Gene Ambaum's guest appearances

Gene Ambaum

Worth Noting

Circulating Ideas

David Fulk

Jane Yolen

Erin Hicks

Vera Brosgol

Sydney Smith

Susan Elia MacNeal

Alice Faye

Grady Hendrix

Maria Dismondy

Peter Brown

Jake Parker

Susan Verde

January LaVoy

Dion Graham

Scott Simon

OwlTail

Willow Payne

Steve chats with Gene Ambaum and Willow Payne, the writer and artist of Library Comic, about the transition from Unshelved to Library Comic, integrating spiders into the strip as much as possible, creative Kickstarter merch ideas, and Gene’s terrible taste in books and movies (according to Willow).  Gene Ambaum is a library guy who lives in the Pacific Northwest. In his spare time he reads and dreams of having more spare time. He co-created and wrote Unshelved. Willow Payne is a Florida-based artist who has worked with Gene on Unshelved Book Club comics and their as-yet incomplete epic Barbarian Girl: The Burning Blade of the Badlands. She graduated from The Center for Cartooning Studies in 2014 and will inevitably take over the comics world. Her favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, and Philip Pullman. She took over as the artist for Library Comic in June of 2019 with strip 581. Today’s show is brought to you by Syndetics Unbound, from ProQuest and LibraryThing. Syndetics Unbound helps public and academic libraries enrich their catalogs and discovery systems with high-interest elements, including cover images, summaries, author profiles, similar books, reviews, and more. Syndetics Unbound encourages serendipitous discovery and higher collection usage, and was recently awarded Platinum distinction in the LibraryWorks 2021 Modern Library Awards. To learn more about Syndetics Unbound, visit Syndetics.com. While there, be sure to visit their “News” tab to check out the Syndetics Unbound Blog for news and analysis, including a break-down of 2020’s most popular titles in public and academic libraries. SHOW NOTES: Subscribe (FREE!) to the Circulating Ideas newsletter!Library ComicBarbarian GirlFiends of the LibraryBookstabber podcast

<a href="https://ia601506.us.archive.org/24/items/ci-202/CI202.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve chats with Gene Ambaum and Willow Payne, the writer and artist of Library Comic, about the transition from Unshelved to Library Comic, integrating spiders into the strip as much as possible, creative Kickstarter merch ideas, and Gene’s terrible taste in books and movies (according to Willow).</a> <a href="https://circulatingideas.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/gene-willow-tarot-cards.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Gene Ambaum is a library guy who lives in the Pacific Northwest. In his spare time he reads and dreams of having more spare time. He co-created and wrote <a href="http://www.unshelved.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unshelved.</a> <a href="http://willowpayne.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Willow Payne</a> is a Florida-based artist who has worked with Gene on <a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2016-9-30" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unshelved Book Club</a> comics and their as-yet incomplete epic <a href="http://www.barbariangirl.com/comic/cover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbarian Girl: The Burning Blade of the Badlands</a>. She graduated from The Center for Cartooning Studies in 2014 and will inevitably take over the comics world. Her favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, and Philip Pullman. She took over as the artist for Library Comic in June of 2019 with strip 581. Today’s show is brought to you by <a href="https://proquest.syndetics.com/Marketing/Home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Syndetics Unbound</a>, from ProQuest and LibraryThing. Syndetics Unbound helps public and academic libraries enrich their catalogs and discovery systems with high-interest elements, including cover images, summaries, author profiles, similar books, reviews, and more. Syndetics Unbound encourages serendipitous discovery and higher collection usage, and was recently awarded Platinum distinction in the LibraryWorks 2021 Modern Library Awards. To learn more about Syndetics Unbound, visit <a href="https://proquest.syndetics.com/Marketing/Home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Syndetics.com</a>. While there, be sure to visit their “News” tab to check out the <a href="https://about.proquest.com/company/Syndetics-Unbound-Blog.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Syndetics Unbound Blog </a>for news and analysis, including a break-down of 2020’s most popular titles in public and academic libraries. SHOW NOTES: <a href="https://circideas.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe (FREE!) to the Circulating Ideas newsletter! </a><a href="http://librarycomic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Library Comic</a> <a href="http://www.barbariangirl.com/comic/cover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbarian Girl</a> <a href="https://librarycomic.com/character/fiends-of-the-library/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiends of the Library</a> <a href="https://bookstabber.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookstabber</a> podcast

202: Library Comic by Gene Ambaum and Willow Payne

Bill Barnes

We talk with Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes, creators of Unshelved, about life in the public library, their popular web comic, and why it's important to see the humor in every situation.

We talk with Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes, creators of Unshelved, about life in the public library, their popular web comic, and why it's important to see the humor in every situation.

Let's Get Busy with Unshelved creators Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes