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| Wednesday, October 07, 2009 | Dewey: The problem isn't that you don't like MANGA, it's that you don't like ANYTHING. / Man: It's true. I don't even like YOU.
/ Dewey: Keep in mind that you're still waiting for my help. / Man: You're less objectionable than most?
/ Dewey: I'm honored. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091007 |
| Thursday, October 08, 2009 | Dewey: I didn't used to like Manga.
/ Guy: You didn't? / Dewey: I read a different Manga every week. Eventually I got used to the differences. / Dewey: What about reading backwards?
/ Guy: I always read the last page of a book first, so that part was easy. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091008 |
| Friday, October 09, 2009 | Man: I'll take these, but I'm not going to enjoy them.
/ Dewey: [[Loading the man up with manga]] With that kind of attitude, how can you fail? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091009 |
| Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Kathy: [[Offscreen]] Put that thing AWAY!
/ [[Dewey looks up in alarm.]] / Kathy: [[Still offscreen]] Stop FLASHING ME!
/ [[Dewey is running towards her voice.]] / Kathy: [[Fending off a photographer]] I hate having my picture taken!
/ [[Dewey looks annoyed.]] http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091010 |
| Sunday, October 11, 2009 | [[ Dewey and Mel discuss Merv absorbed in a book in the library ]]
/ Mel: Merv's cackling like a Bond villain.
/ Dewey: He's discovered Sir John Hargrave's 'Mischief Maker's Manual'.
/ Mel: But... the cover is blank.
/ Dewey: Ah, he's using the book's alternate cover!.
/ Dewey: (One of its lessons.)
/ Mel:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091011 |
| Monday, October 12, 2009 | [[Dewey and Tamara watch as two kids charge past the desk.]]
/ Dewey: Ah yes, 2PM. Right on schedule. / Dewey: [[Pointing]] Cue the Mom from across the library.
/ [[Tamara looks]]
/ Mom: [[offscreen]] Consequences! There will be consequences! / Dewey: You can hide, but you can't run.
/ Tamara: [[Covers... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091012 |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | Buddy: Her kids pulled my tail.
/ Colleen:They stomped the DSM-IV!
/ Tamara: They're thriving! A little too much!
/ Mel: Someone needs to explain the rules to that woman.
/ Dewey: And yet here we sit, huddled like penguins in a blizzard. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091013 |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | Colleen: I vote that Dewey volunteers to talk to her.
/ Tamara: Seconded.
/ Buddy: Seconded again!
/ Mel: I can't assign tasks by majority vote. / Fred?: I spoke with the other patrons and we all agree. Dewey is the man for the job.
/ Mel: Done! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091014 |
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 | Woman: Consequences!
/ Dewey: On behalf of the library staff and patrons, I'm here to tell you your parenting isn't working for us. / Woman: Are you talking to me?
/ Dewey: Confusing, right? Would it be easier if I shouted at you from across the room? / Woman: CONSEQUENCES!
/ Dewey: You're not even looking... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091015 |
| Friday, October 16, 2009 | Woman: You'll be sorry!
/ Dewey: Near-apology accepted! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091016 |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 | {{Panel Title: Renew}}
/ Woman: [[to Tamara]] If you don't let me renew this again, I'll buy a copy. Think of the trees it will kill!
/ [[Tamara looks scared]] / {{Panel Title: Reread}}
/ Kathy: Didn't you already read that?
/ Dewey: Third time's the charm! / {{Panel Title: Return}}
/ Angry woman: This... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091017 |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 | {{Panel Title: Renew}}
/ Woman: [[to Tamara]] If you don't let me renew this again, I'll buy a copy. Think of the trees it will kill!
/ [[Tamara looks scared]] / {{Panel Title: Reread}}
/ Kathy: Didn't you already read that?
/ Dewey: Third time's the charm! / {{Panel Title: Return}}
/ Angry woman: This... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091017 |
| Sunday, October 18, 2009 | Alexander: Hey Nastajia. What'cha reading?
/ Nastajia: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. / Kiwi: Oh! I adore that book! / Nastajia: Isn't it amazing, Kiwi? / Alexander: What's it about? Are there zombies in it? / Nastajia: Zombies? No...it's about... / Paddington: Oh! Oh! Does...Does it have... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091018 |
| Monday, October 19, 2009 | Mel: This is our new automated book drop.
/ It checks in the books as they're passed through the door, saving us time!
/ Dewey: [[Watching a patron get sucked into the intake slot]] For what, hospital visits?
/ Buddy: [[Reads from the operator's manual]] "Keep your hands and feet away at all times." http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091019 |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | [[Outside the library. Someone's legs are sticking out of the book drop slot]]
/ Mel: I'm so sorry! The fire department will be right here!
/ Woman: Don't worry about it. No harm, no foul! / Mel: What a refreshing attitude!
/ Woman: [[yelling at the person in the book drop]] I hope this teaches you... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091020 |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Mel: As a safety measure, we can't let patrons near the automated book drop. / Mel: But because it cost so much, we need to make use of it. / Dewey: I'm speechless.
/ Mel: [[taking a book from computer victim]] Allow me to deposit your book in this labor saving device! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091021 |
| Thursday, October 22, 2009 | [[Sign by the new automated book drop reads: Watch the librarian feed the book eater.]]
/ Boy: But I LIKE my books!
/ Tamara: It's okay, sweetie. He helps us check them in. / Boy: They'll be CONSUMED!
/ Tamara: No, they're removed from his "stomach" and put back on shelves. / Boy: What if they get stuck... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091022 |
| Friday, October 23, 2009 | Woman: [[at the book drop]] I'll put my books in there MYSELF, thank you.
/ Dewey: Not until you sign this waiver. / Woman: How much "grievous bodily harm" could I cause myself?
/ Dewey: Let's not find out. / Woman: I'm going to COMPLAIN!
/ Dewey: Please be rational and specific. I'd like to get back... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091023 |
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 | Library tip #63: Don't count your books before they're shelved
/ Dewey: That book is checked out.
/ Woman: But it's due back today! / Dewey: It may not be returned today and even if it is, it may not be back on the shelf until tomorrow. / Woman: I'll wait for my book.
/ Dewey: And I'll wait for your ... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091024 |
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | Unshelved Book Club presents: Britten and Br?lightly by Hannah Berry / Dewey: Britten is a Private Detective. He seldom brings good news.
/ [[someone is holding a gun to Britten's chest]]
/ Britten: I'm here to feed the cat.
/ Dewey: They call him "The Heartbreaker." / Dewey:His partner Brulightly, a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091025 |
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | Mel: Stop! Don't answer that question! / Mel: Give a patron an answer and he's informed for a day. Show him how to find his own answers and he's informed for a lifetime! / Mel: This is a teachable moment!
/ Dewey: If you say so.
/ Patron: Won't you please just tell me where the bathroom is? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091026 |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Dewey: Did you know you can use our website to find the answers to your questions?
/ Dewey: You can do a full-text search, or else try the site index.
/ Dewey: Or try a combined search of all of our databases, or our directory of web pages that help with homework.
/ Dewey: Where are you going?
/ [[Patron... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091027 |
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Library user: I just wanted the bathroom! Why are you telling me about everything in the library?
/ Dewey: Well, not everything. I missed the catalog, reference section... / Library user: Why?
/ Dewey: We tell you as much as possible while we have your attention.
/ Library user: Why?
/ Dewey: Every time... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091028 |
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Visitor: I just wanted the bathroom! Why are you telling me about everything in the library?
/ Dewey: Well, not *everything*. I missed the catalog, the reference section... / Visitor: *Why?*
/ Dewey: We tell you as much as possible while we have your attention.
/ Visitor: *WHY?*
/ Dewey: Every time we... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091028# |
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 | [[Mel faces Dewey with her arms folded]]
/ Mel: That's not a work shirt
/ Dewey: I disagree / [[Mel & Dewey are walking]]
/ Mel: It's not dressy enough
/ Dewey: It's a nice shirt. I suggest you quit while you're ahead / [[Mel points her finger toward Dewey who is disappearing up ahead]]
/ Mel: Wear something... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091029 |
| Friday, October 30, 2009 | [[Mel faces Dewey with her arms crossed. Dewey is wearing a shirt with clown buttons and a curved collar that sweeps up past his ears]]
/ Mel: I'm writing you up
/ Dewey: For doing exactly what you said? / [[Mel and Dewey are walking along]]
/ Mel: That's not DRESSY!
/ Dewey: It is according to yesterday... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091030 |
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 | [[Dewey is wearing a shirt that says "My boss made me wear this shirt]]
/ Mel: Unacceptable!
/ Dewey: Be glad I didn't screen print your face! Full color is pricey! / Mel: An invoice? We're not paying for clothes!
/ Dewey: "Uniform". And the law says you are. / Mel: This is going to end with you back... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091031 |
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 | [[ Two young boys cower behind prison bars, a green alien jailer yelling at them in an alien language ]]
/ Dewey: Two brothers just watched their father die.
/ Dewey: They're alone, trying to learn how to survive among hostile aliens on an Imperial prison barge.
/ [[ Cuts to a doctor in surgery scrubs with... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091101 |
| Monday, November 02, 2009 | Dewey: [[standing outside the women's restroom]] You can't do that.
/ Woman: [[from inside the restroom]] Cleanliness is next to Godliness! / Woman: [[still inside the restroom]] Washing hands helps prevent the flu.
/ Dewey: Your HANDS aren't the problem. / Woman:[[finally emerges, carrying a soapy cat]]... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091102 |
| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 | Woman: I'd like to donate money to the library!
/ Mel: Wonderful!
/ < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091103 |
| Wednesday, November 04, 2009 | Dewey: [[Looking at soap suds]] The trail is fresh!
/ Woman: Kitty! / Dewey: The problem, as we've already experienced, is that a soapy cat is a slippery cat.
/ Woman: Here kitty! / Dewey: That's not really helping.
/ Woman: Here kitty kitty! http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091104 |
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 | [[Dewey lunges to catch the soapy cat.]] / [[Tamara lunges to catch the soapy cat.]] / [[The soapy cat climbs someone. We see the cat's face and the person's feet.]] / Buddy: [[Has the cat in his costume]] My new friend has sharp claws.
/ Dewey: Keep moving towards the door. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20091105 |
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