Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for May 20, 2021

Is Sluggo an Infinite Jest Bro?

Sounds like the artist is on an anti-book tirade but then why is the character who hates books so much constantly staring at one?

I tell you, the librarian here is the adult Nancy from the future.

Librarians are usually a little more open to the idea of sharing books, in my experience, but I’m pretty sure I’ve met this person several times when she was running various used bookstores.

I don’t pretend to read books to feel superior to others, for your big fat information. I do it to not feel inferior.

I just know she spends her time off yelling at kids to keep off her lawn.

Ohhhh she’s not doing a lot to help promote my profession, sigh

This librarian almost looks like a grown up Marcie of Peanuts fame, Sir.

I have yet to meet an unhelpful librarian like this, but libraries themselves are a lot different.

As high school debaters, we used to hang out for hours in the law library at Washington University doing research. The librarians could clearly see that we were 16 year old boys, not law students at a top law school, but they helped us out anyway.

The last time I tried to get into the library at a top university (not Wash U), admittance was denied unless I scanned a university ID at the door. [a good part of this is probably active shooter security]

Sluggo, you supposed to be home for dinner? The Librarian needs a break from your presence. She has a dinner date with my boyfriend. Scram!

I used to work in an elementary school library. The Unhelpful Librarian speaks to my darker side.

I’ve seen kids try to use books for prestige. They’ll get the thickest book they can find and parade it in front of their classmates. Then the next week they’ll claim to have read the whole thing yet can’t remember the characters’ names and will only talk about events from chapter one.

Notice that I wrote “try”. That’s because it NEVER works. The other kids are not impressed by your thick book because they’re too busy trying to impress you with their thick book.

I do believe that’s the job of a librarian.

Doing your job is and read on your off hours.

Reminds me of this girl my late wife and I rented the back bedroom to while she was goingnto school to become a nurse’s aide. She admitted that she hated taking care of sick people, and when she graduated, or ran out of benefits, she married this hunk of a guy who made good money making waterbeds.