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This is a collection of strips featuring Dogbert giving advice to "the clueless". Dogbert is Dilbert's dog (from the Dilbert comic strip) who believes everyone but him is a minion just waiting to be conquered. In keeping with Dogbert's character, the advice is direct, brutal, and extremely funny. The comic panels are oversized, which doesn't seem to do much for the book other than reduce the amount of material that can be put into it. Even so, watching Dogbert give abusive and mean-spirited advice in an effort to "help" is exceptionally amusing.
I have often said that even though it is labeled as such, I don't believe that Dilbert is a satire, because the situations presented hit too close to home. Almost everyone has encountered someone show more who is as clueless as the people who populate this book, and almost everyone wishes they could respond in the same manner as Dogbert does throughout the comic strips in this volume. I suspect that there have been a number of office murders that have only been averted because someone was able to experience the cathartic joy of reading Dilbert and realizing that they are not the only person who is plagued by idiots. The only thing about this book I didn't like was that it wasn't longer.
This review has also been posted to my blog Dreaming About Other Worlds. show less
I have often said that even though it is labeled as such, I don't believe that Dilbert is a satire, because the situations presented hit too close to home. Almost everyone has encountered someone show more who is as clueless as the people who populate this book, and almost everyone wishes they could respond in the same manner as Dogbert does throughout the comic strips in this volume. I suspect that there have been a number of office murders that have only been averted because someone was able to experience the cathartic joy of reading Dilbert and realizing that they are not the only person who is plagued by idiots. The only thing about this book I didn't like was that it wasn't longer.
This review has also been posted to my blog Dreaming About Other Worlds. show less
There were quite a few years where I was a huge Dilbert fan. I haven't read any Dilbert in quite some time, but I have a lot of Dilbert books, and I'm curious how well it will hold up, especially as I've recently revisited some incredibly good comic strips (Calvin & Hobbes, Cul de Sac and Bloom County). I can say that this didn't hold up well. It's original work, not reprinted newspaper strips, but aside from a few chuckles, its quite forgettable. Apparently I thought so at the time as well, since I only bought it at a 50% discount.
More whit and humor from Dogbert, mixed in with sage and sound advice.
Another non-daily strip book, featuring Dogbert's advice for clueless people. Funny, but marred by the expanded size of the panels, which is not necessary to Scott Adams' artwork, and merely cuts down on the number of panels. And I miss the continuity of the daily strip, such as it is.
More whit and humor from Dogbert, mixed in with sage and sound advice.
More whit and humor from Dogbert, mixed in with sage and sound advice.
More whit and humor from Dogbert, mixed in with sage and sound advice.
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Scott Adams, Cartoonist Scott Adams was born and raised in Windham, New York in the Catskill Mountains. He received a B.A. in economics from Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a certified hypnotist. Adams worked in a bank for eight years and, while a bank teller, was robbed twice at show more gunpoint. He also worked for Pacific Bell for nine years and describes both jobs as "humiliating and low paying jobs." It was during this time, that Adams created the character Dilbert. He was entertaining himself during meetings by drawing insulting cartoons of his co-workers and bosses. In 1988, he mailed some sample comic strips featuring Dilbert to some major cartoon syndicates. He was offered a contract and Dilbert was launched in approximately fifty papers in 1989. Adams began working on Dilbert full time as well as speaking, writing, doing interviews, and designing artwork for licensed products. Dilbert is published in over 1,200 newspapers and has a hard cover business book called "The Dilbert Principle." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Dogbert's clues for the clueless
- Original publication date
- 1993
- First words
- In the old days, when people had more time, it was impolite to talk with food in your mouth.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It sucks.
- Original language
- English
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
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- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- PN6727 .A3 .D5528 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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