The 'Dilbert' comic strip named after its title character struggling to make it up the corporate ladder often pokes fun at office culture with satirical humor and social commentary. The strip has been canceled in nearly 80 markets, its author said yesterday.
Scott Adams, who has written and illustrated the popular comic since 1989, said Lee Enterprises stopped printing it this week. The media company owns nearly 100 newspapers throughout the United States.
"It was part of a larger overhaul, I believe, of comics, but why they decided what was in and what was out, that's not known to anybody except them, I guess," he told Fox News.
Scott Adams, who has written and illustrated the popular comic since 1989, said Lee Enterprises stopped printing it this week. The media company owns nearly 100 newspapers throughout the United States.
"It was part of a larger overhaul, I believe, of comics, but why they decided what was in and what was out, that's not known to anybody except them, I guess," he told Fox News.
Adams noted that other comic strips were also permanently canceled but the decisions on which ones to get rid of were made individually.
"Dilbert" appears in thousands of newspapers across 57 counties in 19 languages, according to Adams' website. The comic strip has been one of the most popular for many years and more than 20 million "Dilbert"-themed books and calendars have been printed.
In recent years, Adams has poked fun at themes related to the workplace, most recently Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues and the introduction of a new character named "Dave," who is Black but identifies as White.
Dave, who is named after Adams' brother, is a prankster who likes to mess with the boss, who is happy he has met his diversity quota, Adams said of the cartoon.
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Dilbert is funny the same way sending illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard is funny. Leftists have no sense of humor about their own hypocrisy. Which makes them come across as stupid, not just hypocrites.
ReplyDeleteBut it just occurred to me ... who reads newspapers anymore? Unless you have a bird cage.
ReplyDeleteWe recently went on the hunt to get a newspaper, but that's only because the composting worms finally arrived and we needed paper to start the environment.
DeleteI thought newspapers, especially the NY Slimes, were only good for the bottoms of bird cages and wrapping fish guts....
ReplyDeleteHaven't followed Dilbert in a long time, but Dave is my new hero.
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