Please help us congratulate friends-of-Unshelved David Malki and Terry Moore on their Eisner nominations for Best Humor Publication and Best New Series, respectively.

And we'll pat ourselves on the back a little for the two Unshelved Book Club selections with nominations: Alan's War and The Ten-Cent Plague, the latter of which was contributed by past Eisner nominee Brad Guigar. Now all we need is a nomination ourselves. Oh well, there's always next year.

My hard drive crashed on Tuesday. It's hopefully not a big deal. I bought a new hard drive and I'm restoring from my Time Machine backup as I type. But there is a lot of data to move and it won't be done before Wednesday morning. So today's strip is a much-beloved repeat and with luck we'll be back tomorrow with new strips. I appreciate your patience.

Update: My data was successfully restored and all is well.

Feb 20 morning Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg Public Library Staff Day (staff only)
Keynote (Gene & Bill)

Feb 20 7pm Columbia, SC
USC LISSA event
Program (Gene & Bill)

Mar 13-17 Philadelphia, PA
Public Library Association
Booth (Gene & Bill)

Mar 30-April 1 Seattle, WA
Emerald City Comic Con
Booth (Gene & Bill)

April 13-15 Chicago, IL
Chicago Comic Entertainment Expo
Booth & Talk (Gene & Bill)