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"Confined to their cubicles in a company run by idiot bosses, Dilbert and his white-collar colleagues make the dronelike world of Kafka seem congenial."- The New York Times ??Why is Dilbert such a phenomenon? People see their own dreary, monotonous lives brought to comedic life in the ubiquitous strip. In the 23rd collection of Scott Adams' tremendously popular series, Don't Stand Where the Comet Is Assumed to Strike Oil, suppressed and repressed workers everywhere can follow the latest show more developments in the so-called careers of Dilbert, power-hungry Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, the pointy-haired boss, and other supporting-but don't you dare call them supportive-characters. Each "funny because it's true" scenario bears an uncanny, hysterical, and sometimes uncomfortable similarity to cubicle-filled corporate America. show lessTags
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Nothing here that really stands out, except for the week on pgs. 72-73 that features guest cartoonists. That's a good thing, by the way. "Dilbert" is consistently smart, funny, cynical... the only thing it isn't is well-drawn, which is actually kind of endearing. Adams has been doing this for a long time now, and his body of work should eventually get him into the Cartoonists Hall of Fame, if there is such a thing.
Like always, a very enjoyable collection and oh so funny. I don't know how it is that Scott Adams has met all the same people I have.
Typical Dilbert, what more to add...........................
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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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- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Dilbert; Pointy-Haired Boss; Alice; Wally; Asok the Intern
- Dedication
- For a woman who thinks crafts and crap are completely different concepts.
- First words
- Can you summarize this on one page for our CEO?
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'm glad that's over.
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- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.56973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips Cartoons, Caricatures, Comic Strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States
- LCC
- PN6727 .A3 .D552816 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
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- Reviews
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- (4.01)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- UPCs
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- ASINs
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