Unshelved was a daily comic strip set in a public library.[1]Published by Overdue Media, the webcomic was created by writer Gene Ambaum, a librarian,[2][3] and co-writer/artist Bill Barnes,[4] and appeared at the rate of a strip per day from February 16, 2002, through November 9, 2016, with a virtualcirculation 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.[5][6] On April 29, Barnes announced that he had also left as co-writer of the strip.[7] It is part of the Create a Comic Project.[8] On October 10, 2016, it was announced that the final comic strip would be released on November 9.[9] Bill Barnes returned to draw and co-author the final week of strips.[10]
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