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Tuesday, June 09, 2009	Woman: I'm looking for a recession proof career. / Dewey: That's a tough one. / Woman: You're still working. I want a job like yours! / Dewey: You want to be overeducated, underpaid, and underappreciated? / Woman: So long as I don't have to dress like you, sure. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090609
Wednesday, June 10, 2009	Tamara: You have unrealistic career expectations. / Tamara: There aren't many jobs where you get paid a bundle for not doing much. No matter what the infomercials say. / Tamara: It's about doing hard work, not avoiding it. / Understand? / Man: Yes! I'm buying more lottery tickets. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090610
Thursday, June 11, 2009	Colleen: We've become nothing but a job-placement service. / Mel: That's fine with me! / Mel: Libraries aren't static. They go with the flow, becoming what the community needs. / In boom times we provided entertainment. Now we're a resource for economic victims. / It's all about being open-minded... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090611
Friday, June 12, 2009	Man: I need a job that's future-proof! / Dewey: How about one that will last until the end of the week? / Man: Sold! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090612
Saturday, June 13, 2009	Panel: "Librarianship: It's not just a job, it's ...?" / Colleen: A secure government paycheck. / Tamara: Pure sunshine! / Mel: A neverending onslaught of scheduling nightmares. / Buddy: The one place they'd never think to look for me. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090613

Sunday, June 14, 2009	Librarian: Dewey! What brings you to our branch? / Dewey: Have you got the repair manual for a 1953 BMW R25/2? / Librarian: I've read some great books you're going to love! / Dewey: I just want-- / Librarian: [[Piling Deweys arms with books]] These were all so good! / Dewey: I'm already reading several... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090614
Monday, June 15, 2009	Woman: I reserved a room for this afternoon. / Woman: Perfect. The bouncy castle goes there, and the buffet goes there! / Dewey: I trust you read the room use agreement? / Dewey: [[uses hand to amplify his voice]]Specifically Section five: No parties. / Woman: [[oblivious. hands clasped]]This will... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090615
Tuesday, June 16, 2009	Dewey: This is a public space. Even if we let you have your daughter's birthday, it would have to be open to everyone. / Mother: Who'd want to come to a five-year old's party? / Lambert: Will there be cake? Or food of any kind? / Merv: Remember to get ice cream. Vanilla. Can I use your phone to invite... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090616
Wednesday, June 17, 2009	Woman: I'm out of time. I'll pay whatever you want. / Dewey: There's no charge. It's just not allowed. / Woman: What might it take to ignore the rules. / Dewey: Perhaps a generous contribution earmarked for teen programs. / Woman: And what about the public? / Dewey: A steady stream of birthday... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090617
Thursday, June 18, 2009	Mel: There's a party in the meeting room! / Dewey: There's an event in the meeting room. / Mel: Why is Buddy working the door? / Dewey: He's enforcing the fire code. / Mel: At least get rid of the pony. / Dewey: "Service Horse." http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090618

Friday, June 19, 2009	Colleen: [[Looking at a woman with a book]] I thought you asked for Gray's anatomy. / Woman: [[Sad face as she looks at Colleen and turns the pages of a book]] He's not so McDreamy without his skin. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090619
Saturday, June 20, 2009	Colleen: [[angry]] You can't answer questions Wikipedia! / Colleen: That information isn't vetted! You have to use a trustworthy, accurate source! / Dewey: I say we let the market decide. / [[to woman]] You happy? / Woman: I'm great, thanks. / [[Colleen scowls]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090620
Sunday, June 21, 2009	The Unshelved Bookclub presents: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell / [[Image: A worried looking man holds a gun on a disheartened doctor.]] / Buddy: Peter Brown, an intern in internal medicine is having a terrible day. / He's been mugged, injected with an unknown pathogen, and recognized by a patient. / The... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090621
Monday, June 22, 2009	Woman: [[wearing flower hat]] I need a credit card! / Dewey: This isn't a bank. If it were we'd qualify for federal assistance. / Woman: I have to buy tickets for the latest teen singing sensation! / Dewey: It might be cheaper to cancel the disney channel. / Woman: [[Grabs Dewey's shoulders]]... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090622
Tuesday, June 23, 2009	Floral hat lady: Someone here must have a credit card! / Dewey: I do. / Floral hat lady: Then you're the person I need to talk to! / Dewey: I'm the person you've been talking to. / Floral hat lady: Why didn't you say so? / Dewey: I never interrupt a good rant. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090623
Tuesday, June 23, 2009	Floral hat lady: Someone here must have a credit card! / Dewey: I do. / Floral hat lady: Then you're the person I need to talk to! / Dewey: I'm the person you've been talking to. / Floral hat lady: Why didn't you say so? / Dewey: I never interrupt a good rant. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090623

Wednesday, June 24, 2009	Floral hat lady: [[agressive]] BUY THE TICKETS FOR ME! DO IT NOW! / Dewey: "Crazy and demanding" isn't going to get you what you want / Floral hat lady: [[sugary sweet]] Good librarian, will you please facilitate the purchase of a set of concert tickets for my family? / Dewey: I honestly didn't think... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090624
Thursday, June 25, 2009	[Dewey, speaking to patron] / PANEL 1: I'm glad you're trying sane and reasonable / PANEL 2: I wish you'd gone with that from the start / PANEL 3: But I have to stress that it still wouldn't have gotten you what you want http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090625
Friday, June 26, 2009	Woman: He won't help us! / Mel: [[to Dewey]] Help them. / Dewey: No. / Woman: I'll sue! / Mel: She'll sue! / Dewey: That won't get anyone to the concert. / Little girl: [[to woman]] You promised! / Mel: [[To Dewey]] You promised? / Dewey: [[Points to woman]] She promised. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090626
Saturday, June 27, 2009	Woman: If you buy those tickets, I'll pay double their face value. / Dewey: Third row center? I'd say they're worth triple. / Woman: Done, I'll Pay [[She is cut off by Mel stepping between her and Dewey]] / Mel: NO! I can't let this happen! / [[Dewey smiles out of the corner of his mouth]] / Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090627
Sunday, June 28, 2009	The Unshelved Bookclub Presents Moby Dick by Herman Melville / Guest Strip Copyright Zach Weiner @ www.smbc-comics.com / [[The top panel depicts to whalers meeting on the seas]] / [[For the next six rows, the panels alternate left and right, with Ahab on the left and the other captain on the right in... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090628
Sunday, June 28, 2009	[[Two old-fashioned ships pass each other at sea]] / [[A grizzled man calls out]] / Ahab: Hast seen the white whaaaaaale? / [[A bespectacled man responds]] / Captain: Oh, yeah, we saw him. / [[Ahab shakes his fist]] / Ahab: By all the gods of old, tonight I will have my blood vengeance on the beast that... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090628You

Monday, June 29, 2009	Question across the top: "What's your secret?" / Tamara: [[Holds apple]] Fiber. / Dewey: [[Holds box labeled peanut fudge nuts]] Fully hydrogenated fats! / Colleen: [[Patting fancy hairdo, and showing off lipstick and eyelashes]] Student makeovers at the Mallville beauty academy. / Buddy: The al... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090629
Tuesday, June 30, 2009	Tamara: I can't believe I did that! / Dewey: Farted during storytime? / Tamara: Worse! I SWORE! It just came out! / Dewey: I'm sure no one even noticed. / Voice outside the panel: Dagnabbit! Dagnabbit! Dagnabbit! / Tamara: I'm ruined. / [[Dewey smiles.]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090630
Wednesday, July 01, 2009	Tamara: I'm so sorry! / Parent 1: He sounds like Elmer Fudd! / Child 1: Dagnabbit! / Tamara: I really need to apologize. / Parent 2: No worries. / Child 2: Dag-nabid! / Tamara: This is my fault. / Parent 3: Then I insist you resign! / Child 3: Dad gummit! / Dewey: You really do create your own problems. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090701
Thursday, July 02, 2009	Tamara: [[To angry mother and her child. The child ended the previous strip saying "Dad-gummit"]] I will NEVER do that again, I SWEAR. / No! I don't swear / I musn't swear! / I AFFIRM! / [[Dewey and Buddy look on with amusement]] / Dewey: Language is so Fluid. / Buddy: That makes me have to mict... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090702
Friday, July 03, 2009	Dewey: You can't write Tamara up. / She didn't swear. / She used a cartoon word! / Mel: I have to / A parent complained. / This has gone up the ladder. / I have to begin disciplinary procedures! / Dewey: Then isn't it improper to discuss it with me. / Mel: I... I... / Dewey: I'd hate to see you get... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090703
Friday, July 03, 2009	Dewey: You can't write Tamara up. / She didn't swear. / She used a cartoon word! / Mel: I have to / A parent complained. / This has gone up the ladder. / I have to begin disciplinary procedures! / Dewey: Then isn't it improper to discuss it with me. / Mel: I... I... / Dewey: I'd hate to see you get... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090703

Saturday, July 04, 2009	[[Cathy and Dewey are at the beach. Cathy is distressed and Dewey is reading a book.]] / Cathy: Your swimsuit doesn't have any POCKETS! / Cathy: I checked your bag before we LEFT! / Cathy: I PATTED YOU DOWN! / Dewey: The deal was if I managed to GET a book here I could READ it. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090704
Sunday, July 05, 2009	Caption: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by RICHARD BACH narrated by Oliver / Narrator: So there's this seagull named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Sure, it's a gigando limpwrist name, but don't wrie him off just yet. / [[Jonathan Seagull's uniqueness is shown by making him look more like a rooster,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090705
Monday, July 06, 2009	[[Dewey is at home packing a sandwich for lunch. Kathy is next to him and pointing at the sandwich.]] / Kathy: That is NOT part of a balanced meal. / [[Dewey is at the library about to eat his sandwich. Tamara is standing next to him and pointing angrily at the sandwich.]] / Tamara: That doesn't look... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090706
Tuesday, July 07, 2009	Man: You're supposed to answer when I'm talking to you. / What are you doing? / Dewey: Seeking the peace that exists at the bottom of my cup. / What are you doing, going for story of the day? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090707
Wednesday, July 08, 2009	[[Dewey pours coffee beans into grinder]] / [[Dewey adds ingrediants to coffee]] / [[Dewey brews coffee in a stovetop percolator, sniffing, smiling]] / Mel: Aren't you helping someone? / Dewey: [[Pouring coffee]] Yes. Oh, you didn't mean me. / {{Note from Bill: For today's strip Gene wrote "Dewey... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090708

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