Unshelved
Unshelved was a daily comic strip set in a public library. Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian, and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes, 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.
Unshelved
- Date
- 2002
- Language
- English
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Unshelved was a daily comic strip set in a public library. Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian, and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes, 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.
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Hallbeck had previously been a guest illustrator for over a year. On April 29, Barnes announced that he had also left as co-writer of the strip. It is part of the Create a Comic Project. On October 10, 2016, it was announced that the final comic strip would be released on November 9. Bill Barnes returned to draw and co-author the final week of strips.
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• Title — Unshelved • 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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