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Original date: If I can find one. A question mark indicates a guess. Source: Again, if I can find one. Possibly paper, possibly Internet, possibly both. If a book title is a hyperlink, it leads to the Amazon.com page for that book. Any links from this page should be safe for work, but beyond that, click with caution. Description: A brief description of the cartoon. (Several strips may be described together, if they form a series.) In no particular order (well, alphabetical and chronological, with some attempt to keep related works together), we have:
Scott Adams, Dilbert http://www.dilbert.com/ Original date: 28 May 1989 Source: Scott Adams, Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1992) 28-29. Description: Dogbert follows a logic chain to the ultimate conclusion: "if you keep reading, you'll go broke." Original date: 19-21 February 1990 (?) Source: Scott Adams, Shave the Whales (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1994) 58. Description: Part of a weeklong series of strips about Dilbert and a librarian. Dilbert phones in a reference question. The librarian apparently knows all: "And you have something stuck in your teeth." He later goes on a blind date with the librarian... ...who has memorized all the books in the library. Source: Scott Adams, Seven Years of Highly Defective People (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1997) 157. Source: Scott Adams, Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy! (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995) 56. Description: Bob the dinosaur phones the library to ask how dinosaurs have eggs. (Bonus note in the Seven Years anthology: "The reference desk librarian knows everything!") Bill Amend, Fox Trot http://www.foxtrot.com Source: Bill Amend, The Return of the Lone Iguana (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 24. Description: Talk show topics include "Nymphomaniac librarians and the books that turn them on." Source: Bill Amend, The Return of the Lone Iguana (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 85. Description: Paige is singing in the library. Source: Bill Amend, At Least This Place Sells T-Shirts (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 69. Description: Peter is aware of what the internet can offer: "if I wanted to, I could access NASA photos... " Original date: 12 October 1996 Source: Bill Amend, Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on Your Nose (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1997) 69. Source: Bill Amend, Camp Foxtrot (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998) 69. Description: Jason topples a set of library shelves trying to retrieve a book. Source: Bill Amend, Welcome to Jasorassic Park (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998) 14. Source: Bill Amend, Camp Foxtrot (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998) 137. Description: Andi finds an overdue library book in Jason's closet. Original date: 3 November 1999 Source: Bill Amend, Death by Field Trip (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2001) 26. Description: Paige and Nicole are kicked out of the library for noisiness. Sergio Aragonés Source: Sergio Aragonés, Actions Speak (Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse, 2002) unpaginated - about 25% in. Description: A man borrows a book to use as an umbrella. Source: Sergio Aragonés, Actions Speak (Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse, 2002) unpaginated - about 60% in. Description: A group of young skateboarders trick the librarian into having handrails installed on the steps. Source: Sergio Aragonés, Actions Speak (Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse, 2002) unpaginated - about 80% in. Description: A young couple borrow a large book to give them privacy as they kiss. Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved http://www.unshelved.com/ Source: http://www.unshelved.com/ Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved (Overdue Media, 2004). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, What Would Dewey Do? (Overdue Media, 2004). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Library Mascot Cage Match (Overdue Media, 2005). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Book Club (Overdue Media, 2006). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Read Responsibly (Overdue Media, 2007). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Frequently Asked Questions (Overdue Media, 2008). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Reader's Advisory (Overdue Media, 2009). Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Large Print (Overdue Media, 2010). Description: A strip about the daily goings-on in a public library. Not all the strips are specifically library-related, but there are more than can be reasonably listed here. Brian Basset, Adam@home http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome Original date: 5 November 1998 Description: Laura does some shelf-reading, and some educating. Original date: 4 January 1999 Description: Laura can't accept a used book because it's the property of a school library. Original date: 19 May 1999 Description: A man is looking for books on building a paper airplane "large enough to carry a human being". Tom Batiuk, Funky Winkerbean http://www.funkywinkerbean.com/ http://dailyink.com/features/Funky_Winkerbean (subscription site) http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Funky-Winkerbean/ http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Funky_Winkerbean/ Original date: 22 February 1998 Description: Les goes to the library to work, and is distracted by a book he's wanted to read for years. Original date: 17 February 1999 Description: Les is on a computer, trying to find information about breast cancer: "Our blocking software will kick that word right out of there!" Original date: 18 February 1999 Description: The librarian goes on to explain that "the people trying to access the more provocative sites were creating a nuisance!" Ruben Bolling, Tom the Dancing Bug http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug Original date: 26 August 2000 Source: http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2000/08/26 Source: Reuben Bolling, Thrilling Tom the Dancing Bug stories (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2004) 106. Description: The Dewey Decimal System threatens the publishing industry: "A 'library' buys books, users find them through Dewey's classification system, and borrow them for free!" Pat Brady, Rose is Rose http://www.gocomics.com/roseisrose Source: Pat Brady, She's a Momma, Not a Movie Star (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 23. Description: Two strip series: Rose has a brief flirtation with a Valentino-esque librarian as he stamps the due date on her books: "Why is it so quiet in here?!" "It's a library." Source: Pat Brady, She's a Momma, Not a Movie Star (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 40. Description: Pasquale rides in a quiet elevator: "It's like a tiny church filled with librarians!" Source: Pat Brady, License to Dream (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1997) 98. Description: Pasquale tries to keep quiet when he has hiccups in the library. Source: Pat Brady, The Irresistible Rose Is Rose (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000) 48. Description: Pasquale skips around a library table (quietly). Source: Pat Brady, Rose is Rose: Right on the Lips (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) 39. Description: Vicki asks a bookstore clerk for a book about conquering shyness, and Rose asks if there is anything on alter egos. Source: Pat Brady, Rose is Rose: Right on the Lips (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) 41. Description: Rose looks for inspirational quotes in Bartlett's. Source: Pat Brady, Rose is Rose: Right on the Lips (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) 89. Description: A visiting cat is impressed by Peekaboo's collection of books. Berke Breathed, Bloom County/Outland Source: Berke Breathed, Bloom County Babylon (Boston: Little, Brown, 1986) 67. Description: Binkley's anxiety closet includes a librarian with a battle-axe: "119 weeks overdue, dear..." Source: Berke Breathed, 'Toons for Our Times (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984) 25. Description: A radio DJ announces on air that Binkley has an overdue library book. Source: Berke Breathed, 'Toons for Our Times (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984) 32. Source: Berke Breathed, Bloom County Babylon (Boston: Little, Brown, 1986) 132. Source: Berkeley Breathed, OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best (Boston: Little, Brown, 2004) unpaginated (about 10% in). Description: Opus visits the library and recites a poem of his intent: "Books! I'll read books!" Source: Berke Breathed, 'Toons for Our Times (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984) 43. Description: Binkley wonders about the reality of the vengeful librarians in his closet of anxieties. Source: Berke Breathed, Bloom County Babylon (Boston: Little, Brown, 1986) 169. Description: Opus has amnesia and goes to the library to learn about himself. Original date: 1987 (?) Source: Berke Breathed, Tales Too Ticklish to Tell (Boston: Little, Brown, 1988) 29. Source: Berke Breathed, Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1990) 100. Description: Opus is being ostracized and has his library card revoked. Original date: 1987 (?) Source: Berke Breathed, Tales Too Ticklish to Tell (Boston: Little, Brown, 1988) 57. Source: Berke Breathed, Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1990) 105. Source: Berkeley Breathed, OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best (Boston: Little, Brown, 2004) unpaginated (about 20% in). Description: Opus is looking for a self help book: ""Tighter Buns In 30 Days"?" "That's it." Source: Berkeley Breathed, His kisses are dreamy...but those hairballs down my cleavage...!: another tender Outland collection (Boston: Little, Brown, 1994) unpaginated (about 90% in). Source: Berkeley Breathed, OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best (Boston: Little, Brown, 2004) unpaginated (about 80% in). Description: Opus asks to borrow a book from Oliver ("I was hoping to curl up with your copy of 'Winnie the Pooh'.") and gets it. On CD-ROM. Source: Berkeley Breathed, One last little peek, 1980-1995: the final strips, the special hits, the inside tips (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995) unpaginated (about 10% in). Description: Binkley has a skeleton in his closet: "Dear, you've had 'Green Eggs and Ham' checked out for 236 weeks now." Source: Berkeley Breathed, One last little peek, 1980-1995: the final strips, the special hits, the inside tips (Boston: Little, Brown, 1995) unpaginated (about 40% in). Description: A computer comes out of the anxiety closet and Binkley repels it: "Yep! What anxieties could there be with a good ol' library book?" "1733 weeks overdue, dear." Steve Breen, Grand Avenue http://www.gocomics.com/grand-avenue Source: Steve Breen, Your Grandma Rocks, Mine Rolls (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2001) 15. Description: When Michael and Gabby are bored with regular TV, their grandmother tells them that "Books are the answer to boredom!" Chris Browne, Hagar the Horrible http://dailyink.com/features/Hagar_The_Horrible (subscription site) http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Hagar-the-Horrible/ http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Hagar_The_Horrible/ Original date: 5 April 2004 Description: Hagar and Lucky Eddie are shackled to the walls of a dungeon: "overdue library books ?!!" John Callahan http://www.callahanonline.com/ Source: http://www.callahanonline.com/images/fire.gif (animation) Source: John Callahan, Do What He Says! He's Crazy!!! (New York: Quill, 1992) 76. Description: A man engulfed in flames buys a book on putting out a fire: "I won't be needing a bag." Dave Coverly, Speed Bump http://www.speedbump.com/ http://www.creators.com/comics_show.cfm?comicname=bmp Source: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000) 86. Description: In room full of computers, a woman explains: "Sir, this is a library. If you want a book, go to a bookstore..." Original date: 11 January 2000 Source: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump: Cartoons for Idea People (Toronto: ECW Press, 2004) 25. Description: A series of "quiet please" signs in the children's section of the library. Original date: 21 September 2000 Source: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump: Cartoons for Idea People (Toronto: ECW Press, 2004) 83. Description: A bookmobile springs a leak of letters. Original date: 5 February 2001 Source: Visible in the slideshow at speedbump.com Source: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump: Cartoons for Idea People (Toronto: ECW Press, 2004) 11th page in unnumbered color section after page 122. Description: A woman sits at a desk with her old job title plaque ("Librarian") in the trash behind her. The new plaque reads: "Search Engine" Original date: 28 May 2002 Description: Binge thinkers. A man struggles to stay upright with books scattered around him: "No, I think you've read enough, sir..." Original date: 19 March 2004 Source: Dave Coverly, Just One %$#@ Speed Bump After Another . . .: More Cartoons (Toronto: ECW Press, 2005) 130. Description: A bookmobile is stopped for going 500 words per minute in a 300 words per minute zone. Original date: 18 May 2005 Source: Dave Coverly, Just One %$#@ Speed Bump After Another . . .: More Cartoons (Toronto: ECW Press, 2005) 163. Description: A prison library contains whodunnits and youdunnits. Jim Davis, Garfield http://www.garfield.com/ Original date: 17 July 1998 Source: Jim Davis, Garfield Feeds the Kitty: his 35th book (New York: Ballantine, 1999) unpaged. Description: Jon reads to improve his mind; Garfield brings more books. Original date: 24 October 1998 Source: Jim Davis, Garfield Feeds the Kitty: his 35th book (New York: Ballantine, 1999) unpaged. Description: The television set is unafraid of the remote control, so Garfield threatens it with a book. Source: Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft, Garfield's Insults, Put-downs & Slams (New York: Ballantine, 1994) 69. Description: Career jeer near an image of Garfield wearing horn-rimmed glasses and holding a book: "Dusting those books must take a lot of training." Rick Detorie, One Big Happy http://www.gocomics.com/onebighappy Source: Rick Detorie, One Big Happy: Nice Costs Extra! (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 1999) 87. Description: Ruthie asks her mother to close a book and put it away for her: "It's way too scary, Mom!" Source: Rick Detorie, One Big Happy: All the Dirt! (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 2001) 33. Description: The library lady asks if anyone has heard any good stories since the last story hour. Ruthie volunteers an answer. Source: Rick Detorie, One Big Happy: All the Dirt! (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 2001) 36. Description: The library lady reads Thumbelina, and Ruthie chimes in with a warning about bad fish. Source: Rick Detorie, One Big Happy: All the Dirt! (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 2001) 39. Description: Miss Tina is filling in for Miss Betty, the regular library lady. She reassures the children that she will be sensitive to their needs. Ruthie has her own concerns. Source: Rick Detorie, One Big Happy: All the Dirt! (New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 2001) 68. Description: The library lady reads Grimms' The Elves and the Shoemaker during story hour. Ruthie has her own take on it: "naked girl scouts breakin' into a house." Scott Dikkers ("Jim"), Jim's Journal http://www.gocomics.com/jimsjournal/ Source: Scott Dikkers, I Went to College, and It Was Okay (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1991) unpaginated (about 10% in). Description: Jim went to the library and read most of the day, then went home: "TV seemed a lot more stupid than it usually does." Guy (Endore-Kaiser) & Rodd (Perry), Brevity http://www.gocomics.com/brevity Source: Guy Endore-Kaiser & Rodd Perry, Brevity (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2006) 98. Source: Guy Endore-Kaiser & Rodd Perry, Brevity Remix (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2008) 71. Description: A television set has been tossed through the window of the library: "Oh, this was no accident." Source: Guy Endore-Kaiser & Rodd Perry, Brevity 3 (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2008) 77. Description: A book floats to a man on a desert island: "The New Yorker's comprehensive collection of desert island cartoons". Kevin Fagan, Drabble http://www.gocomics.com/drabble Source: Kevin Fagan, Drabble: Son of Drabble (New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1997) 105. Description: Norman reads the sign asking patrons not to reshelve books. He looks around, places a book on the shelves, and is chased out of the public library by the librarians. Source: Kevin Fagan, Drabble: Son of Drabble (New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1997) 110. Description: Norman runs into the library, looks up a word, and runs back to the Mexican restaurant. He then enters the room marked "Hombres": "Let's just say I like to be sure of things!" Source: Kevin Fagan, Drabble: Mallcops, Ducks, and Fenderheads (New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1998) 38. Description: Norman is showing a young woman around the college campus, and points out the student lounge, the pool hall, the pizza parlor, but... "You've been attending this college for a year and you don't even know where the library is??" Source: Kevin Fagan, Drabble: Drabblations (New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1999) 19. Description: Norman is asked where the library is: "The library! You know... The place where you show them your card and check out reading material?" ... "Wow, the things they think of these days!" Source: Kevin Fagan, Drabble: Drabblations (New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1999) 31. Description: Norman sees a pretty girl in the library and wonders if it's fate: "One day our kids will ask where we met. I'll say we met at the library: she checked out my heart, never returned it and our love was overdue!" Phil Frank and Joe Troise, The Elderberries http://www.gocomics.com/theelderberries/ Source: Phil Frank and Joe Troise, The Elderberries (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2008) 104. Description: The Professor is discussing the burning of the library at Alexandria: "Some say Julius Caesar. But why would Caesar destroy thousands of volumes of precious knowledge?" "Maybe he was trying to avoid paying his overdue fines." Guy and Brad Gilchrist, Nancy http://www.gocomics.com/nancy Original date: 2 October 1998 Description: Nancy hopes to find what she needs at the library: "1001 excuses for not having your homework done" Original date: 30 April 1999 Description: Nancy wonders if she can get a rebate for returning a book early. Paul Gilligan, Pooch Café http://poochcafe.com/ http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe Source: Paul Gilligan, Pooch Café: all dogs naturally know how to swim (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) 44. Description: Poncho goes to the library to find out whether eating cat food will turn him into a cat. Nicholas Gurewitch, Perry Bible Fellowship http://www.pbfcomics.com/ Source: http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF130-Book_World.gif Source: Nicholas Gurewitch, The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories (Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2007) 32. Description: Book World: Students see a poster advising them to "Enter a new world: Read a book". They get a book with intwined snakes and a spider-legged skull on the cover - and within the contents, too. Sidney Harris http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/ Source: Sidney Harris, Einstein Simplified (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1989) unpaginated (about 80% in). Description: Bookshop holding a sale: "Last chance before everything goes on microfilm" Johnny Hart, B.C. http://www.gocomics.com/bc/ Source: Johnny Hart, Growingold With BC: a 50 year celebration (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2007) 182. Description: The Cute Chick talks about how small her town was: "The library couldn't open till somebody brought the book back." Judy Horacek http://www.horacek.com.au Source: Judy Horacek, Life on the Edge (North Melbourne, Vic: Spinifex, 1992) unpaginated (near the middle). Description: Books swirl off the shelves: "Autumn in the library" Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse http://www.fborfw.com/ Source: Lynn Johnston, Just One More Hug (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1984) 98. Description: Elly describes her job at the library, and Connie asks, "Doesn't anybody read any more?" Source: Lynn Johnston, Just One More Hug (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1984) 116. Description: John is impressed by the library Elly works at: "This is pretty nice!" Source: Lynn Johnston, Just One More Hug (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1984) 116. ...And he appreciates the view of one of Elly's coworkers. Original date: 21 March 1985 (?) Source: Lynn Johnston, The Last Straw (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1985) 100. Description: Elly explains what she does (children's programs, books to hospitals, column for the paper) and finishes the list with "- nothing special" Original date: 14 May 1985 (?) Source: Lynn Johnston, The Last Straw (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1985) 114. Description: Michael asks a riddle in the library: "Hey, guys ... What's short an' fat an' sounds like an inner tube with a hole in it?!!" Original date: November 1985 (?) Source: Lynn Johnston, Keep the Home Fries Burning (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1986) 49. Description: Elly discusses the Christmas program at the library with a coworker. Source: Lynn Johnston, A Look Inside... For Better or for Worse (10th Anniversary) (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1989) 250. Description: Michael is told to read a book, and chooses one of his father's old textbooks: "History of Sexual Practices in North America" Source: Lynn Johnston, A Look Inside... For Better or for Worse (10th Anniversary) (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1989) 251. Description: Elly reprimands Lizzie for dogearing the corners of a book, until John points out, "Elly... She's reading!!!" Original date: 29 November 1994 (?) Source: Lynn Johnston, Starting from Scratch (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995) 83. Description: Elly is shopping: "Going into a bookstore and buying one book, is like going into a McDonald's and buying one French fry!" Original date: 10 January 1995 (?) Source: Lynn Johnston, Starting from Scratch (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995) 99. Description: Elly asks a coworker at the bookstore about their health and fitness books. Bil Keane, Family Circus http://www.familycircus.com/ http://dailyink.com/features/Family_Circus (subscription site) http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Family-Circus/ http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Family_Circus/ Original date: 5? 15? August 1997 Description: Billy is dripping ice cream on a book: "That better not be a library book." Original date: 10 October 1998 Description: Dolly teaches Jeffy about using the library: "We hafta take these books to the barbarian so she can check them out." Original date: 26 October 1998 Description: Dolly uses the computer: "I'm browsing for pictures of farm animals to print out for homework." John Kovaleski, Bo Nanas http://www.gocomics.com/bonanas http://www.kovaleski.com/bo.htm Source: John Kovaleski, Bo Nanas: Monkey Meets World (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2005) 56-57. Description: Three strip series about Bo returning a book to the library ("With this book, I've got five minutes to spare") only to find that the library now closes five minutes early (from "lack of funds taken in from late fees"). He then tries to use the book drop, but it's bricked over (there's been a "technological update"). He ends up returning the book in person, and voluntarily pays double the late fee, to help with the library's monetary problems ("just doing my civic duty"). Source: John Kovaleski, Bo Nanas: Monkey Meets World (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2005) 126. Description: Bo returns books only to be asked for a receipt and two forms of ID: "But this is a library!" Gary Larson, Far Side Original date: 4 January 1985 Source: Gary Larson, Valley of the Far Side (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1985) 9. Source: Gary Larson, The Far Side gallery 2 (Kansas City: Andrews, McMeel & Parker, 1986) 24. Source: Gary Larson, The complete Far Side (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) Vol. 1, p. 451. (1/4/85) Description: An angel sits on a cloud: "...Wish I'd brought a magazine." Original date: 19 August 1987 Source: Gary Larson, Night of the Crash-Test Dummies (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1988) 52. Source: Gary Larson, The Far Side gallery 3 (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1988) 128. Source: Gary Larson, The complete Far Side (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) Vol. 2, p. 78. (8/19/87) Description: The books in Hell's Library all have problems: "Story Problems Vol. 2; More Story Problems; Story Problems Galore and More" Original date: 26 July 1994 Source: Gary Larson, Last Chapter and Worse (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 13. Source: Gary Larson, The complete Far Side (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2003) Vol. 2, p. 563. (7/26/94) Description: "After years of harboring his secret desires, Ned finally hits on the senior librarian." Mell Lazarus, Momma http://www.creators.com/comics/momma.html Original date: 16 July 1999 Description: Francis asks the woman at the reference desk (clearly labelled as such), "Can you tell me where the reference desk is?" Jeff MacNelly, Shoe http://www.shoecomics.com/ http://www.gocomics.com/shoe Original date: 5 December 2000 Description: Shoe flirts with a librarian in a bar: "I'd love to 'check you out'." Original date: 9 June 2002 Description: Skyler has devised a way to classify comic books: "The Huey, Louie and Dewey Decimal System" Jim Meddick, Robotman and Monty http://www.gocomics.com/monty Original date: 4-6,8-12 February 1999 Description: Eight strip sequence: It's love at first sight for Monty at the library, and he tries to save face while checking out a book on earwax removal. Robotman can't understand the attraction: "A squinting, naked, long-haired uptight librarian." Monty visits the library on the pretext of reading, but all he thinks about is the librarian. Monty's gambit fails when claims to be looking for a "tale of timeless, enduring love." Monty keeps dropping subtle hints, but they all miss the mark: "Emily, there's an odd man who keeps glancing over here..." "Oh, that's the poor man I was telling you about"... And he misunderstands the reason for her "tantalizingly provocative whisper". Monty finally realizes that it is not meant to be: "She likes the rebel type..." Original date: 1 November 1999 Description: Robotman reaches for a book on a high shelf and drops it on his foot. Original date: 9 February 2000 Description: Discussion of an election with one character commenting: "If I wanted a "goody-two-shoes" for president, I'd vote for a librarian!" Original date: 7-12 September 2009 Description: Six strip sequence: Monty is dating Judith, a soft-spoken librarian, who shelves creamed corn under 641.656, likes to relax in front of a fire with a glass of wine and a diagram-filled book, and invites Monty to stay the night. (Oh, la la!) Even so, Monty wants to impress her. But when the breakup comes, her actions speak MUCH louder than her words. Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur Original date: 13 May 2012 Source: http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2012/05/13 Description: A sign reads "This way to access the power of knowledge". A man follows the arrows (climbing hills, hiking through tunnels, crossing gorges on a rope bridge) and ends up at a public library. Lincoln Peirce, Big Nate http://www.gocomics.com/bignate Original date: 15 October 1997 Description: Nate borrows a video camera from the school library. Original date: 19 July 2011 Source: http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2011/07/19 Description: Nate is dismayed to learn that the book club meeting is being held at the library: "They're always trying to get you to read!" Original date: 20 July 2011 Source: http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2011/07/20 Description: Nate meets the librarian, who asks if he will return next week. Nate asks about snacks: "Anything chocolate, and I'm in!" Mike Peters, Mother Goose and Grimm http://www.grimmy.com/ Original date: 18 January 1987 (?) Description: A heavily-muscled, lantern-jawed, headbanded man sits behind the Overdue Books desk: Conan the Librarian. Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/ Original date: 20 October 1999 Description: One option for job security: "Become a librarian at a suburban middle school." Original date: 12 December 1999 Source: Hilary Price, Pithy seedy pulpy juicy (Toronto: ECW Press, 2007) in the yellow-edged pages (Work & School). It isn't labelled, but if you count the Work & School title page as 1, it's on page 15. Description: Signs on a library including: "Special trial offer! 8 books, 2 weeks, zero dollars" René Rios ("Pepo"), Condorito http://www.gocomics.com/condorito/ Source: René Rios ("Pepo"), Condorito!: The Adventure Begins (New York: Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005) 29. Description: A teenager goes to the Pelotillehue Public Library: "I want the book 'Everything a Seventeen Year Old Should Know'." "Sorry, young man...I can't lend you that book until you turn eighteen!" T.K. Ryan, Tumbleweeds http://www.tumbleweeds.com/ Original date: 1974 Description: Limpid Lizard explains the book he's holding: "I'm gonna reed t' reprove m' mind!" Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts http://www.peanuts.com/ Original date: 2-7, 9-13 March 1959 Source: Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts Revisited: Favorites Old and New (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959) [1-6]. Source: Charles M. Schulz, The complete Peanuts 1959-1960 (Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006) 27-28, 30-31. Description: Two-week, eleven-strip sequence about Charlie Brown losing a library book: "You're a dead duck"; "I never said I wanted to learn how to read"; "Maybe the library thinks you stole their book"; "I think I'll just call up the library and tell them I've lost their book!"; "Last night I dreamed that the library people came to get me.."; "Dear Library, I have lost your book."; "I found it! I found it!!" Original date: 25 March 1959 Source: Charles M. Schulz, The complete Peanuts 1959-1960 (Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006) 36. Description: Linus is putting being pleasant into practice: "have a nice library!" Original date: 4-9, 11-13 March 1960 Source: Charles M. Schulz, The complete Peanuts 1959-1960 (Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006) 198-199, 201. Description: Nine-strip sequence about Linus getting a library card: "I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge!"; "You haven't got a library card...you've got a treaty!"; "I hope you make good use of it by taking out all the books you can read"; "I'm afraid to go into the library"; "It's silly for you to be scared of libraries.."; "There's one sure way to cure someone of being afraid of libraries"; "You fear the library rooms because they are strange to you..."; "You go through those doors and you take out a book!!"; "I did it! I walked right into the library, and I took out a book!" Original date: 7 May 1974 Source: Charles M. Schulz, The complete Peanuts, 1973-1974 (Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2009) 211. Description: Peppermint Patty is reading a math problem about the arrangement of books on a library shelf. Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, Zits http://www.zitscomics.com/ http://dailyink.com/features/Zits (subscription site) http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Zits/ http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Zits/ Original date: 10 October 1998 Source: Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, Growth Spurt (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1999) 86. Description: Jeremy and Hector are unimpressed by a library book until they read the table of contents: "Chapter 5. Ten Things that Turn Girls On." Source: Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, Don't Roll Your Eyes At Me, Young Man! (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000) 19. Description: Jeremy prints out the complete works of shakespeare (summarized), and wonders, "Why does everything have to take so long?" Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ Original dates: 30 March 2003-27 April 2003 Source: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-03-30 (Starting strip for this segment) Source: Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management (The Tayler Corporation, 2006) Description: A group of mercenaries need to go through a library to reach their target. "Of course, who would expect to run into mercenaries in a library, right?"; "Dere's lotsa words on dese shelfs. Are dey important?" "Just books, Nick. Stay focused."; "I'm sorry, library riots are emergencies."; "Why are you guys wearing combat armor in a library?" "In case of, um... dangerous... books?"; "You're going to use a plasma cannon to shoot your way out through a library?" Bob Thaves, Frank and Ernest http://www.frankandernest.com/ Original date: various Source: http://www.frankandernest.com/ Search instructions:
http://www.calvinandhobbes.com/ Original date: 30 April 1986 Source: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1987) 79. Description: Calvin asks Hobbes for a definition. When Hobbes refuses to answer, Calvin looks for a dictionary. Original date: 9 May 1986 Source: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1987) 83. Description: Calvin gets magazines: "I went to the library and filled out all the subscription cards that said 'Bill me later.'" Original date: 26 December 1986 Source: Bill Watterson, Something under the Bed Is Drooling (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1988) 60. Description: Calvin panicks when he finds an overdue library book. Original date: 7 December 1987 Source: Bill Watterson, Yukon Ho! (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989) 93. Description: Calvin asks what's for dinner, reacts first, then heads for the dictionary: "Tortellini... tortellini... T-O-R..." Original date: 9 December 1987 Source: Bill Watterson, Yukon Ho! (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989) 94. Description: Calvin is kicked out of the library for behaving like a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Original date: 30 January 1988 Source: Bill Watterson, Yukon Ho! (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1989) 116. Description: Calvin is sledding and gets a phone call: "Why aren't you at the library?!?" Original date: 4 July 1989 Source: Bill Watterson, The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1991) 94. Source: Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1992) 99. Description: Calvin gives a summary of an entomology book at the supper table. Original date: 24 March 1990 Source: Bill Watterson, Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1991) 86. Source: Bill Watterson, The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1992) 214. Description: Calvin phones: "do you have any books on homemade bombs?" Original date: 27 March 1992 Source: Bill Watterson, The Days Are Just Packed (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993) 49. Description: Calvin phones to learn new swear words from the library reference desk... Original date: 11 June 1992 Source: Bill Watterson, The Days Are Just Packed (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993) 95. Description: ...and tries again, this time for "Eenglish voolgar zynonyms for disgustink body vunktions" Original date: 16 October 1992 Source: Bill Watterson, The Days Are Just Packed (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993) 165. Description: Calvin phones the library: "Do you have any books on why girls are so weird?" Original date: 30 March 1993 Source: Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1994) 88. Description: Calvin phones the county library about painting theory and technique: "Specifically, I'm interested in graffiti." Original date: 17 June 1993 Source: Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1994) 133. Description: "Can you believe the encyclopedia doesn't have an entry for "hotwire"?" Source: Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 48. Description: Calvin claims to be a man of few words. Hobbes comments, "Maybe if you read more, you'd have a larger vocabulary." Source: Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 52. Description: Calvin asks his father a question, and doesn't trust the answer. "I should just look stuff up in the first place." "You can learn a lot, talking to me." Source: Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 62-63. Description: Four strip series about Calvin resisting, then reading, a book: "Mom got me a book from the library." "How could it possibly be fun when it's so quiet?!?" "I'll just kind of read over your shoulder, ok?" "I read this library book you got me." Source: Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996) 69. Description: Calvin and Hobbes see a snake and have lots of questions. "Heck, we don't know anything about snakes." "Maybe your mom would get us a book." "It's summer! I'm on vacation! I don't want to learn anything!" "If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun." The last panel shows them reading the book: "Coooooolll." Tom Wilson, Ziggy http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/
Dan Wright and Tom Spurgeon, Wildwood Original date: 20 February 2002 Description: A character comments while reading: "As a kid, I was fascinated by the bookmobile." Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler, WuMo http://www.universaluclick.com/comics/wumo Source: Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler, WuMo: Something Is Wrong (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2015) 23. Description: Yoda is talking to Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse while standing in the nonfiction section. "I love these kinds of books. They're like a whole universe that you become totally absorbed in!" Dean Young and Denis Lebrun, Blondie http://www.blondie.com/ http://dailyink.com/features/Blondie (subscription site) http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Blondie/ http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Blondie/ Original date: 30 September 1998 Description: Dagwood is looking for a book, but not one that will keep him up all night: "Can you show me one that'll keep me up for about a half-hour?" Original date: 8 June 2002 Description: Overdue |
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