The difference between tossing the comic in the trash and tossing it in the tradh by way of turning it into bric-a-brac is minor. Whether it’s as cuff links, a bouquet, coasters, or a collage, no comic fan – the people being targeted for this sort of stuff – is happy to see something which was once persued and joyful rehashed into things like this.
Nor do record lovers like seeing it happen to old vinyl. Nor do film fans like seeing it happen to reels of 45mm print. Nor should anyone like seeing it happen to mammoth ivory. Hell, we used to make mummy (yellow) paint out of corpses no one loved anymore.
You want to do it? I can’t stop you. The material is cheap, and that’s society’s ultimate judgment on its value. Clearly, not worth as much to most people as it is to some. But I’m not going to pretend it’s lovimg tribute.
