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| Thursday, January 26, 2006 | [[Dewey is speaking on the telephone]]
/ Dewey: Hi, can you tell me what charges were made yesterday on my credit card? ... No, it wasn't "stolen again." ... What? Really? ... How many? ... Yes, that is surprising. / [[Dewey turns to Buddy]]
/ Dewey: What would I want with three dozen earmuffs?
/ Buddy:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060126 |
| Friday, January 27, 2006 | Dewey: My what?
/ Granny: Your winnings. / Dewey: I gambled yesterday?
/ Granny: Pretty gutsy putting your condo on the line like that. / Dewey: I bet my - -
/ Granny: And all on a pair of twos. Made me proud to be related. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060127 |
| Saturday, January 28, 2006 | [[Dewey and Cathy at the reference desk.]]
/ Dewey: Look, if I did or said anything yesterday--
/ Cathy: I accept! Our flight to Vegas leaves in an hour. / Dewey: I was under the influence of--
/ Cathy: The love bug, I know, you said. But I still think the ring is too expensive. / Dewey: Wait a second.... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060128 |
| Sunday, January 29, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVITCH by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
/ Dewey: So you need to read a Russian novel. I know what you're thinking: HEFT! / Dewey: Most of these bad boys are right off the scale. Lots of pages, and that means lots of words. Some of them long... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060129 |
| Monday, January 30, 2006 | [[A man with a box of books is pouring them into the outside bookdrop.]] / [[A book flies at the back of his head with a BONK!]] / [[Mel and Dewy are inside at the bookdrop. Dewey has a book in a slingshot shooting books out of the bookdrop.]]
/ Mel: Can you explain this?
/ Dewey: I couldn't find a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060130 |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | [[A man is holding a box of books and is talking to Mel next to the outside bookdrop.]]
/ Man: I tried to donate these books.
/ Mel: They're all covered with mildew. / Man: That's was he said. So I put them in the bookdrop.
/ Mel: They're worthless. We'd have to throw them out. / Man: Better you than... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060131 |
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 | Computer victim [[returning DVDs]]: I'm not done watching these movies.
/ Dewey: Sorry, someone else has them reserved. / Computer victim: You could just pay last fees. Keep them a month and it would still be cheaper than Blockbuster. / [[Computer victim walks away happy with an even larger stack of... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060201 |
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 | [[Tamara and Buddy are in front of a computer. Buddy looks over their shoulders.]]
/ Tamara: Another pornographic pop-up ad? Who looks at these things?
/ Buddy: Woo-hoo! It's a smut avalanche! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060202 |
| Friday, February 03, 2006 | [[Dewey and Mel are walking together.]]
/ Dewey: I need some time off to plan my presentation.
/ Mel: No you don't. / [[Dewey holds up his hand.]]
/ Dewey: You wouldn't send an unloaded gun to the front line, would you?
/ Mel: Yes, I would. / [[Dewey holds his chin in one hand.]]
/ Dewey: Okay, wrong metaphor... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060203 |
| Saturday, February 04, 2006 | [[Dewey and Marv at the Reference Desk]]
/ Dewey: Who is hotter, chubby Belinda Carlisle or skinny Belinda Carlisle?
/ Marv: Girls? Suddenly you want my opinion about girls? / Dewey: Oh man, I'm sorry. I forgot who I was talking to.
/ Marv: No, it's cool. I'm growing up. Our relationship is maturing. We... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060204 |
| Sunday, February 05, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Peeps" by Scott Westerfeld / [[Two girls standing in the library]]
/ Girl 1: No way! You kissed *Eric*?
/ Girl 2: At least I didnt' kiss *Steve*.
/ Dewey [[interjecting]]: Just tell me you didn't kiss *Cal*. / Girl 1 and Girl 2 [[in unison]]: Who's Cal?
/ Dewey: He's a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060205 |
| Monday, February 06, 2006 | [[Throughout this strip, Mel addresses the library staff from outside of the panel(s), as if speaking from the front of the room before the assembled staff.]] / Mel: I have good news!
/ Dewey: Another random edict from upper management. / Mel: Our inventory troubles are over!
/ Dewey: Some vendor just... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060206 |
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 | [[Dewey is holding open a book and talking with Colleen.]]
/ Colleen: Explain this new technology.
/ Dewey: These metallic strips broadcast identifying data. / Colleen: I thought that was what barcodes were for.
/ Dewey: They were. / Colleen [[arms crossed, looking grumpy]]: Don't tell me -- barcodes... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060207 |
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 | [[An irritated patron takes on Mel at the check-out desk.]]
/ Patron: What do you mean I've finished checking out? I haven't done anything! / Patron: I don't want to hear about your new technology. I spent a long hard year getting used to your stupid scanner gun, and I won't have you changing things... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060208 |
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 | Old man [[wearing a colander]]: RFID tags are the latest intrusion on our civil liberties! / Old man: The government can track what I'm reading and where I'm reading it! / Old man: I know, I know - you think I'm crazy.
/ Dewey: No, I'm pretty much with you on this.
/ Ned: Here's my card. Call me when... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060209 |
| Friday, February 10, 2006 | Merv: Can I borrow your R.F.I.D. reader?
/ Dewey: No. / Merv: I won't use it to find out what my schoolmates are reading and then blackmail them. / Merv: Too detailed a denial?
/ Dewey: Little bit. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060210 |
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 | [[ Dewey approaches two patrons, one with long black hair, the other a bald man with a mustache. The patrons are using the public computers.]]
/ Black haired Patron: I can't get this computer to work.
/ Bald Patron: This computer is junk! / [[Dewey goes up to the black haired patron.]]
/ Dewey: Don't blame... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060211 |
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Startide Rising" by David Brin / [[Pictures of several alien races]]
/ Dewey: In David Brin's STARTIDE RISING, "Intelligent Design" is a fact. Every species in the galaxy achieved sentience by being "uplifted" (genetically modified) by another species, which itself... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060212 |
| Monday, February 13, 2006 | {{Guest strip by Michael Jantze}} / Dewey: Time to close, big Merv. You need a ride?
/ Merv: No, my dad's picking me up. / Dewey: Your dad? I don't think I've met your-- / Dewey: -- dad?
/ [[An army soldier looking very much like Beetle Bailey is yelling at Merv and pointing to the exit]]
/ Merv: Come... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060213 |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | Patron [[at reference desk]]: Excuse me, I need a globe of the earth. / Dewey [[pointing]]: We have at table-top globe just over--
/ Patron [[grousing]] No! Don't you have a life sized one? / Dewey [[arms crossed]]: Yes, but it's in use right now. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060214 |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | Dewey: Tracing comics for art class?
/ Merv: I'm reinterpreting the work.
/ Dewey: She may not see it that way.
/ Merv: There are no rules in art. Only creativity.
/ Dewey: If you say so. / Merv: She gave me an "H". There's no such score!
/ Dewey: So she's creative too. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060215 |
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 | [[A patron has approached Dewey at the desk.]]
/ Patron: I'm lost. Is this the Visitor's Information Center?
/ Dewey: This is a library. / [[Patron looks panicky and leans over the desk.]]
/ Patron: I came by monorail.
/ Dewey: There *is* no monorail in Mallville.
/ Patron: And I'm looking for a Waffle... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060216 |
| Friday, February 17, 2006 | {{Guest strip by Mark Monlux}} / [[Dewey and Mel at the reference desk looking startled.]] / [[Same scene. A raccoon tail shimmies in the background as a raccoon scuttles behind a bookshelf.]] / Mel [[turning to look at the coon]]: DId you *just see*?
/ Dewey [[looking away]] No. No I did *not*. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060217 |
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 | {{Guest strip by Dave Kellett of "Sheldon"}}
/ [[A library patron is addressing Dewey at the reference desk]]
/ Patron: The book title had a "the" in it. Does that help?
/ Dewey [[looking intently at his computer screen, typing]] < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060218 |
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Survival of the Prettiest" by Nancy Etcoff. / [[Tamara is in a pinup pose, both hands on one knee.]]
/ Tamara: Ever wonder why certain people are so attractive?
/ Read Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff.
/ It's mostly evolution.
/ A man, for instance, is programmed... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060219 |
| Monday, February 20, 2006 | [[Mel standing and speaking to Dewey who is seated and looking at the computer]]
/ Mel: What if everyone in Mallville read the same book?
/ Dewey: What if we just ate the same flavor ice cream? / Mel: I'm serious. We'll host book discussion groups and... book discussion groups.
/ Dewey[[turns to look at... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060220 |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2006 | Dewey: Could we bribe people into reading the same book?
/ That's a lot of pizza. / Mel: There's no budget for incentives. Reading is its own reward.
/ Dewey: Then it will have to be naughty. / Dewey: "What if everyone read the same smut"?
/ Mel: Our grant won't cover that. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060221 |
| Wednesday, February 22, 2006 | [[Dewey is at the information desk almost surrounded by books.]]
/ Merv: That's a lot of books.
/ Dewey: I'm trying to pick one that everyone in town will read. / Merv: Won't you have to buy, like, a zillion copies?
/ Dewey: Yeah, there's a grant. / Merv: Then it's easy. Just ask the publishers for a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060222 |
| Thursday, February 23, 2006 | Dewey: I couldn't find a book that everyone in Mallville would read. / Dewey: Then I thought, lower the bar! "What if everybody watched the same episode of *Cheers*?" / Mel: I object.
/ Dewey: No, you're right. Too dated. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060223 |
| Friday, February 24, 2006 | [[Mel approaches the meeting room. A sign on the door reads "What if everyone watched the same T.V. show?"]] / [[Mel opens the door.]]
/ Dewey: Why else is Arrested Development the greatest show ever?
/ Person 2: Portia de Rossi!
/ Dewey: You read my mind. / [[Mel has closed the door, and walks away ... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060224 |
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