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| Wednesday, April 17, 2002 | Dewey [[carrying a stack of books]]: Hey, Merv and I recovered the stolen books!
/ Mel [[reading]]: Oh? Were you involved too? / Dewey: Yes, it was... Wait! What do you mean, "TOO?" / [[Merv is doing a kung-fu pose on one of the library tables and talking to a couple of impressed teenagers.]]
/ Merv:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020417 |
| Thursday, April 18, 2002 | [[Dewey is on the phone.]]
/ Dewey: No. Absolutely not. You'll have to ask me to my face. That's right. Goodbye. / Mel: What on earth..?
/ Dewey: Just Fred with another computer question. / Mel [[sternly]]: Dewey, it is the policy of this library to provide assistance by phone, e-mail... even SMOKE... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020418 |
| Friday, April 19, 2002 | [[Dewey and Mel are talking in her office.]]
/ Dewey: More paperwork from your predecessor?
/ Mel [[holding a stack of papers so dusty, it's gray]]: I think she never even LOOKED at these! / [[Mel blows on the stack of papers to remove the dust. Someone knocks on the office door.]] / [[Mel and Dewey... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020419 |
| Saturday, April 20, 2002 | [[Colleen is outside the Manager's office, opening the door. We can see the silhouette of Dewey's head through the door.]]
/ Mel: But Dewey, the library *needs you* to do this.
/ Colleen: Oh no you don't! *I* have seniority! *I'll* do it! / Mel [[holding her hands up]] < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020420 |
| Sunday, April 21, 2002 | [[Colleen is off-screen, talking to a roomful of teens who are on-screen. All of the teens are asleep.]]
/ Colleen: ... And THIS one is about horses TOO! / [[Colleen turns to Dewey.]]
/ Colleen [[concerned]]: I expected unruly, but not THIS!
/ Dewey [[holding an issue of the comic "Preacher"]]: Let me... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020421 |
| Monday, April 22, 2002 | [[A shot of Mallville High from the outside. Dewey is speaking somewhere in the building.]]
/ Dewey: In this graphic novel is a scene so DISGUSTING... / [[Dewey's hands, holding up an open graphic novel with everything on the page blacked out but the word balloons.]]
/ Dewey: ... So vile, so utterly... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020422 |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2002 | [[Mel talking to Dewey, pointing her finger at him. Dewey looks unhappy]]
/ Mel: No arguments, Dewey. I'm naming you our *young adult librarian*. / Mel: I suggest you begin by familiarizing yourself with the young adult collection.
/ [[Dewey picks books off the top of the stack Mel is holding. The one... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020423 |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2002 | [[Mel and Dewey are at the copier.]]
/ Mel [[examining a page]]: Ricardo Montalban?
/ Dewey [[running another page through the machine]]: Today's young adults need to know about the original "Fantasy Island." / Mel [[waving the picture of Ricardo Montalban]]: This job isn't about forcing kids to relive... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020424 |
| Thursday, April 25, 2002 | [[A series of patrons approach Dewey at the checkout desk.]]
/ Dripping wet bald man: Wet enough for you? / Sweater-wearing woman: Cold enough for you? / Long-haired wind-blown woman: Windy enough for you? / Nondescript man: Cloudy enough for you? / [[Dewey braves the wet, cold, windy, cloudy day... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020425 |
| Friday, April 26, 2002 | [[A patron and her son approach Dewey at the Information Desk.]]
/ Patron: My son is doing a book report on World War II but I don't want him exposed to any VIOLENCE. / [[The patron and her son wait at the desk while Dewey gets a book for them.]] / Patron [[looking at the book]]: What's this?
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020426 |
| Saturday, April 27, 2002 | [[A patron approaches Dewey at the Information Desk.]]
/ Patron: Show me all your books on time travel, horticulture, RV parks, typography... / Patron [[off-screen, while Dewey frantically takes notes on-screen]]: ..."LINUX Device Drivers for Dummies," the first "Austin Powers" video... / Patron [[continuing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020427 |
| Sunday, April 28, 2002 | [[Dewey is talking to a patron at the Information Desk. Merv is playing with the line stantions.]]
/ Dewey: I'm still looking for the book you requested.
/ [[Merv leans back against the belt attached to the stantions on the left of the line.]] / Dewey: It made it almost all the way here...
/ [[Merv launches... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020428 |
| Monday, April 29, 2002 | [[Someone puts an "Out to lunch" sign up at the Information Desk.]] / [[A patron approaches the Information Desk with a question.]]
/ Answerer [[showing only a black-sleeved arm]]: G.P.S.? That's the Global Parking System. / [[A shot of the globe, surrounded by a cage of satellites. An inset shows... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020429 |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2002 | [[Two teens approach Dewey at the Information Desk.]]
/ Polite teen [[returning a book]]: I'm sorry, this won't work either.
/ Dewey: Hmm... It has to be set in Biblical times?
/ Rude teen: Jimmy, I'm bored. Let's go! / Dewey [[presenting another book]]: How about "LAMB"? It asks the question, "What... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020430 |
| Wednesday, May 01, 2002 | [[Dewey is helping a patron at the Information Desk. He is leafing through a volume called "Good Books" and holding a telephone receiver.]]
/ Patron: Can't you recommend something you've read YOURSELF?
/ Dewey: Let's just say this isn't my core genre. / [[Full shot of the Information Desk and stacks... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020501 |
| Thursday, May 02, 2002 | [[Colleen is recommending a book.]]
/ Colleen: I recommend Anne Stuart's "Lord of Danger"
/ [[Simon, wearing hood, in front of flames.]]
/ Simon: I'm SIMON and I'm an EVIL MAGICIAN! / [[Four people displayed: Simon, without hood; Richard, wearing white shirt and a cross necklace, Alys, a small woman, and... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020502 |
| Friday, May 03, 2002 | [[Dewey and Colleen are behind the information desk; a patron holding Anne Stuart's LORD OF DANGER is walking alway, grinning and wiht her eyes wide.]]
/ Dewey: So, do Simon and Alys hook up ?
/ Colleen: I can't tell you that! / Dewey: Okay, I'll go read the last chapter.
/ Colleen: You COULDN'T! You... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020503 |
| Saturday, May 04, 2002 | Colleen [[taking Hulk comic book from Dewey]]: Okay Mr. too-good-for-romance-novels, let's see what *you* read for fun!
/ Dewey: Wait, you can't... / Colleen [[reading comic]]: Such lofty dialogue! "Hulk smash!" "Hulk love Jarella!" O, I am put in my place!
/ Dewey [[pointing]]: That's a *valuable collectible*! / Colleen... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020504 |
| Sunday, May 05, 2002 | [[Mel is looking at Colleen, Dewey and Merv, who are all reading issues of Strangers In Paradise.]] / Mel: What happened to the war of "romance novels versus comic books"?
/ Colleen and Dewey: We found a compromise.
/ Merv: Yuck! At least in BOOKS you can't SEE the kissing! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020505 |
| Monday, May 06, 2002 | [[Merv is standing behind Dewey while Dewey is shelving.]]
/ Merv: So the more teens in the library the better you'll do in your new job?
/ Dewey: That's right. / [[Dewey is obscured by a shelf labled "Young Adult".]]
/ Merv: Then you must be glad to see ME here, right?
/ Dewey: Nope. / [[Dewey is pointing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020506 |
| Tuesday, May 07, 2002 | [[Dewey is shelving books, Merv is standing next to him]]
/ Dewey: If I read one more "Young Adult Romance", I'll *puke*.
/ Merv: Actually, "Summer Squeeze" is pretty fun! / [[Dewey turns around, astonished]]
/ Dewey: What ?!?
/ Merv: Uh ... I mean I *heard* it was fun. / [[Dewey walks away, Merv follows... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020507 |
| Wednesday, May 08, 2002 | [[Exterior shot: Mallville Billiards]]
/ Dewey [[on phone]]: No. It's my day off. / [[Inside Mallville Billiards]]
/ Dewey [[Holding pool cue]]: I'm SURE you can handle it without me. / [[Mallville library, LOTS of people milling around the reference desk]]
/ Mel: Dewey, I REALLY think you should come... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020508 |
| Thursday, May 09, 2002 | [[Two teenagers watch in awe as Dewey enters the library wearing a leather jacket and carrying his motorcycle helmet.]] / Teen boy: Wow! A HELL'S ANGEL! Just like the library brochure said! / Dewey: This is an unusually large crowd for after school on a Thursday!
/ Teen boy [[offscreen]]: Show us... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020509 |
| Teen Tour | Dewey: I'm afraid there's been some sort of miscommunication.
/ Teen: Where's the "C.D. pirating station"?
/ Dewey: The brochure you were given is fraudulent.
/ Another Teen: I don't see the "indoor skateboard ramp".
/ Dewey: And I don't know who made it.
/ Merv: Say, Dewey's boss, look at all of the young... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020510 |
| Saturday, May 11, 2002 | [[Dewey is talking to Merv.]]
/ Dewey [[angrily holding up a brochure]]: You made a library brochure full of LIES?
/ Merv: LIES? There are no LIES! / Dewey [[reading from the brochure]]: "Mallville Library: Lawless Den of Hedonism"
/ Merv [[offscreen]]: Perhaps the occassional exaggeration. / Dewey [[continuing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020511 |
| Sunday, May 12, 2002 | [[Dewey standing in front of a crowd]]
/ Dewey: Sorry about the fake brochure folks! Let me show you around.
/ 1st Teen: What'd he say?
/ 2nd Teen [[Demonstrating the brochure]]: Look, free pizza! / Dewey: This is Tamara, our children's librarian.
/ 1st Teen [[Looking at the brochure]]; She's the "exotic... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020512 |
| Monday, May 13, 2002 | [[Dewey is showing a group of teenagers around the library.]]
/ Teen boy [[pointing]]: Is that guy NAKED?!?
/ Dewey: Ned is exercising freedom of expression. / [[Ned is reading the newspaper naked.]]
/ Ned [[doing a fist-pump of solidarity]]: Hey kids, I'm with you 100%! "Skateboarding is not a crime!" / [[Two... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020513 |
| Tuesday, May 14, 2002 | [[In the background, Dewey is showing a group of teens around the library. In the foreground, Colleen is talking to a mustached man sitting at a computer.]]
/ Colleen: I'm sorry I can't help you. / Man: You say there's always computer trouble when teens gather in groups?
/ Colleen: Yes, the electrolytes... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020514 |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2002 | [[Dewey is showing a group of about ten teenagers around the library.]]
/ Dewey [[gesturing]]: This area is the reference section. / [[There are only five teenagers left in Dewey's group. One of them is leaving. Another is looking at his watch. Dewey has his back to the group and is oblivious.]]
/ Dewey... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020515 |
| Thursday, May 16, 2002 | [[Mel and Dewey are talking at the front desk.]]
/ Mel: How did your impromptu young adult tour go?
/ Dewey [[dejected]]: Terribly, of course. / Dewey: They're experimenting with drugs and sex, learning to drive, watching M.T.V. -- how can we compete?
/ Polite teen boy from several strips ago [[tapping... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020516 |
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