The practice and hobby of gathering, preserving, and organizing comic books as a form of artistic expression, often related to specific genres, characters, artists, or periods of time. This category also encompasses the intersection of comic books and music, which may include comics about musicians, comics inspired by music, or the influence of comic aesthetics in album cover artwork. As a collecting activity, it involves knowledge of market values, rare editions, and it requires careful storage and maintenance of the collected items.