books with shiny clean hair...

[katster]

Collective minds of LJ, unite...

How the fuck do I get shampoo off books?

(It got there because somehow I thought a shampoo bottle belonged in a box of books. I make no claims to sanity. This is doubly annoying because a large collection of said books affected was a good chunk of the rather small graphic novel collection I've built up. If it was just paperbacks, I'd replace the paperbacks, but it's not.)

What a mess. :P

[They're unsalvagable. Well, fuck. I'll have to replace, which is going to be ouch, my wallet, but...]

The casualty list (on macklinr's suggestion):
Sandman #1 (Preludes and Noctunes) [one died, two is fine. Two's the only one I had when I was in Berkeley that survived. Go fig.]
Hellboy #1 (Seed of Destruction)
Planetary #1 and #2 (Around the World and Other Stories/Fourth Man)
Transmetropolitan #1-#6 inclusive

Yeah, it was a *small* collection, but I really started when mrfnord threw a couple of those my way to enjoy early last spring.

Thank goodness I didn't pile the ones I've bought since I came back to Redding in the box yet. :)

Comments

[macklinr.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you could post a list? We LJers may have somedup or otherwise be willing to part with ours. There are also some decent used book stores in Sacramento that I should inform you about.

[katster.livejournal.com]

Good idea.

List will be added to the post in a few minutes.

And yeah, when I get there, you'll have to show me. :)

-kat

[macklinr.livejournal.com]

One of them (and a pretty decent one at that) is only a few blocks away from my apartment -- another reason I love living in Downtown Sacramento. I was there last week to finally pick up a copy of The Three Musketeers, as my library copy had been overdue by a good two weeks.

I *might* have Sandman #1, but I have to (a) dig for it, and (b) verify that I actually own it (the combination of having a long-time SO's stuff intermingle with yours and the possibility that it was on extended-and-forgotten-about loan means I'm not sure :)

[macklinr.livejournal.com]

Since these are also comics, I'll have to point out the various comic stores in the area. While I don't frequent them as much, I have friends that know where the good ones are.

[katster.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that and living in Sacramento means that it's a heck of a lot easier to get to my old stomping grounds in Berkeley/Oakland, and I know a couple good ones there.

Yeah. It's going to be nice living near a more major city than Redding. :)

-kat

[valliegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh no!

Unfortunately I have no clue how to get shampoo off a book. :(