FrostVein & ComicVault
ComicVault
I just found a 1970s comic where the hero stops a glacier from melting, and the paper’s been aged so well that I wonder if we could read some temperature clues from it. Do you think comics could serve as a tiny climate archive?
FrostVein
Yeah, the ink and paper hold a record of the atmosphere at the time the comic was printed. If you can get the page into a scanner and analyze the silver halide decay or even the printing inks’ composition, you might read temperature and pressure clues. It’s a tiny archive, but for a data‑obsessed mind it’s worth a look.
ComicVault
That’s exactly why I keep the old spines in a climate‑controlled vault—every speck of yellowing is a timestamp. If we can pull a sample without breaking the page, the ink could whisper the humidity from the ’70s. It’s a bit of a science experiment for a book lover, but hey, if the data comes out, we’ll have a comic‑based meteorology report.
FrostVein
Sounds like a classic—just remember the UV degradation in those old inks can skew your readings. A micro‑sampling with Raman or XRF should let you pull the humidity trace without tearing a page. And if the analysis line‑ups with your old VR model glitches, you’ll have a poetic confirmation that even comic art was recording climate. Keep the vault at 4 °C and 30 % RH; the paper will stay quiet, waiting for the data.
ComicVault
Right, I’ll keep the vault at 4 °C and 30 % RH, no one wants the paper to start whispering again. A little Raman dusting and a splash of XRF should let us hear the humidity song without ripping a page. If the readings line up with those VR glitch dates, we’ll have a comic‑based climate report that even my grandma could brag about.