The Cheap $1 Dollar comic book frame hack, using a document cert frame. It was time to put my comic books on the wall in the nerd cave, displaying them as art, and getting them out of the boxes. I wanted the comic books to look stylish, while at the same time being budget conscious. The cheapest way to frame comic books that I could come up with was using the Dollar Tree – Dollar store Document certificate frames. I found another other sites that used an IKEA photo frame hack, the site by Youseph Tanha Dot Com was a big help, but there are no IKEA stores around here, and my solution only costs a dollar plus some card stock!
Hello Fellow Redditors 
– So you came here from reddit.com, no penguins or cute cat pictures, but a killer nerd cave with some awesome framed comic books!
Materials -
- * $1 Dollar Tree Black Doc Frame (local Store had black) x 75
- * Black Card-stock Paper 8 1/2 X 11 $4.99
- * Finishing Nails
- * A Comic Book – in regular bag / board
The dollar store frames I used had a very nice glass front, along with a cardboard backer, having two nail hooks for an easy install. I took apart the document frame and hacked it to work as a comic book frame. To stop the white space that was left around the outside edge of the comic book bag/board I added black acid free card stock from hobby-lobby onto the rear side, making it look like black matting in the back of the newly created comic book frame. I left the comics in the bag/board to give the comic some extra protection, not wanting them left alone in just a frame. ( Tools – measuring tape / bubble level /pencil)
How I did it.
1. Remove / unbend tabs on document frame backer
2. Center comic in bag/board to middle of frame
3. Lightly place black card stock over comic book
4. Reattach document frame backer
5. Hang comic book frame on wall with a finishing nail
6. Enjoy your brilliantly easy work
It was a success! The wall looks amazing! I love that the frames were so inexpensive! A $1 document fame customized into a very nice looking comic book frame. An easy DIY project, elegantly showing your comic books as framed art on the wall for less than a $1.40 each.
Its a very nice way to display comic books. Its awesome to see people taking long gazes at the wall of framed comics talking about the ones they remember from their own childhood. I really liked the lay out that my wife suggested. She was a huge help, mapping the the orientation / placement of nails on the wall. Her suggesting the staggered method worked very well, this stops the visual reference points of straight lines, so that your eyes do not find imperfections as easily.
Comic Book Frame hack
Nerd Cave Comic Book - The Cheap $1 Dollar comic book frame hack, using a document cert frame. It was time to put my comic books on the wall in the nerd cave, displaying them as art, and getting them out of the boxes. I wanted the comic books to look stylish, while at the same time being being budget conscious. The cheapest way to frame comic books that I could come up with was using the Dollar Tree – Dollar store Document certificate frames. I found some other sites that used an IKEA photo frame, but there are no IKEA stores around here, and my solution only costs a dollar plus some card stock!
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WOW! you found a cheaper way then then my IKEA Hack! This is really awesome. The greatest part of all is you find a website that will ship cheap frames. Something IKEA just flat out will not do. Nice Job!
I am going to link back to your post on this from my original IKEA Post. Great Work!
Loving your Transformers books!
Thanks for the link back Youseph
Your site was the start of the creative consciousness that helped move my own comic book frame wall forward. My issue was the lack of an IKEA. As they say, necessity is the mother of all invention. It was pretty funny when the clerk at the dollar store gave a concerned look ?? what you doing with a cart full of document frames? Comic books I replied, showing off what you had done on your site.
Transformers ROCK!!!
G1 Trasnformers fan for life sir!
Thats awesome. Great post. Glad to see more people showing off their comic book art.