Unshelved Series by Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum, Jennifer L. Holm

Welcome to Unshelved, the world's only daily comic strip set in a public library! Writer Gene Ambaum (the made-up name of a real-life librarian) and co-writer and artist Bill Barnes have been publishing since February 16, 2002. Some of the stories are made up, some of them are based on real life, and some are absolutely true stories sent to us from our readers. And the stranger the story, the more likely it is to be true.

Dewey and his fellow librarians confront the FBI, psychic fairs, poetry slams, crashed hard drives, identity theft, and of course each other. Features introduction by librarian, bestselling author, and action figure model Nancy Pearl plus pages of never-before-published comics.

What's so funny about a library? Just about everything, as you'll find out in Library Mascot Cage Match, the third Unshelved collection. In addition to a year's worth of comic strips featuring library mascots duking it out and the return of the masked mystery man known only as "the Shusher," LMCM features the all-new full-color graphic novelette Empire County Strikes Back. Can Mallville's librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles?

What happens in the library stays in the library. But oh, what happens in the library! Dewey has a book club, and you do not talk about Book Club. Colleen has a blog, but she doesn't know everyone can read it. Someone gave vegan Tamara a membership to the ham-of-the-month-club. And Merv reserved every copy of the new Harry Potter for purposes nefarious... moreWhat happens in the library stays in the library. But oh, what happens in the library! Dewey has a book club, and you do not talk about Book Club. Colleen has a blog, but she doesn't know everyone can read it. Someone gave vegan Tamara a membership to the ham-of-the-month-club. And Merv reserved every copy of the new Harry Potter for purposes nefarious. This fourth Unshelved collection also features dozens of full-page full-color comic-format book talks, plus a very special storytime zombie nursery rhyme. less

Read Responsibly is the biggest, funniest, and most colorful Unshelved collection yet! The fifth year of strips includes the famous "Pimp My Bookcart" sequence and a year's worth of full-color full-page "Unshelved Book Clubs" featuring the greatest books every written. Plus, never-before published strips and more!

No one gets asked questions more frequently than a librarian, and no librarian answers them with more attitude than Dewey! The latest Unshelved collection features a year's worth of daily comics and Conference Tips, plus the full-color Unshelved Book Club. Also features the Great Plastic Coffee Cup Lid Challenge between Unshelved and Sheldon, refereed by comics journalist Gary Tyrrell.

If Cheers had taken place in a public library it might have been something like the hugely popular Internet-only comic strip Unshelved. Follow the adventures of a young librarian named Dewey, his dysfunctional coworkers, and the people they're supposed to be helping. With no continuity and the best art and writing of the series, this latest collection is a great place for new readers to jump in and discover an unfamiliar side of a very familiar place.

What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved.

These days information is easy to come by - too easy, perhaps. In the newest Unshelved collection our stalwart staff of library workers help Mallville's citizens make sense of it all, while dealing with their increasingly worrisome budget problems. Meanwhile Dewey's girlfriend Cathy has a big surprise for him, and his life will never be the same again!

The new Unshelved collection begins where Too Much Information left off, with the birth of Dewey's adorable daughter, Trillian. It also features:The on-the-job education of Mallville Public Library's newest employee, Dyna the clerk Dewey explaining plagiarism to an unrepentant Merv The mystery patron who won't leave the bathroom Dewey's NDA review copy of a hot new YA novel by his favorite author Library Day Camp Staff self-assessments .. moreThe new Unshelved collection begins where Too Much Information left off, with the birth of Dewey's adorable daughter, Trillian. It also features:The on-the-job education of Mallville Public Library's newest employee, Dyna the clerk Dewey explaining plagiarism to an unrepentant Merv The mystery patron who won't leave the bathroom Dewey's NDA review copy of a hot new YA novel by his favorite author Library Day Camp Staff self-assessments ... and much more! In addition to daily comic strips from our site, Bibliovores features Dewey's Secret Origin, Conference Tips, and the 12 page classic comic epic What Would Dewey Do @ BEA?It's the same compact size as TMI and Large Print, but this time around we have six months worth of color strips. less

Our very first full-color collection, Reads Well With Others features stirring tales of library derring-do, often inspired by, and occasionally blatantly documenting, true stories from librarians around the world. In this volume you'll find strips about:Unattended childrenCreepsStaff trainingsWebsite redesignsReading LevelsConfidentialityBookstoresCoffee... and much more, including Conference Tips never seen on our site.

Unshelved entertains tens of thousands of library workers, teachers, and book nerds around the world with tales of what really goes on behind the desk, between the stacks, and in the staff lounge of your local public library. In this, the final collection, you'll find over two years of full-color comic strips including the third Unshelved graphic novella, Lights Out.