Unshelved

{{short description|Webcomic series set in a library}} {{Multiple issues|{{More citations needed|date=August 2020}} {{Third-party|date=August 2020}}}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox webcomic|  | title = Unshelved | image = 400px|Unshelved | caption = | author = Gene Ambaum (2/16/2002 through 9/11/2016)<br /> Bill Barnes (2/16/2002 through 4/29/2016) | illustrator = Chris Hallbeck (2/29/2016 through 9/11/2016)<br />Bill Barnes (2/16/2002 through 2/28/2016) | url = http://www.unshelved.com/ | status = Concluded | began = February 16, 2002 | ended = November 9, 2016 | genre = | ratings = }}

'''''Unshelved''''' was a daily comic strip set in a public library.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Thorne|first1=Amy| chapter=25 Webcomics and Libraries |editor=Robert G. Weiner |others=Elizabeth (FRW) Figa and Derek Parker Royal (forewords); Stephen Weiner (afterword)| title=Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives: Essays on Readers, Research, History and Cataloging| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xo-QYdfL9DoC| edition=illustrated| year=2010|publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-0-7864-4302-4|page=209| quote=by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, a strip set in a public library, is very popular among library workers}}</ref> Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Low |first=Kathleen |title=Casanova Was a Librarian : a Light-Hearted Look at the Profession. |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-1-4766-0942-3 |location=Jefferson |pages=83–86 |oclc=899148186}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-30 |title=Interview with Gene Ambaum, Creator of the Popular "Unshelved" Cartoon |url=https://anaphoraliterary.com/journals/plj/plj-excerpts/interview-with-gene-ambaum-creator-of-the-popular-unshelved-cartoon/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Anaphora Literary Press |language=en}}</ref> and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes,<ref>{{Cite web |author=C. B. R. Staff |date=2007-02-21 |title="Unshelved" Celebrates Fifth Anniversary | url=https://www.cbr.com/unshelved-celebrates-fifth-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-07-14 | website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref> and appeared at the rate of a strip per day from February 16, 2002, through November 9, 2016, with a virtual circulation in excess of 45,000 readers via RSS feed, website and email subscription. Beginning on February 29, 2016, Chris Hallbeck took over as the illustrator. Hallbeck had previously been a guest illustrator for over a year.<ref>[http://www.unshelved.com/2016-2-29/Changes Changes]</ref><ref>[http://www.unshelved.com/2016-3-15/Inside_The_New_Unshelved Inside The New Unshelved]</ref> On April 29, Barnes announced that he had also left as co-writer of the strip.<ref>[http://bill.barnacle.org/post/143589601849/back-to-work Bill Barnes - Back to Work]</ref> It is part of the ''Create a Comic Project''.<ref name="apha">"Healthy Holidays: Lessons Learned from a Community Education Event." Presentation. American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. November 11, 2009.</ref> On October 10, 2016, it was announced that the final comic strip would be released on November 9.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Konen |first=Leah |title=Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2857 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.shelf-awareness.com |quote=}}</ref> Bill Barnes returned to draw and co-author the final week of strips.<ref>[http://www.unshelved.com/2016-10-10/Unshelved_is_Ending Unshelved is Ending]</ref>

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== External links == *[http://www.unshelved.com/ Unshelved]

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