Introduction: Comics and stuff : core concepts -- How to look at stuff : from still life to graphic novel -- "What are you collecting now?" : Seth and his finds -- "The stuff of dreams" : Kim Deitch's remarkable displays -- Wonders, curiosities, and diversions : accumulation in Bryan Talbot's Alice in Sunderland -- "Monsters" and other "things" : Emil Ferris's transformative vision -- Scrapbooks and army surplus : C. Tyler's You'll never know -- Sorting, culling, hoarding, and cleaning : Joyce Farmer's Special exits and Roz Chast's Can't we talk about something more pleasant? -- "Despicable collectibles" : confronting the residual in Jeremy Love's Bayou -- Epilogue: Unpacking my comics
