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| Friday, September 03, 2004 | [[Tamara in background at computer, listening to Dewey. Dewey on telephone in foreground.]]
/ Dewey: Pray for me all you want, Mom. I just don't believe in organized religion. / [[Tamara and Dewey facing his workspace which features posters and piles of books and papers.]]
/ Tamara: You don't believe... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040903 |
| Saturday, September 04, 2004 | Dewey: [[facing Tamara]] "Unmanned."
/ Tamara: [[facing Dewey]] "Unwomanned."
/ Mel: [[behind Tamara, holding and pointing in a book]] "Unpersoned."
/ Merv: [[facing them]] Unbelievable.
/ Colleen: [[walking away from the group, holding Doreen]] Unimportant. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040904 |
| Sunday, September 05, 2004 | [[Two young adult men walking in the library]]
/ First man: Remember jobs where you wore a name tag?
/ Second man: Yeah, that was demeaning! / [[They walk up to the circulation desk, and see Dewey, who is wearing a name badge]] / Dewey: It's a *badge*.
/ First man: No, man, *cops* have badges.
/ Second... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040905 |
| Sunday, September 05, 2004 | [[Two young adult men walking in the library]]
/ First man: Remember jobs where you wore a name tag?
/ Second man: Yeah, that was demeaning! / [[They walk up to the circulation desk, and see Dewey, who is wearing a name badge]] / Dewey: It's a *badge*.
/ First man: No, man, *cops* have badges.
/ Second... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040905 |
| Monday, September 06, 2004 | [[Dewey sitting in easy chair at home, watching TV.]]
/ < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040906 |
| Tuesday, September 07, 2004 | [[Dewey's head sticking out from his doorway facing a man holding out a book to Dewey.]]
/ Man: I heard you're a librarian! / [[Dewey's head facing a woman with a stack of books with cobwebs and a spider on them.]]
/ Woman: These are just a teensy-weensy bit overdue. / [[Dewey's head facing a woman with... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040907 |
| Wednesday, September 08, 2004 | [[Three books on the floor outside Dewey's closed apartment door.]] / [[A pile of about 30 books on the floor outside Dewey's closed apartment door.]] / [[A large pile of perhaps 100 books on the floor outside Dewey's closed apartment door.]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040908 |
| Thursday, September 09, 2004 | [[Mel and scruffy man stand at the counter as Dewey approaches.]]
/ Man: That's him, the guy next door. I gave it to him.
/ Mel: Dewey? Are you taking returns? / Dewey: People just started leaving books on my doorstep!
/ Mel: And you didn't bring them in? / Dewey: First, I ride a motorcycle. Second,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040909 |
| Friday, September 10, 2004 | Mel: Please remember Dewey: Even off-duty you represent the Mallville Public Library.
/ Dewey: Even when I'm hosting my annual Blacula retrospective? / Mel: Yes.
/ Dewey: Or when I play shuffleboard in my commemorative U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball Team thong? / Mel [[out of frame]]: Goodbye, Dewey.
/ Dewey... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040910 |
| Saturday, September 11, 2004 | [[In the staff room, Tamara is opening a can for lunch. Dewey is standing behind her as Mel and Colleen walk in with Doreen. Dewey starts singing.]]
/ Dewey: "If it says Libby Libby Libby on the label label label..." / [[Mel and Colleen join in, with Tamara suddenly holding Doreen.]]
/ Dewey, Mel, and... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040911 |
| Sunday, September 12, 2004 | [[An angry looking patron approaches Dewey who is sitting at the counter with his feet up reading a comic book.]]
/ Patron: A comic book? How can you rot your brain with that garbage.
/ Dewey: It's quite simple. / Dewey: You just place the front cover between your left thumb and forefinger. Then progressively... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040912 |
| Monday, September 13, 2004 | [[Dewey's grandmother approaches with a toilet plunger in her hand. Dewey is behind the counter.]]
/ Grandma: I'm here to help!
/ Dewey: Hi Grandma. Don't you work at the store on Mondays? / Grandma: It's employee morale day.
/ Dewey: Say no more! / [[Three seniors are standing around a large vat with... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040913 |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 | [[Dewey is introducing Buddy to his grandmother]] / Dewey: Grandma, this is our page Buddy. He'll tell you everything you need to know about volunteering. / [[Dewey is gone, Buddy and grandma stare at each other]] / [[grandma and Buddy are walking together]]
/ Grandma: Monkey?
/ Buddy: Beaver.
/ Grandma:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040914 |
| Wednesday, September 15, 2004 | [[Buddy is showing Dewey's grandmother a cart of books.]]
/ Buddy: There are lots of ways to volunteer. You could shelve these books.
/ Grandma: Can't. Bursitis. / [[Buddy and Grandma looking away at plants.]]
/ Buddy: Oh, sorry. Maybe you could dust the plants.
/ Grandma: Emphysema. / [[Buddy and Grandma... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040915 |
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 | [[Dewey's grandmother and Mel near shelf of books.]]
/ Grandma: I put these books in the right order.
/ Mel: How nice! Um, what order is that? / Grandma: The type of therapy they'll need after reading it. / Mel [[with a couple of books in her hands]]: Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess?
/ Grandma: Electroshock.
/ Mel:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040916 |
| Friday, September 17, 2004 | [[Dewey standing behind counter. Tamara in front of counter with a stack of books.]]
/ Dewey: Have you seen my grandma? Supposedly she's volunteering.
/ Tamara: I think she was heading towards the meeting room. / Dewey: Please tell me she's there to straighten the chairs.
/ Tamara: She said she was going... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040917 |
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 | [[Hands with scissors, cutting words out of a newspaper page.]] / [[Dewey looking over patron's shoulder. Patron has a paste container or rubber cement bottle.]]
/ Dewey: Ransom note?
/ Patron: Resume. / [[Dewey looking at resume. Patron spraying large paper, presumably with adhesive of some kind.]]
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040918 |
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 | [[Boy picks up toy giraffe off shelf.]] / [[Boy swings giraffe around by the neck, grinning evilly and knocking off the other toy animals and assorted books.]] / [[Tamara leaning over, hands clasped and eyes closed while Dewey stands nearby.]]
/ Tamara: There are no bad kids, there are no bad kids,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040919 |
| Monday, September 20, 2004 | [[Man with clipboard and pen wearing a t-shirt that says "Say 'No' to Libraries" speaking to an older woman.]]
/ Man: Sign a petition to close the library?
/ Woman: Don't be silly. / [[Petition man speaking to another man.]]
/ Petition man: End the waste! Close the library!
/ Second man: Why would I want... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040920 |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | Dewey: I was reading your pamphlet.
/ I think you made a mistake.
/ Activist: It's no mistake, libraries are a huge waste of money. / Dewey: No a spelling mistake. Several in fact.
/ Activist: What can I do? I don't own a dictionary. / [[They're inside the library]]
/ Activist: Don't tell anyone I came... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040921 |
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 | [[Dewey looking over the shoulder of man with "Say 'No' to Libraries" shirt who is sitting at a computer.]]
/ Dewey: "Cesspool" only has two S's. And "ramshackle" is an adjective. / Man [[looking suspiciously at Dewey]]: Why are you being so helpful?
/ Dewey: It's my job. / Man: But this pamphlet is... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040922 |
| Thursday, September 23, 2004 | [[Tamara showing man a piece of paper]]
/ Tamara: This clip art will make your "Say no to libraries" pamphlet more attractive to women. / [[Colleen showing man a book]]
/ Colleen: These census figures will help you find the best demographic for library-haters. / [[Buddy wearing a sandwich board that... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040923 |
| Friday, September 24, 2004 | [[Man with "Say 'No' to Libraries" shirt talking to Dewey]]
/ Man: Don't think I'm changing my mission because the library was helpful today.
/ Dewey: Not at all. / [[Dewey watching man walk away]] / [[Man pokes his head back into the panel to speak to Dewey]]
/ Man: You'll call when next month's "Revolting... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040924 |
| Saturday, September 25, 2004 | [[A series of old-fashioned photographs]]
/ Dewey: You want me to find out where the people in these pictures are buried?
/ Patron: Don't worry, I've got more! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040925 |
| Sunday, September 26, 2004 | [[Mel, Dewey, and Buddy looking at a machine]]
/ Mel: This is our new fax machine?
/ Dewey: Well it's new to us. It was in the storage room. Right next to the Lost Ark of the Covenant. / Mel: Is it fast?
/ Dewey: If this were 1950 it would scream. I suggest you focus on the nostalgia value. / Mel: Where's... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040926 |
| Monday, September 27, 2004 | [[Merv talking to a friend]]
/ Friend: How hot is our new English teacher?
/ Merv: She's not the bomb - she's the smartbomb! / [[Dewey walks by Merv and friend]]
/ Friend: She must be old but she doesn't look it!
/ Merv: Sometimes "old" means "experienced." / [[Dewey brings a book to Merv and friend]]
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040927 |
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | [[Dewey stands in front of Merv and his friend.]]
/ Dewey: It is, in fact, illegal for you to date your teacher.
/ Merv's friend: Illegal for her or for me? / [[Close-up of the friend.]]
/ Because I don't mind if she gets a little jail time. You know, around final exams. / [[Dewey turns to Merv.]]
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040928 |
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 | [[Merv and friend in foreground talking, Tamara and Dewey in background at counter]]
/ Tamara: What's up with them?
/ Dewey: They're in love with their new English teacher. / Tamara: That's so cute!
/ Dewey: It's weird. They talk like she's some volleyball player model or something. / [[Cathy holding... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040929 |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | [[Dewey speaking to Cathy while Merv's friend stands nearby]]
/ Dewey: Cathy.
/ Cathy: Dewey.
/ Boy: You *know* her? / Dewey: You look different.
/ Cathy: I spent the summer surfing and working out. / Dewey: I spent the summer dealing with your juvenile delinquent students and watching the "Freaks and... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040930 |
| Friday, October 01, 2004 | [[Cathy speaking to Dewey as he opens a box]]
/ Cathy: That's it? Three months of weight training, aerobics, and no carbs and I "look different?"
/ Dewey: Did you do something with your hair? / Cathy: Dewey, you are looking at 125 lbs of trim, tones, tanned female! / [[Dewey holding out donut to Cathy]]
/ Cathy:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20041001 |
| Saturday, October 02, 2004 | [[Cathy walking away in the background, Merv and friend at counter speaking to Dewey]]
/ Merv's friend: You turned her down?
/ Dewey: We're not having this conversation. / Merv: He's playing hard-to-get.
/ Dewey: I'm not changing my mind about Cathy just because she got a makeover! / [[Dewey standing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20041002 |
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