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| Thursday, January 07, 2010 | [[Mel and Dewey are at the reference desk]]
/ Mel: I've nailed down funding for our new carpet.
/ Dewey: No need. / Mel: It's going to mean more budget cuts.
/ Dewey: I've agreed to help the one patron with the issue. / Mel: We need to think *bigger*.
/ Dewey: Maybe we just need to *think*. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100107 |
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| Monday, January 11, 2010 | Tamara [[concerned face]]: Don't you know that the flu feeds on sugar?
/ Dewey [[eating candy bar]]: Then I'd better eat more to keep it happy. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100111 |
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Question at the top: What's the best thing about the reference desk? / Mel: Everything is in its place. / Tamara: It's where I meet and help people!
/ Patron: Let's get a move on, lady! / Dewey: Lots of nooks and crannies for hiding coffee / Colleen: Enhances my natural air of authority. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100112 |
| Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | [[Dewey is on the phone]]
/ Dewey: Yes. Dreadfully sick. / [[Pull out. He's in a bath and there's coffee next to him.]]
/ Dewey: Hot bath and plenty of liquids, check. / [[Pull out. He's in the Mallville Day Spa and Oil Change]]
/ Dewey: My birthday?
/ I'd completely forgotten. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100113 |
| Thursday, January 14, 2010 | [[Dewey is at the reference desk, speaking with Old Bald Patron.]]
/ Old Bald Patron: I don't owe you money for *that* book!
/ Dewey: Our records say you do. / Old Bald Patron, pointing to a book in his hand: I owe you for *this* book.
/ Dewey: I can't find any evidence of that. / Old Bald Patron: That's... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100114 |
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 | Angry Woman: Furthermore-- / Dewey: [[cutting her off, holding his hands out]]: There's a furthermore? Hold on a second.
/ Angry Woman: You're taking notes? / Dewey [[now with notebook and pen]]: Your irritation is unusually complex.
/ Angry Woman [[shaking fists]]: Aaarrrgggghhh! / Dewey [[looking up]]:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100118 |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | Dewey [[holding notebook]]: Done complaining? / Angry Woman: I'm going to become a dinner party anecdote.
/ Dewey: I don't need notes for that. I just make up the details.
/ Dewey: Though in your case, I won't need to do any exaggerating. / [[Angry Woman shows her teeth and raises her fists again]] / Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100119 |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | Woman: Are you listening to ANYTHING I'm saying?
/ Dewey: It would be hard NOT to hear you. / Woman: Then look at me!
/ Dewey: Can't. Need to get this down. / Woman: Why?
/ Dewey: You have serious long-term problem potential. I'm archiving your initial rant for future generations. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100120 |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | Woman: Are you listening to ANYTHING I'm saying?
/ Dewey: It would be hard NOT to hear you. / Woman: Then look at me!
/ Dewey: Can't. Need to get this down. / Woman: Why?
/ Dewey: You have serious long-term problem potential. I'm archiving your initial rant for future generations. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100120 |
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Patron: Can't you just solve my problem?
/ Dewey: "She tired a more rational tone." / Patron: Are you writing down everything I say?
/ Dewey: Not word for word, but I'm getting the gist. / [[Patron looks at Dewey's notes]]
/ Patron: "And then she walked away happy, a smile on her face."
/ Dewey: I like... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100121 |
| Friday, January 22, 2010 | {{Booktalk on Boneshaker by Cherie Priest}}
/ Dewey: Before the Blight, Briar Wilkes had a comfortable life in a Seattle made prosperous by the Klondike gold rush and steam technology. Everything changed the night her husband tested his incredible bone-shaking drill engine. Where it went, Blight gas... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100122 |
| Monday, January 25, 2010 | Tamara: There's a line around the block for our computers. / Mel: Looks like word finally got out about our services! [[to a patron]] What brings you to the library on this crisp winter day? / Woman [[at computer]]: I've got to file for unemployment so that I can eat. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100125 |
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | Woman patron: I need that book to prepare for my job interview on Monday!
/ Colleen: There's a four month wait. / Colleen: We have a great reference book on World War II...
/ Woman patron [[becoming irritated]]: If I don't kill you, I'll use it during job interviews as an example of how well I handle... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100126 |
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | Woman patron: I need that book to prepare for my job interview on Monday!
/ Colleen: There's a four month wait. / Colleen: We have a great reference book on World War II...
/ Woman patron [[becoming irritated]]: If I don't kill you, I'll use it during job interviews as an example of how well I handle... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100126 |
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | Tamara [[holding up fingers]]: You applied for three jobs last week!
/ Woman : I didn't even get an interview. / Tamara: I'm sure next week will be better!
/ Woman: Couldn't be worse. / Tamara: Look on the bright side...
/ Woman [[holding up hands]]: Excuse me, Miss Stable Government Job. The sunny... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100127 |
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | Tamara [[holding up fingers]]: You applied for three jobs last week!
/ Woman : I didn't even get an interview. / Tamara: I'm sure next week will be better!
/ Woman: Couldn't be worse. / Tamara: Look on the bright side...
/ Woman [[holding up hands]]: Excuse me, Miss Stable Government Job. The sunny... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100127 |
| Thursday, January 28, 2010 | Mel [[standing with Tamara]]: We're field testing Library Material Dispensers. / Merv [[working a contraption similar to The Claw, but filled with books instead of stuffed animals, while Sanjay watches]]: Sanjay, go find the cheat codes for this thing. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100128 |
| Book Club for Friday, January 29, 2010 | Tamara: There's toilet paper on the cover!
/ Dewey: Is clean water important to you? The environment? This book is about the health of people and the planet! / Title Banner: The Big Necessity-The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters-by Rose George / Dewey (continuing): "Public health... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100129 |
| Monday, February 01, 2010 | Mel: How do you like our media dispenser? / Dewey: It looks like an old vending machine.
/ Mel: It's been adapted for library materials. / Dewey: Not everyone got that memo.
/ Sanjay [[shaking vending machine]]: I need a Mars bar! / Dewey [[looking at material that fell out]]: Look! The new Bruce Willis... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100201 |
| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | Woman [[looking at the new media dispenser]]: There's just a single button. How do I know what I'm getting?
/ Dewey: You'll find out when it comes out the slot. It's like Christmas!
/ Woman [[holding newly dispensed book]]: I don't want this book. / Dewey: It's exactly like Christmas. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100202 |
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | Sanjay [[reaching into the new media dispenser]]: I think I feel a DVD set. / Merv: Better not be another audiobook.
/ Sanjay: My hand is stuck! / Merv: Relax. Jiggle it. But don't let go.
/ Dewey: Having fun? / Merv: We're trying, but your machine isn't cooperating. / Sanjay: I think you need clearer... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100203 |
| Thursday, February 04, 2010 | Mel [[watching with Dewey while a patron works the media dispenser]]: It checks out books! It checks in books! It's idiot proof!
/ [[Patron goes flying across shot with an explosion of books]]
/ Mel: Do you think it's adjustable? / Dewey: I hope not. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100204 |
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| Monday, February 08, 2010 | Dewey [[at a computer, talking to Mel]]: The new booklists are out! I'm abuzz with what was included! And excluded!
/ Mel [[slightly angry]]: Librarians worked hard to make those lists! / Dewey: Now I know why I'm never invited. Look at this one.
/ Mel [[reading a paper Dewey handed her]]: "Books teen... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100208 |
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | Mel: You can't make your own booklist! / Dewey: Readers advisory is a big part of my job.
/ Mel: This book contains adult content! / Dewey: Don't forget the graphic violence!
/ Mel: We can't be responsible for kids reading these books! / Dewey: Exactly. Only their parents can be responsible for them. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100209 |
| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Angry Mother [[holding up paper]]: You gave my son this book! / Dewey [[looking at boy]]: Never seen him before in my life.
/ Angry Mother: Then you gave him this list of smut! / Dewey: No, but I did make it broadly available.
/ Angry Mother: Well he read something from it! I hope you're all happy! / Tamara... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100210 |
| Thursday, February 11, 2010 | [[Mel is chasing after Dewey, and has a stack of letters in her hand.]]
/ Mel: I'm going to spend the next month answering *complaint letters* about your booklist!
/ Dewey: Let the record show that I promote reading *and* writing. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100211 |
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| Monday, February 15, 2010 | Library Tip #61: Put 'Er There
/ Dewey: Greetings? / Patron [[dressed as a cowboy]]: You're supposed to grab my hand.
/ Dewey: I'm worried you'll start a series of hip hand motions that I won't be able to keep up with. / Patron: Just the standard old-fashioned handshake. I promise. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100215 |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | Library Tip #62: Don't Quit Your Day Job
/ Patron [[with glasses and gotee]]: Don't work too hard! / Dewey: Thanks!
/ Patron: Don't over-exert yourself! / Dewey: Appreciate the thought.
/ Patron: Don't "overdue" it. Get it? Ha! / [[Dewey glaring as he leaves]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20100216 |
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