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| Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | [[Elsie is knitting while talking to Dewey who's working on his computer]]
/ Elsie: THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LETTING {{in bold}} USERS {{end bold}} CATALOG OUR COLLECTION! WITH WHAT, {{in bold}} TAGS?!? {{end bold}} / Elsie: WHAT DO THEY THINK, THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST USE A {{in bold}} SEARCH ENGINE {{end... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101012 |
| Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | [[Dewey and Elsie are walking through the library.]]
/ Elsie: Must we undermine professional cataloging to save a few dollars?
/ Dewey: Maybe people will appreciate you when they can't find books. / Dewey: Eventually they'll need catalogers to sort out the mess.
/ Elsie: And what will I do until then? / [[They... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101013 |
| Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Cataloger: You're no help at all!
/ Dewey: I don't do career advice. I'm more of a generalist. / Cataloger: I just want help publicizing the value of cataloging!
/ Dewey: I'm much better at information obfuscation. / [[Dewey has a noose around his neck]]
/ Tamara: That scarf doesn't look right
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101014 |
| Friday, October 15, 2010 | I'm with fatty: losing fifty pounds in fifty miserable weeks by Edward Ugel
/ [[A man sits in a fenced yard wearing a bathing suit near a kiddie pool. With him are two girls also in swimwear.]]
/ Dewey: Edward is a foodie, a cook, and a compulsive eater. Then his doctor tells him to change or die. He wants... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101015 |
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 | Man with hand on computer monitor: UH, I NEED TO USE THIS P.C.
/ Dewey sitting in front of computer: I'M SORRY, IT'S IN USE. PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE WAITING LIST.
/ [[POW! B-ZAP! Sound effects from computer.]] / Man: LISTEN HERE, YOUNG MAN! I HAVE TO DO SERIOUS WORK, NOT PLAY VIDEO GAMES! I'M GETTING... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101016 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101017">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101017 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Monday, October 18, 2010 | Patron[Sitting,Mad,Holding Book]: This chair is awful! My butt's **asleep**.
/ Dewey[Sarcastic]: At least it will be well-rested. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101018 |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 | [[At reference desk]]
/ Patron: I want to know the history of **snow**.
/ Dewey: You mean how **weather** works? / Patron: I want a riveting narrative full of unforgettable characters!
/ Dewey[Holding up Books]: Arctic Expedition? / Patron: They were **in** the snow. They weren't **made** of it.
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101019 |
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Child[Pointing at Book]: Can I have the Book?
/ Tamara[Holding Book]: What's the magic word?
/ Child: Abracadabra? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101020 |
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 | Patron[Baggy eyed]: Before I ask you this question I should warn you that I'm off my meds.
/ Dewey: Before I answer your question I should inform you that I have an escape plan. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101021 |
| Friday, October 22, 2010 | [[Disembodied Heads next to "Cat getting out of a bag" coverart]]
/ Tamara: Jeffery Brown's Autobiographical comics usually focus on his relationships. But this features a cartoon version of his cat in *youtube*-worthy moments. Kneading, Sniffing, Pouncing, Meowing, Rubbing, Pawing, Flopping, Scratching,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101022 |
| Saturday, October 23, 2010 | [[At reference desk]]
/ Patron[Looking at Dewey]: Can you find a shoe store that stocks my size?
/ Dewey[Holding Books, Looking at Patron]: We can try. What size? / Patron: Do you have a ruler?
/ Dewey[Rummaging through desk]: Supposedly, yes. / Dewey[On Phone, Holding Library Card and Patron Foot]: About... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101023 |
| Sunday, October 24, 2010 | Patron[Holding 8" Floppy]: Can you help me get the files off this disk?
/ Dewey[Surprised]: Wow! Let me see that! / Dewey[Holding 8" Floppy]: I haven't seen an 8" floppy since I was a kid!
/ Merv: What's that thing made of, **vinyl**? / Patron[Impatient]: Okay, I get the point: *It's Old.* Can you help... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101024 |
| Monday, October 25, 2010 | Mel[Looking at Homeless Man]: You can't sleep here!
/ Homeless Man[Sleeping]: I beg to differ. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101025 |
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 | [[At Reference Desk]]
/ Dewey[Looking at computer]: That Book isn't where it is suppose to be. / Dewey: But eventually somebody will run across it, whereever it is, and check it out.
/ Patron / Dewey[Looking at Patron]: And when they return it, if they ever do, we'll know where it is! At least temporarily.
/ Patron[Pointing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101026 |
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 | Mel: Welcome to the mandatory meeting on mandatory meetings! / Mel: Where's Dewey?
/ Colleen: I don't think he understood that he was supposed to be here. / Mel: It's mandatory!
/ Tamara: He said that was sexist. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101027 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101028">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101028 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101029">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101029 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101030">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101030 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101031">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101031 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Monday, November 01, 2010 | Mel: We have too many books on the shelves.
/ Dewey: We're out of space?
/ Mel: No. But we don't look POOR enough. We need emptier shelves, so people feel SORRY for us.
/ Mel: Then they'll give us more money, which we can spend on programs and staff!
/ Dewey [[walking away]]: Nothing earns the trust of... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101101 |
| Are books plants? | [[Side view; Dewey is removing books]]
/ Mel [[hands clasped]]: Don't throw out anything we can't afford to lose.
/ Dewey: I'll just cut out the DEAD WOOD. / [[Regular view]]
/ Mel: Use your professional knowledge to PRUNE.
/ Dewey: Thus the surviving branches of knowledge will THRIVE! / [[Close-up of... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101102 |
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 | [[A woman is looking at books. Dewey is pushing a cart full of books.]]
/ Woman: This is GREAT!
/ Dewey: Doesn't it bother you that I'm throwing these AWAY? / [[Front view of the woman, holding books]]
/ Woman: No way! It's like the CLOUDS have burned away and I can see the SUN. / [[Regular view]]
/ Mel:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101103 |
| Thursday, November 04, 2010 | [[A man and Mel are looking at the shelves]]
/ Man: Your shelves are practically EMPTY!
/ Mel: Well, we are in a BUDGET CRISIS. / [[Front view]]
/ Mel: To increase our book budget, we need the SUPPORT of concerned citizens like YOU.
/ Man: If you had books I NEEDED, I MIGHT. / [[The man is sitting on a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101104 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101105">http://unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101105 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Saturday, November 06, 2010 | [[Dewey and Merv are talking while Dewey shelves.]] / Merv: [[waving arms]] So I don't read much! I still know a lot!
/ Dewey: "He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance." / Merv: Who said that?
/ Dewey: You mean you don't know? / Merv: [[folding arms]] I suppose it's in some *book*.
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101106 |
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 | [[Dewey and woman patron looking at computer]]
/ Dewey: I', afraid you have some serious fines here, ma'am.
/ Woman: Oh? / Dewey: These books are overdue by many months. Did you lose them?
/ Woman: Young man, I never lose anything. / [[Woman pulling out wallet]]
/ Dewey: Okay then, it looks like you decided... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101107 |
| Monday, November 08, 2010 | THUD! [[sound comes from the left]]
/ [[Dewey sits in front of computer monitor, unphased.]] / Dewey standing over girl: CALLING FOR HELP?
/ Girl lying on the ground, holding phone to ear: CALLING MY LAWYER. / Dewey standing over girl: PLEASE TAKE YOUR PERSONAL CALLS OUTSIDE.
/ Girl lying on the ground,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101108 |
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 | [[Dewey is crouching near Angry Lady, who is sprawled on the floor.]] / Dewey: You *seem* fine.
/ Angry Lady: That's because I know how to control my anger. / Angry Lady: Your negligence resulted in my injury.
/ Dewey: You tripped over your own feet. / Angry Lady: I'm going to require compensation.
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101109 |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 | Girl lying down: THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IS BROKE?
/ Dewey, sitting beside her: WOULD AN ORGANIZATION WITH MONEY HAVE THIS CARPET? / Girl: IT IS A WRETCHED PATTERN.
/ Dewey: THAT'S NO PATTERN. THAT'S A STAIN. / Girl jumps up: YUCK!
/ Dewey: HALLELUJAH! A FILTH HEALING! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20101110 |
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