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The comics are gag-a-day or short [[Story Arc|story arcs]], and are [[Slice of Life|quite realistic]]. In fact the author (librarian in real life) claims that the stranger the stories are, the more likely they are to be based on actual events. Allegedly, every single librarian in the world reads it, and so does half of the circulation staff.
The webcomic started in February 2002, originally under the title ''Overdue''. It became ''Unshelved'' in 2003 following a trademark issue, leading to the readers voting on the new name. On Fridays (originally [[Sunday Strip|Sundays]] starting in December 2005), the strip becomes The Unshelved Book Club, wherein one of the characters reviews a (real) book; readers
Reasonably enough for a comic about librarians, ''Unshelved'' has been archived by the Library of Congress.
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Okay, technically [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20021018 Braille] is an alphabet and not a language, but same idea.
* [[Brown Note]]: Dewey develops book talks that have this effect, making people faint, break out in rashes, speak Urdu, and so on.
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* [[Compressed Vice]]: The storyline about Colleen "quitting smoking"; it's eventually subverted when we learn that she actually quit years ago.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dewey and his boss.
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'''Dewey:''' If being right is wrong, I don't want to be right. Nah, I still want to be right. }}
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: At one point Dewey has to scour library computers for pirated media, revealing most of the cast has used staff computers to engage in piracy (mostly just music downloads). Mel's satisfaction after the scouring is shortly marred by patrons talking about borrowing [[CDs]] to rip their contents or other forms of offline piracy indirectly enabled by the library's collection and services. However, whenever a patron directly asks for help in pirating stuff even Dewey takes a hard stance against it - if only to save the library from official trouble.
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* [[Red Shirt]]: Referenced in [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030821 this] strip.
* [[Retroactive Wish]]: In [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20020705 this comic], Dewey is irritated by the library mascot Buddy the Book Beaver:
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'''Tamara:''' Buddy's been kidnapped!
'''Dewey:''' Mira Sorvino! I wish for a date with Mira Sorvino! }}
* [[Ridiculous Procrastinator]]: There's [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080915 a procrastination storyline].
* [[Safe Word]]: Used in [http://www.unshelved.com/2007-10-13 this] strip (involving yoga).
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* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Sunday Strip]]: The Unshelved Book Club.
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: Dewey invokes this [http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070416 here]. ("It was a boring week...").
* [[Token Minority]]: Dewey is a ''male'' librarian. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] for laughs on a few occasions.
* [[Webcomics Long Runners]]: Over 2000 strips
* [[Weird Trade Union]]: Buddy is a member of Funny Animal Workers 505. [http://www.unshelved.com/2002-9-15 "You should see our main office in Orlando!"]
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