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I was talking to a colleague who says he collects comics and that set me wondering as to whether there is a word for such a hobby. I couldn't think of any, my searches have yielded no result and in the process, I have thought of a million other item collectors who also don't have a name.
I can only think of Philatelist, Antiquarian, Bibliophile, Numismatist....
AWAD in its archives, has a term for the practice of collecting autographs - Philography; so would such a collector be a philographer or a philographist?
Any more such terms, anybody? And what is a collector of comics called? A komikosist..?
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The root of "comics" is Greek "komos". comographics could be "comic strips" Then
"comographophile" could be collector of comics.
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"comographophile"- Much better than komikosist, wwh!
Thanks (edit)RhubarbCommando. The link describes 'virtuoso' as a collector of works of art or curios. I have never heard the word used in this way before.
virtuoso
Ä noun (pl. virtuosi or virtuosos) a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit: a celebrated clarinet virtuoso
[as modifier] virtuoso guitar playing.
a person with a special knowledge of or interest in works of art or curios.
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DERIVATIVES
virtuosic adjective
virtuosity noun.
—ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian, literally 'learned, skilful', from late Latin virtuosus (see VIRTUOUS).
© Copyright Oxford University Press 1999 - New Oxford Dictionary of English
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Thanks consuelo. The link describes...
Rhuby - This explains why I never see you two *cocurrently.
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Is where fast food originated, isn't it?
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The Wizard of Id comic strip was very clever today: A man entering the kingdom is asked by Sir Rodney what he does. The man says, "I'm a coin collector," and Sir Rodney welcomes him to Id. In the last panel, you see the man sitting by a curb with a tin marked "Alms" in his hand.... Now that would be a clever beggar: one with a sign saying, "Numismatist"! I'd feel compelled to give him at least one of each kind of coin, even if it meant going to a nearby store and getting change from a note.... 
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I ;collect all the portraits of dead presidents I can get;.
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