Unshelved

{{short description|Webcomic series set in a library}}

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{{Infobox webcomic|

| title = Unshelved

| image = File:Unshelved.gif

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| author = Gene Ambaum (2/16/2002 through 9/11/2016)
Bill Barnes (2/16/2002 through 4/29/2016)

| illustrator = Chris Hallbeck (2/29/2016 through 9/11/2016)
Bill Barnes (2/16/2002 through 2/28/2016)

| url = http://www.unshelved.com/

| status = Concluded

| began = February 16, 2002

| ended = November 9, 2016

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Unshelved was a daily comic strip set in a public library.{{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}} Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian,{{Cite book | last=Low |first=Kathleen |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/899148186 |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}}{{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}} and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes,{{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}} 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.[http://www.unshelved.com/2016-2-29/Changes Changes][http://www.unshelved.com/2016-3-15/Inside_The_New_Unshelved Inside The New Unshelved] On April 29, Barnes announced that he had also left as co-writer of the strip.[http://bill.barnacle.org/post/143589601849/back-to-work Bill Barnes - Back to Work] It is part of the Create a Comic Project."Healthy Holidays: Lessons Learned from a Community Education Event." Presentation. American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. November 11, 2009. On October 10, 2016, it was announced that the final comic strip would be released on November 9.{{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=}} Bill Barnes returned to draw and co-author the final week of strips.[http://www.unshelved.com/2016-10-10/Unshelved_is_Ending Unshelved is Ending]