Unshelved Volume 3: Library Mascot Cage Match [Paperback]

Gene Ambaum (Author), Bill Barnes (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Unshelved | Publication Date: June 14, 2005

What's so funny about a library? Just about everything, as you'll find out in Library Mascot Cage Match, the third Unshelved collection. In addition to a year's worth of comic strips featuring library mascots duking it out and the return of the masked mystery man known only as "the Shusher," LMCM features the all-new full-color graphic novelette Empire County Strikes Back. Can Mallville's librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles?

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Overdue Media (June 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974035327
• ISBN-13: 978-0974035321
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another year in a Public Library, September 14, 2005

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Kathleen Cobcroft (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unshelved Volume 3: Library Mascot Cage Match (Paperback)

Another funny book by the Unshelved crew. These strips are frequently (but not always) based on actual events sent in by Librarians, so they can be eerily familiar. Non-Library staff should also find them amusing - my IT partner enjoys it too

Try before you buy by reading the comic's website at: [...] - the whole strip is free online, with the exception of a few specials which are only in the books(like the Empire County novela).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another hit from Ambaum and Barnes, September 9, 2006

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Jeff P. (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unshelved Volume 3: Library Mascot Cage Match (Paperback)

The crazy antics at the Mallville Public Library continue apace in the 3rd year of "Unshelved." The characters really continue to grow in this collection, so that the dramatic tension (such as it is in three panels) is interesting, while the workplace humor is so hauntingly familiar. I've heard librarians rave about the humor, but just like you don't need to be an engineer to like Dilbert, the weird patrons and stressed out employees are the same people you meet and interact with every day, regardless of where you work.

"Empire County Strikes Back" is a great bonus feature, a full-color mini-comic. In ways that are more reminiscent of 1984 and Dick Cheney than Star Wars, it tells the story of a super-automated bookmobile that threatens to steal all the patrons from Mallville's library. I won't give away the ending, but I will say it would fit well in another sci-fi classic--Star Trek.

Buy this book. Heck, buy all four books while these guys remain relatively undiscovered. You can impress all your friends at cocktail parties in 2010 when you say you read "Unshelved" back before they sold out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just for Librarians, August 17, 2006

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Betty jean Neal (Topeka, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unshelved Volume 3: Library Mascot Cage Match (Paperback)

I shared my copies of all the Unshelved collection with my 22 year old son and he enjoyed the humor as much as I do. He really liked the references to RPG and movies he likes. Please give these books a try, they are all great!