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| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 | [[Dewey and Merv are walking in the library.]]
/ Dewey: So what is this summer homework of yours.
/ Merv: It's about learning to use the library. / Dewey: Well I'd be happy to help.
/ Merv: Then point me to your "card catalog." / Dewey: Let me see that.
/ Merv: What's a "teletype machine"? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070620 |
| Thursday, June 21, 2007 | [[Mel and Dewey are discussing Merv's summer homework.]]
/ Mel: Why shouldn't Merv do his summer homework.
/ Dewey: [[holding it up]] It's got no bearing on the era we live in! / Mel: It can't be that bad.
/ Dewey: [[reading from the paper]] "Explain recent developments in microfiche readers and their... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070621 |
| Friday, June 22, 2007 | [[Dewey and Merv in the library. Dewey hands Merv a piece of paper]] / Merv: Now YOU'RE giving me homework?
/ Dewey: I re-wrote the questions. Now they're relevant to modern libraries. / Merv [[holding paper]]: Dude, I had an assignment that COULDN'T BE COMPLETED!
/ Dewey: Not any more. / Merv:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070622 |
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 | Merv: I finished my stupid summer homework.
/ Dewey: What did you learn? / Merv: Way too much. But with luck and perseverance I'll forget it all by the start of the school year.
/ Dewey: Then my work here is done. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070623 |
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Summer Moonshine" by P.G. Wodehouse
/ {{Guest strip by John Lustig of Last Kiss Comics}} / Caption: Joe Vanringham meets Jane Abbott and proposes within minutes...
/ Joe: Marry Me?
/ Jane: No! / Caption: And He keeps on proposing. Joe's crazy about Jane. Or maybe he's... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070624 |
| Monday, June 25, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library. / Merv: I'm super easy to use. Just fire up your favorite search engine.
/ Dewey: I have lots of stuff search engines can't find. / Merv: You mean... there's more than Google?
/ Dewey: Well, for now, anyway. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070625 |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet. What are you watching, Library?
/ Dewey [[holding a portable DVD player]]: A movie. I've had it on hold for months! / Merv[[points to self]]: Heck, I've had a bootleg version since it was in the theater. You could have downloaded it anytime!
/ Dewey [[looking at Merv]]:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070626 |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library. / Merv:[[Pointing to the book in Dewey's hands]] Why are you bothering with those? The information is available online.
/ Dewey: I need an authoritative source. With you it's hard to tell where anything comes from. / Merv: So?
/ Dewey: It might... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070627 |
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ [[Dewey is reading a book]] / Merv: Library?
/ Dewey: Sorry. I was lost in this novel. / Merv: I've got novels! And lots more -- blogs, news, podcasts...
/ Dewey: I'm sure it's all great stuff. / Merv: Want to see a hamster playing the bagpipes?
/ Dewey: Soon as I'm done.... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070628 |
| Friday, June 29, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library. / Merv [[to Dewey]]: Want to see pictures of naked people?
/ Dewey: I've got plenty, thanks.
/ Merv: Where, in anatomy books?
/ Dewey: Heck no, I've got tons of adult material. / Merv: Really? Where?
/ Dewey: Stay in character.
/ Merv: Sorry. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070629 |
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a Library. / Merv: I'm EVERYWHERE!
/ Dewey: Including at the Library. / Merv: But Libraries are also on the Internet. Do I contain you or do you contain me?
/ Dewey: We complete each other.
/ Merv: Just don't try to hug me. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070630 |
| Sunday, July 01, 2007 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde / [[Dorian Gray is looking smarmily toward a woman, while his picture ages behind a curtain.]] / Dewey: Lord Henry Wotton sees the portrait of the beautiful young Dorian Gray and demands to meet him.
/ He tells Dorian to savor... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070701 |
| Monday, July 02, 2007 | Man: Is that a new book by Nick Hornby?
/ Dewey: Yup, "Slam." But it's an advance reader's copy. You'll have to wait until October to read it. / Man: That's not fair! Why should you read it before everyone else?
/ [[Dewey writes something on a piece of paper]] / Man [[looking at the paper]]: What's this?
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070702 |
| Tuesday, July 03, 2007 | [[Mel and Dewey are at the reference desk. Mel has her arms crossed.]]
/ Mel: What is Merv up to?
/ Dewey: Why do you think he's up to something? / Mel: He's here. And he's breathing.
/ Dewey: He wanted to buy my advance readers copies. But I said no. / [[Buddy is at the desk now too. Merv stands behind... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070703 |
| Wednesday, July 04, 2007 | Merv: Why can't I sell Advance Readers Copies?
/ Dewey: They're a sacred trust between librarians and publishers. / Merv: Seriously.
/ Dewey: I like reading them. And I don't want my supply threatened. / Dewey: Not every market opportunity needs to be exploited.
/ Merv: You say that like you mean it,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070704 |
| Thursday, July 05, 2007 | Merv: [[Handing over book]] Here's the latest Rafael Marinara. Won't be in stores until next spring.
/ Fangirl: I've waited so long for this! / Woman: Does it resolve the dilemma of the four swords?
/ Merv: I don't know.
/ Fangirl: Who inherits the faerie realm now that the codex is in the hands of the... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070705 |
| Friday, July 06, 2007 | Merv: I just wanted to make a quick buck selling advance readers copies!
/ Dewey: Now you know what kind of person pays top dollar for prerelease fiction. / Merv: I was threatened in Elvish!
/ Klingon 1: Do you have the upcoming Jackie Collins?
/ Klingon 2: paq, oH QaQ! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070706 |
| Saturday, July 07, 2007 | Dewey: I got this for you at the library conference.
/ Tamara: The new Mo Willems book! / [[Tamara jumps for joy]] / Tamara: I mean, thank you. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070707 |
| Sunday, July 08, 2007 | The Unshelved Book Club: "FUN HOME" by Alison Bechdel
/ {{Guest Strip by Paul Sizer, www.paulsizer.com}} / Paul Sizer: Hey! Graphic novelist and comic artist Paul Sizer here... For my money, the best GRAPHIC NOVEL of the past year is FUN HOME, by Alison Bechdel. It DESERVES all the praise and hoopla... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070708 |
| Monday, July 09, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library.
/ Tamara: And I'm a book. / Dewey: [[To Tamara]] Thanks for being here.
/ Tamara: [[To Dewey]] Thanks for sharing me with so many people.
/ Merv: Hey, I like books! In fact I make you more convenient then ever. / Dewey: [[To Tamara]] You're great!
/ Tamara:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070709 |
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 | [[Merv and Tamara]]
/ Merv: Hi. I'm the Internet.
/ Tamara: And I'm a book. / [[Merv shows Tamara an ebook]]
/ Merv: Look, it's you!
/ Tamara: Do I really look like that? / Tamara: What happened to my high-quality paper? My fancy binding?
/ Merv: No one will miss them. / Tamara: These are just pictures.... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070710 |
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 | Marv: Hi, I'm the Internet and I'm free!
/ Tamara: Hi, I'm a book and I cost money!
/ Dewey: Unless people check you out from me, a library. / Marv: Who can wait that long?//"I finally got the book I wanted. Was that river here before?"
/ Tamara [[to Dewey]]: Can't you filter him? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070711 |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 | Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library.
/ Buddy: And I'm some realia! / Merv: What's that?
/ Dewey: It's something physical. You know, stuffed animals, jewelry, a coffee mug...
/ Buddy: I'm hard to classify, even harder to store! / Merv: That's why I don't exist in the physical plane. Too... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070712 |
| Friday, July 13, 2007 | \Merv: Hi, I'm the Internet.
/ Dewey: And I'm a library.
/ Merv: Someone just added information to me.
/ Dewey: My collection just grew. / Merv: My content was created by the people, for the people.
/ Dewey: It was a blog about toenail clippings.
/ Merv: I'm bottom-up, grassroots. You're top-down,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070713 |
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 | [[Mel and Dewey are talking.]]
/ Mel: Our organization needs greater transparency!
/ Dewey: You mean more windows? / Mel: We need to clarify how decisions are made. Let's show everyone how we do things. The public must see the inner workings of the library system! / [[Colleen interrupts.]]
/ Colleen:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070714 |
| Sunday, July 15, 2007 | The Unshelved Book Club presents FURIES OF CALDERON by Jim Butcher / [[Merv talks to Dewey]]
/ Merv: I saw the new Fantastic Four movie.
/ Dewey: Ever notice that there's a pattern to their superpowers? / [[a bearded man with a bow and a boy with a sword fight a giant eagle. A stone dog emerges from... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070715 |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 | [[Tamara is excessively cheery.]]
/ Tamara: [[in a sing-song voice]] Good Morning! / Tamara: [still with the sing-song voice]] I made cinnamon rolls! / Colleen: Please take the sunshine elsewhere.
/ Tamara: [[still excessively cheery]]Who sent you a nastygram this morning? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070716 |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | [[Colleen and Tamara talking]]
/ Colleen: I don't need to be happy all the time!
/ Tamara: But it's healthier for you! / Colleen: Too much happiness makes me unhappy.
/ Tamara: That's not philosophically possible. / [[Tamara standing behind Colleen holding her mouth into a smile. Dewey sticks his head... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070717 |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | [[Colleen and Mel are standing in the library.]]
/ Colleen: Tamara won't leave me alone to have a bad day.
/ Mel: It's because she cares about you. / Colleen: I asked her to stop. She won't. It's harassment!
/ Mel: You know, I think it is! / Mel: She's creating a hostile environment by not allowing you... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070718 |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 | Mel: You have to leave Colleen alone.
/ Tamara: But -- / Mel: It's not your job to make people happy.
/ Young patron [[addressing Tamara]]: Is there storytime today?
/ Tamara [[leaning toward young patron]]: You bet! / [[Mel and Tamara walk away from each other]] Mel: Except when it is.
/ Tamara: Let me... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070719 |
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