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| Sunday, December 06, 2009 | [[ Tamara and Dewey discuss "Project Mulberry" a book by Linda Sue Park ]]
/ Tamara: Julie Song and her best friend Patrick decided to do an animal husbandry project for the State Fair.
/ Dewey: I assume they don't raise a rack of ribs.
/ [[ Shown below the talking heads of Tamara and Dewey is a blue page... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091206 |
| Monday, December 07, 2009 | [[An old lady holding a book confronts Dewey who is standing behind the reference desk]]
/ Old lady: my bookmark was right here, page 275. / Dewey: It's not there now.
/ Old lady: that's why I'm complaining! / Dewey: why do you need a bookmark if you know --
/ Old lady: don't get rational with me, young... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091207 |
| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 | Dewey: Why did you return a book with your bookmark in it?
/ Woman: It was due. / Dewey: Why didn't you remove your bookmark?
/ Woman: I hadn't finished the book yet. / Dewey: Why did you think it would stay there?
/ Woman: Why wouldn't it? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091208 |
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Dewey: I checked the lost and found. No bookmarks.
/ Patron: Bottom of the bookdrop? / Dewey: Not there, either.
/ Patron: Maybe an errant breeze deposited it into another book. / Dewey: ... How exactly would we FIND that?
/ Patron: You start on the LEFT end of the stacks, I'll start on the RIGHT. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091209 |
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Son: I'm going to be a librarian!
/ Father: Son, please, not again. / Son: This place is awesome!
/ Father: Keep this up, we're going back to the deprogrammer. / [[Pointing at his bicep]] Father: You can't get these from reading!
/ Son: Look at all the books! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091210 |
| Friday, December 11, 2009 | [[Patron sitting at computer screen, being watched by Dewey and a child]]
/ Dewey: We also use TECHNOLOGY in the library.
/ Patron: Should this sound like my BLENDER?
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| Friday, December 11, 2009 | Dewey: We also use technology in the library.
/ Elderly Patron: Should this sound like my blender? / < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091211. |
| Saturday, December 12, 2009 | [[Tamara scanning a barcode, child watching]]
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| Monday, December 14, 2009 | Patron: My friend needs PAPER.
/ Dewey: Be right with you. / Patron: It's an EMERGENCY!
/ [[Dewey handing patron a ream of printer paper]]
/ Dewey: Here you go. / [[Patron passing a piece of paper over the top of a restroom stall]]
/ Voice from inside stall: I'm not printing my RESUME here!
/ Patron: He... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091214 |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | [[In restroom]]
/ Dewey: Is there a problem in here? Someone reported shouting.
/ [[Patron pointing towards stall]]
/ Patron: He's not wearing his hearing aid.
/ Voice in stall: Yes I am. I was just ignoring you. / Dewey: So there's no problem?
/ Patron: Well, your soap isn't very gentle on my skin. / [[Dewey's... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091215 |
| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Voice inside restroom stall: Did he leave?
/ Patron: He said something about "tweeting" this. / [[Patron handing magazine over top of restroom stall wall]]
/ Voice inside restroom stall: I need something new to read!
/ Patron: Here's Urban Bowhunter. / [[Patron holding mobile phone to his ear]]
/ Voice... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091216 |
| Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Woman: [[Hand under her nose]] Dissue!
/ Dewey: [[Holding out a tissue box]] Here. / Woman: [[grabbing entire box]] Leggo!
/ Dewey: The one sticking out the top? That's for you. / Woman: You underestimate my mucus membranes!
/ Dewey: You overestimate our tissue budget. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091217 |
| Friday, December 18, 2009 | Dewey: [[Holding firmly to a tissue box]] Take what you need.
/ Woman: I need the whole box! / Dewey: I'll rephrase myself: Help yourself to SEVERAL.
/ Woman: That's a very fluid term. / Dewey: [[Holding out his hand to ward off the germs]] Please keep your fluids to yourself.
/ Woman: I'm TRYING! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091218 |
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Woman: My hand is stuck!
/ Dewey: [[Holding a box of tissues]] You tried to grab them all. / Woman: Let go so that I can get my hand free.
/ Dewey: I'm not letting go. / Dewey: It's not like I asked for the HAND SANITIZER!
/ Man: You still have sanitizer? I'll take TWO! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091219 |
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 | Sanjay: CAPRICORN ANDERSON AND HIS GRANDMOTHER RAIN ARE THE LAST RESIDENTS OF A FORMER HIPPIE COMMUNE.
/ THEY MAKE THEIR OWN CLOTHES, GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, AND LIVE LIKE IT'S THE SIXTIES
/ WHEN RAIN BREAKS HER HIP, CAP TEMPORARILY HAS TO JOIN THE REAL WORLD.
/ HE'S CLUELESS ABOUT HOW SCHOOL WORKS.
/ HE DOESN'T... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091220 |
| Monday, December 21, 2009 | Patron: Sniff Sniff / Patron: Something's rotten in the state of Denmark!
/ Dewey: Shakespeare in the Park flashback? / Patron: Something STINKS in here.
/ Dewey: Now you've gone colloquial. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091221 |
| Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | Mel: People are complaining about a smell.
/ Dewey: They're always complaining about something. / Mel: Find it.
/ Dewey: I'm not a bloodhound. / Mel: Afraid of what you might uncover?
/ Dewey: Yes. And eve more afraid I'll have to clean it up. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091222 |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | Tamara: That SMELL means the library isn't clean!
/ Dewey: That fact that it's a LIBRARY means the library isn't clean. / [[Dewey and Tamara in profile silhouette, white against a black background]]
/ Dewey: The smell is just a WARNING. The rest of the contamination is silent and invisible. / Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091223 |
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 | [[Mel with her arms folded, looking at sign and Dewey, frowning. Dewey with his arms folded, facing Mel, smiling]]
/ Sign: Today's program "Library Detective" 1. What is that smell? 2. Where is it coming from?
/ Dewey: Crowdsourcing! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091224 |
| Friday, December 25, 2009 | Merv: I know what's making the smell.
/ Dewey: I don't want to know. / Merv: It's not my fault this time.
/ Dewey: I really just don't want to know.
/ Dewey: How much to make it go away? / Merv: You caught me off guard. I don't have a price sheet prepared.
/ Dewey: I'll pay double if you never speak of... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091225 |
| Saturday, December 26, 2009 | Mel: It smells much better out here!
/ Dewey: Thank Merv. / Mel: Thanks. I think.
/ Merv: I've never such a big
/ Dewey: In return I'm hosting a Halo 3 LAN party for Merv and his friends. / Mel: You can't do that here!
/ Dewey: Exactly. See you tomorrow.
/ Merv: Or the next ... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091226 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091227">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091227 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Monday, December 28, 2009 | [[Mel holding telephone]] Mel: That was the union rep. He's afraid we're working outside our job descriptions.
/ Dewey: You told me my job was "making people happy."
/ Mel: It is. Starting with the union rep.
/ Man with goatee: My gila monster has a frog leg stuck in its throat.
/ Dewey [[calling to Mel]]:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091228 |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | Mel: You're not allowed to shelve books. / Mel: BUDDY does that. / Mel: You take them OFF the shelf.
/ Dewey: Weird. I'm usually HAPPY when you ask me to work less. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091229 |
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | [[Buddy and Dewey and Mel are standing together, talking. Dewey points to Buddy.]]
/ Dewey: I checked. Buddy's in favor of me reshelving an occasional book.
/ Mel: It's not your duty. / [[A patron comes up.]]
/ Fred: Where are the computer books?
/ Mel: [[to Buddy]] Don't answer! You're not qualified! / Mel:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091230 |
| Thursday, December 31, 2009 | [[Elderly female patron bent over walker, with a book on the floor in front of her]]
/ Patron: Would you mind picking that up?
/ Dewey: Not at all! / [[Dewey leaving]]
/ Patron: Where are you going?
/ Dewey: I need to make sure I'm allowed to do that. / [[Patron is gone, book is still on the floor]]
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091231 |
| Friday, January 01, 2010 | [[A woman is attempting to put a book on the shelf]]
/ Dewey: You're not supposed to reshelve that.
/ Dewey: Put the book back on the table and raise your hands.
/ [[The woman raises her hands]]
/ Dewey: Now back away slowly.
/ Mel: You know what people appreciate? Structure! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100101 |
| Saturday, January 02, 2010 | Mel: You're in charge while I'm gone!
/ [[Dewey stares at his computer screen]] Dewey: I can feel the surge of middle management authority coursing through my veins. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100102 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100103">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100103 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Monday, January 04, 2010 | Woman: Your carpet bothers me.
/ Dewey: Avoid books on the lower shelves. / [[Woman holds her hand to her head]]
/ Woman: It makes me queasy.
/ Dewey: Also, don't sniff the darker sections... / [[Woman grabs computer and looks like she is going to faint]]
/ Woman: It's moving under my feet...
/ [[Dewey... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100104 |
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