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| Friday, July 11, 2003 | [[yo-yo on a string at the top of the panel]] / [[yo-yo on a string at the bottom of the panel]]
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| Saturday, July 12, 2003 | [[Man with moustache talking with Dewey.]]
/ Man: I really don't know if you really care at all!
/ Dewey: About what? / [[Man is pointing his finger at Dewey.]]
/ Man: DO you care?
/ Dewey: Well, I care about what it is that you are asking me that I care about - is that what you mean? Or were you still... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030712 |
| Sunday, July 13, 2003 | Tamara: Do nuns really still dress like that?
/ Dewey: Only if they want their fines waived again. / Tamara: That's shameless!
/ Dewey: Tell me about it. Last month she came in on crutches. / Mel: I just know she'd got a ruler in there somewhere!
/ Dewey: I didn't know you went to parochial school. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030713 |
| Monday, July 14, 2003 | [[Colleen is talking to a patron in the foreground, while Dewey and another patron are arguing in the background]] / Dewey's Patron: You're the worst librarian EVER!
/ Colleen: Can I help you? / Dewey's Patron: This whole library STINKS!
/ Colleen's Patron: No, I'm fine, thanks! / Dewey's Patron: I... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030714 |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | Patron: I want the address of every Johnson in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
/ Dewey: Are you looking for someone? / Patron: No. I'm going to write them all letters. Many letters... / Dewey: You get many responses?
/ Patron: Sometimes I hear from lawyers. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030715 |
| Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | [[Mel greets Dewey at the information desk. Behind them an angry mob is staging a riot, complete with clubs, pitchforks, and torches]]
/ Mel: Where'd you go for lunch? The moon?!?
/ Dewey: Why? Is the internet still down? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030716 |
| Thursday, July 17, 2003 | Dewey: Is that tinfoil?
/ Patron: I'm protecting myself against your security scanners! / Dewey: We don't have any security scanners.
/ Patron: Yes you do! / Dewey: I assure you...
/ Patron: They make me lose my train of thought!
/ Buddy: I always wondered what caused that! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030717 |
| Friday, July 18, 2003 | Patron: Wireless internet!
/ Patron: Go on, pull up my thoughts! They're on the web for all to see! / Dewey: Let's see. Hey, you're right!
/ Dewey: "They're out to get me!" "I can't trust anybody!" / Dewey: Wait, come back! You're out of range! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030718 |
| Saturday, July 19, 2003 | Patron: You have all this fancy stuff but no typewriter? I'm going to the Mallville library! / Tamara: But... this is the Mallville library!
/ Dewey: I'll let someone at her next stop tell her that. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030719 |
| Sunday, July 20, 2003 | [[Man tries to read newspaper while kids make noise]] / [[Tamara tries to quiet the kids]] / [[Kids are making noise again]] / [[Man is outside changing MALLVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY sign to MALLVILLE PUBLIC DAYCARE]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030720 |
| Monday, July 21, 2003 | Library Tip #19: How to get a librarian's attention. / [[Good]]
/ Man: Excuse me, I have a question. / [[Bad]]
/ Another man: I said "Excuse me!" Are you DEAF?? / [[Worst]]
/ Yet another man: 'Scuse me
/ [[Man touches Dewey's shoulder from behind, causing Dewey's eyes to pop out on springs and two books... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030721 |
| Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | [[Buddy wears a shirt saying READ. Colleen wears a shirt saying ADOPT. Dewey's says DON'T PANIC. Ned has a tattoo on his chest saying FREE. Tamara's shirt says KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO!]]
/ Mel: Excuse me for not having an agenda. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030722 |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2003 | Matt [[who is blind]]: And Daredevil went Thwock! Pop! It was so cool!!
/ Dewey: I'm looking forward to it. / Mel: I'm happy Matt has a role model, but... a blind superhero?
/ Dewey: Actually, many popular superheros have disabilities. / Dewey: Flash is stone-deaf, but he feels the air vibrate. Green... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030723 |
| Thursday, July 24, 2003 | [[at public computer station in Mallville Public LIbrary]]
/ Patron: That's the one. It went black
/ Colleen: Let me have a look / [[Colleen sees baby Doreen playing under the table with the insides of the CPU]] / Patron: Darn computers, huh?
/ Colleen: You said it. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030724 |
| Friday, July 25, 2003 | [[Colleen is sitting at the computer, with Doreen looking over her shoulder. Tamara is standing to the side.]]
/ Tamara: I heard Doreen was making a little mischief today.
/ Colleen: Absolutely not. She's a dream. / Tamara: It's okay, Colleen. Babies are people. They do their own thing.
/ Colleen:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030725 |
| Saturday, July 26, 2003 | Dewey: Do you want recipes?
/ Man of couple: Yes, but I only eat vegetables.
/ Woman of couple: And I eat nothing but cooked meat! / Tamara: And then what did you do?
/ Dewey: Confirmed their last name wasn't "Sprat," then ditched them in the Cooking section. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030726 |
| Sunday, July 27, 2003 | [[We see Merv's eyes, looking to the right]] / [[Merv looking at us]] / [[Merv looking to the left]] / Dewey: Yup, you looked wide awake.
/ Merv [[holding fake eyes]]: Cool. These should get me through Chemistry and half of Spanish! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030727 |
| Monday, July 28, 2003 | [Patron talking to Tamara]
/ Patron: Pencil?
/ Tamara: Here you go. / Patron: Sharpener?
/ Tamara: Next to the photocopier. / [Same patron with pencil sticking out of the side of his head and blood running down onto his shirt approaches Tamara again.]
/ Patron: Bandage?
/ Tamara: Same drugstore where you... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030728 |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | Dewey: I was supposed to conduct a tour for a class, but they're running late.
/ Mel: They're not teenagers? / Dewey: No, much younger.
/ Mel: Then I'll see you tomorrow. / [[Mel looks on angrily as several owners attempt to restrain their dogs]]
/ Man: We're from Obedience School. We're supposed to... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030729 |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | "Is this where I volunteer to be a librarian?"
/ Dewey: Do you have a degree?
/ Mel: It takes years to qualify.
/ Tamara: Working with children is challenging.
/ Colleen: You need knowledge of computers. / Dewey: Sure. Cover for me.
/ Mel: It's against regulations, but...
/ Tamara: "Storytime for cranky... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030730 |
| Thursday, July 31, 2003 | [[Dewey and a teen are talking]]
/ Guy: I'm looking for the "Young Adult Librarian."
/ Teen: You're looking at him! / Teen: Oh. I thought you'd be... younger. / [[Mel is watching Buddy give Dewey a "Green Lantern" tattoo with a Sharpie]]
/ Mel: This seems extreme.
/ Dewey: It was this or a paperclip through... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030731 |
| Friday, August 01, 2003 | Patron: Hey, wicked tattoo!
/ Dewey: Thanks. It's Green Lantern's symbol. / Patron: Aren't they that techno band from Twin Falls?
/ Dewey: Ah, yes. Yes they are. / Patron: Cool. I heard you were just some old guy who only reads comics.
/ Dewey: Pshaw. / Mel: You actually said "Pshaw"?
/ Dewey: I am... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030801 |
| Saturday, August 02, 2003 | [[Dewey and Merv are talking at a desk in the library]]
/ Dewey: Merv, do you think I'm old?
/ Merv: Compared to whom? / Dewey: Your parents.
/ Merv: Are you kidding? You play video games! You like anime! You can identify any breakfast cereal blindfolded! / Dewey: What records should I be listening to?
/ Merv:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030802 |
| Old | Mel: Look, Dewey, I'm not old so you're not old!
/ Dewey: Listen to this. / Dewey [[reading questions from a list]]: George Foreman?
/ Merv: Barbecue salesman.
/ Dewey: Carbon paper?
/ Merv: Wouldn't that be black? How would you write on it?
/ Dewey: Shag carpeting?
/ Merv: You've watched Austin Powers too... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030803 |
| Monday, August 04, 2003 | Buddy: I used to feel old too. / Dewey: What did you do?
/ Buddy: Started dating high school girls. / Dewey: Thanks, I'll remember that next time I want to go to jail.
/ Buddy: Don't knock jail. You'd get a cool nickname, like "Books." http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030804 |
| Tuesday, August 05, 2003 | [[Dewey looks over Ned's shoulder as Ned (naked as always) uses a public terminal.]] / Dewey: Another letter to the editor?
/ Ned: No, the library system. The ergonomics here are terrible. / Dewey: Nice use of the word "actionable."
/ Ned: Wrong table height... bad viewing angle... poor lighting. I've... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030805 |
| Wednesday, August 06, 2003 | Patron: Why are you looking at a site about dog allergies?
/ Dewey: I'm checking for relevant information. / Patron: But I wanted books about clipper ships!
/ Dewey: Sir, I'm an information professional. You're going to have to trust me. / Mel: Why were you looking at that site?
/ Dewey: Have you ever... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030806 |
| Thursday, August 07, 2003 | [[Mother and son at desk talking to Tamara]]
/ Son: I want my summer reading prize.
/ Mother: He wants his prize.
/ Tamara [[shrugs]]: Sorry, there isn't one this year. Budget cuts. / Son: What the heck have I been reading for?
/ Mother: He wants to know why he's been reading.
/ Tamara: Enjoyment! Knowledge!... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030807 |
| Friday, August 08, 2003 | [[A mother and son are talking to Dewey. The son is angry.]]
/ Mother: Why can't my son perform his court-ordered community service here?
/ Dewey: Because then he'd be *our* problem. / Mother: He'd work very hard!
/ Dewey: No, he'd make *our* work very hard, as his disciplinary record shows. / [[As the... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030808 |
| Saturday, August 09, 2003 | Boy: I hear you practice Aikido. Is it the right martial art for me?
/ Tamara: What are your goals?
/ Boy: I want to punch. And kick.
/ Tamara: Then it's probably not... / Boy: And smash. Destroy. Kill! Demolish! OBLITERATE!! / [[Tamara is holding boy down with his head swimming]]
/ Mel: That's a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030809 |
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