet?

And now here's Brian:

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Send Us Your (holiday-themed) Shelf Porn!

JK's Christmas Tree

Rather than be our usual shelf-porny selves this time around, we thought, in the spirit of the season, we'd see if anyone had any special comic-themed holiday decorations they'd like to share. We put a call out and low and behold, we actually got some responses! Well, two responses, actually.

The first is from Publishers Weekly (and The Beat) contributing writer Kate Fitzsimons. The second comes from our own Robot 6 Leader Supreme, JK Parkin. We'll start with Ms. Fitzsimons' offerings, as she's got her tree all nice and spiffied up for the occasion.

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Welcome once more to Send Us Your Shelf Porn. Our guest this week is Sean Kleefield, blogger and author of the new book, Comic Book Fanthropology. Sean's got quite the set-up in his basement, so we'll cut straight to the chase and let Sean start the tour ...

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Today on Send Us Your Shelf Porn we'll be looking at the collection of Mr. Abel Yu, who sent us a rather nice and detailed rundown of his bookshelves.

Remember, we're always on the lookout for good shelf porn. And this holiday season, we're looking for holiday-themed shelf porn as well. If you think you've got some, take a pic and send it to us at cmautnerATcomcastDOTnet and we'll post it here for everyone to enjoy.

And now, take it away Abel!

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Welcome to Shelf Porn. Our guest this week is blogger and manga fan Cathy Pajunen. Cathy had posted some pics of her collection on her blog, so I asked her if she'd be interested in doing an expanded tour of her collection for Robot 6. Thankfully, she said yes.

Remember that we're also on the lookout for holiday-themed shelf porn this month. If you've got some swell DC or Marvel tree ornaments, or a Naruto-themed creche, take a pic or two and send them to cmautnerATcomcastDOTnet and we'll post them here in the coming weeks.

And now, on with the tour:

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Thanksgiving may be only a day away, but we're not going to head off to our relative's house without an extra helping of Shelf Porn, no sirree.

Today's collection comes to us all the way from Ireland, courtesy of one Dave Tobin. Click on the link to see Mr. Tobin's impressive set of comics. Oh, and pass the stuffing please ...

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Send Us Your (holiday-themed) Shelf Porn!

So with the winter holidays fast approaching, we thought we'd try something a little different with our Shelf Porn feature. We want to see what sort of comic book-themed decorations you hoist out of your Christmas boxes this time of year. Does Superman stand atop your tree? Does Spider-Man help light your menorah? Do you have a special limited edition manger featuring the cast of Hellboy? We want to know. More than that, we want to see it. Send any and all pictures to cmautnerATcomcastDOTnet and we'll post them here, either in one fell swoop or doled out over the month of December, depending upon how many pictures we get. And don't feel like only the fanciest or largest ornaments can be included. One or two pics are fine, we just want to see how you combine comics with the winter solstice. So unpack those basement boxes and get cracking!

Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Welcome once more to Send Us Your Shelf Porn. We're so happy you could join us on this lovely day (metaphorically speaking of course).

Today we're looking at the collection of Rick Lacy, who with Phillip Gelatt is the co-creator of the Oni Press series Labor Days.

Before we begin, however, let me do my usual plug and encourage -- nay, implore -- you to send your collection pics to me at cmautnerATcomcastDOTnet. The Shelf Porn well seems to be drying up very rapidly and may hit bottom soon unless a few brave souls out there opt to contribute.

But enough with the sob story. Let's check out Rick's shelves:

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Here I was at Shelf Porn Central, thinking "you know, we haven't had a big manga-themed post in a long while," when who should appear in my in box but one Emily Snodgrass, with a manga collection to beat the band.

Remember though, you don't have to be an uber-collector to submit your pics to Self Porn. Large or small we'll gladly accept and and all submissions. Just send photos and commentary to cmautnerATcomcastDOTnet and we'll take care of the rest.

And now heeeere's Emily ....

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Send Us Your Shelf Porn!

Is it time for Shelf Porn once again? You bet your sweet bippy it is! And we've got a heck of a collection to share with you this week, from Caren Pilgrim, who runs the Peanuts Collectibles Web site. As you might imagine, she has quite the Peanuts-inspired collection herself.

Upon coming across her Web site, I emailed Caren and asked if she would be willing to share some photos of her collection with Robot 6 readers. Here's what she sent in ...

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