Do You Smell Your Comics?|Why Comics Smell So Good

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In this video, we talk about the comic book collector's obsession with smelling comic books and why comic books smell so good. Also, we cover a few tips to keep your comic books smelling great for years to come. Enjoy!
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@jimbartram9331 3 жыл бұрын

They smell like memories to me, I love it! Thanks for the memories!

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

No problem! Glad you enjoyed!

@LowellLucasJr. 3 жыл бұрын

Trust me, you want an odd sniffing ritual, there's a KZfaqr who sniffs his opening card packs before reviewing them. Odd yet hilarious!

@blackpeter70 3 жыл бұрын

I used to love sniffing my Star Wars trading cards when I was a kid. They smelled like bubble gum. Mmmmmm...

@frankdicolombo7103 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what wine, truffles, mushrooms AND comics would smell like together!? I wish they made glade plug ins that smell like old comics. Love the ghost reference btw ha ha ha

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

I agree!!

@LowellLucasJr. 3 жыл бұрын

I smell like a periodical at Elronds Library after sorting comics. The Smell of Victory and papercuts!

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! I wish I could be around so many comics that I can smell like them lol

@jimmyvolakis5194 2 жыл бұрын

Thought i was the only one. Brings me back to my 1990s childhood. I actually accidentally mentioned it to 2 girls I know while discussing digital books and thought that they will think I’m a weirdo, but to my surprise they thought it was “cute” lmao! I go out of my way to buy trades with the matte paper and not the new glossy stuff that doesn’t smell as nice haha

@Dante19883 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha exactly! You’ll know that there are a lot of closet sniffers out there and it’s becoming seen as “normal” lol ask any reader and I’m sure they will tell you they love the smell of books. I do the same with books and I will actually wait for mass market paperback versions to come out because I like the smell better ha ha

@willgrant6458 3 жыл бұрын

Sniff, sniff… I’m a comic books sniffer and silver age books smell best to me😀

@blackpeter70 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I took a good sniff of Uncanny X-Men #98, and thought, "That's the smell of 1976!". Doesn't get more real than that. I love comics newsprint!

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Doesn’t get better than that!

@masterofda45 3 жыл бұрын

Remember the smell of a new cassette? I miss the experience of opening a new cassette tape. Comics have the same effect for me I don't sniff em but I can smell it.

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

I do actually. Great smells there too. Same thing with new trading cards

@_The_Worst_ Жыл бұрын

I love smelling👃🏼lots of things...👌🏼 When I was a child I always smelled my new video games...🤘🏼💯✔️

@BF-Gator 3 жыл бұрын

1990 darkhorse issues and those malibu bravura comics smell so darn good, i dont know if it's the paper or the ink but I wish there was a database of this stuff

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I know right!?

@starwarstimeline 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAAAOO... Dude, I just picked up Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive trilogy and I loooove smelling the new books. It's the associative memory, brings you right back to your childhood memories!! Love this video. EDIT: Smelling ritual!! You dropped down the SCIENCE, B*TCH. I love this... 😆😂

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Ben! It really is a ritual that just enhances the reading experience. I’m glad to hear from so many who like the smell too!!

@starwarstimeline 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dante19883 It's not just the smell. When I was a kid our Dad bought us an entire "children's library" of world classics in Russian and reading books together was a culture. It taught us to treat our books with care and put them back, flip the pages properly and enjoy the book design.

@jamesrfb 3 жыл бұрын

I have always liked the aroma of Detective Comics 27: a wonderful vintage, to be sure.😉

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha sadly I’ll never get the chance to smell it ha ha

@jamesrfb 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dante19883 You and I both.😉

@miaburns2926 3 жыл бұрын

Sniff sniff.. books and comics smell great!

@sebastianstark8517 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! I actually got a good laugh out of this, Dante. I've never sniffed a comic in my life, even though I've collected since the late 1970's (took years off from time to time) until now. I also prefer the tactile nature of an actual comic, which is why digital will never replace the real thing for me.

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I’m surprised you never smelled them having collected for so long, but that just means you’re normal lol glad you got a good laugh out of it though ha ha

@ericbreen4340 3 жыл бұрын

Comics ain't been worth sniffin' since they went to Baxter Paper ..Now GET OFF MY LAWN !

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣 yes sir!! Lol

@treasey8655 2 жыл бұрын

I like the smell of both. Old and new , for different reasons

@vincehudson9698 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I buy a comic, i have to make sure the smell is in order because if the smell isn't good when I am reading it, I will have to put it away and find something else. So yes, I am a comic sniffer. Sometimes I think I like smelling them more than reading them. Is that weird!? lmao

@toomanyhobbies8351 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. I do this a lot to old comics when I bring them home,

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

It’s one of my favourite parts of the whole comic collecting experience lol

@rushdiehard8784 3 жыл бұрын

i am currently grading over 3000 silver and bronze age books...and yes i do smell them.

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

That is so amazing! Smelling three thousand in such a short period. If you’re lucky the smell might rub off on you and you can smell like comics for a while 😀

@avamailloux3588 3 жыл бұрын

Sniff sniff... the smell of comic books = chefs kisses

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly ha ha 😀

@kingroti 2 жыл бұрын

Finally someone made a vid out of this

@simonosborne4993 2 жыл бұрын

I smell omnibuses too. They dont smell like old comics, but they do smell better than new comics.

@Dante19883 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I love the smell of omnis

@FragItAll 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. The farting analogy was a bit .... eew...😨

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, yeah, I like to be 12 sometimes lmao

@roydavis4136 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I just get the crappy old boxes to look through. I smell alot of heavy smoke. Some obviously got wet and have a musty or mold type smell. It doesn't stop me from reading them though.

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mold and smoke can ruin the smell, but you’re right, as along as they are readable, that is the most important things

@marlonc56 4 ай бұрын

I love a good Dark horse comic

@frankdicolombo7103 3 жыл бұрын

Omg comics farting!? I never thought of it that way but that is so true!!

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

💨 ha ha

@benportzer 3 жыл бұрын

The people at Febreeze better be watching this😂

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? I would love if I could make my couch smell like that lol

@literallyunderrated 2 жыл бұрын

Its like you said, comics, old books and newspapers, they have that weird smell you can’t find anywhere else. Sniffing every page tho? You might have a problem lol

@Dante19883 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I admittedly do! 🤣

@BF-Gator 3 жыл бұрын

What is up with amethyst annual #1? Is it supposed to smell like lavender because my copy totally smells really strongly of flowers

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

I actually don’t know! I don’t have that book. I’m sure that was intentional though lol

@LowellLucasJr. 3 жыл бұрын

Do you smell that Batman? *I DO. IT SMELLS LIKE SILVER AGE!!!*

@Dante19883 3 жыл бұрын

😀😀