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Scott Adams to Launch Dilbert Reborn

And there are hints the main character in the comic strip may be 'angrier'

(Newser) - A new comic strip is dropping Monday, though it's not so much new as it is "reborn." In fact, the cartoon will be called Dilbert Reborn—created by embattled cartoonist Scott Adams, who saw his original Dilbert strip dropped by newspapers across the US, as well as...

4 Disparate Takes on the Scott Adams Controversy
Four Takes on
the Scott Adams Controversy
OPINION
Feb 28, 2023 1:28 PM CST

Four Takes on the Scott Adams Controversy

Including the view that the poll on which this controversy rests is garbage

(Newser) - It's only a slight exaggeration to say everyone is talking about Dilbert creator Scott Adams ever since he shared his takeaway from a poll suggesting that 26% of Black Americans disagree with the statement "It's okay to be white": that white people should "get the hell...

Elon Musk Weighs In as Dilbert Fallout Continues

Twitter CEO says it's the media that is racist; meanwhile, distributor ditches Scott Adams

(Newser) - Dilbert creator Scott Adams has picked up a high-profile defender after his comments about race in America : none other than Elon Musk. In replying to tweets about the flap, Musk wrote that it was the media, not Adams, who was being racist, reports Reuters . "For a *very* long time,...

Newspapers Cancel Dilbert Over Racial Commentary

Response follows Scott Adams' remarks on podcast

(Newser) - Newspapers around the country are telling readers they're dropping the long-running Dilbert cartoon strip in response to racial comments made by its creator, with one saying, "This is not a difficult decision." Scott Adams made the comments on his podcast and online video program, Deadline reports. White...

Scott Adams Offers Eyebrow- Raising Take on Troubled Young Men

'Dilbert' creator sees only 2 options available: 'murder your own son or watch him die'

(Newser) - Scott Adams has had controversial takes on gun violence before, but his latest one, on the Highland Park mass shooting , is spurring backlash from those speaking on mental health illness and addiction. The 65-year-old creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip posted an eyebrow-raising series of tweets on Wednesday that discussed...

Dilbert Creator: How Trump's Taiwan Call Makes 'Perfect Sense'

Scott Adams explains the 'Master Persuader' move

(Newser) - The mainstream media is reporting Donald Trump's phone call with the President of Taiwan as a bad move, something sure to anger China and "exactly the sort of thing that leads to nuclear annihilation," writes Scott Adams on his blog . But remember, this same mainstream media doesn'...

Clinton May Be Making a Big Strategic Mistake

She risks 'selling past the close,' argues Dilbert creator Scott Adams

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton already can be congratulated on accomplishing a major feat: She's made it clear that a woman can be president, writes Dilbert creator Scott Adams on his blog . That glass ceiling is gone, whether she wins or loses in November, and "that's a big, big deal....

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Scott Adams
Oct 18, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable

Scott Adams thinks Aaron Sandusky's prosecution is a 'firing offense'

(Newser) - No matter how much you like President Obama, you shouldn't vote for him, Dilbert creator Scott Adams argues in his latest provocative blog post . Why? Well, "suppose you found out he once killed an American citizen … to help his reelection," Adams muses. Would you still vote...

Society Needs More Boredom
 Society Needs 
 More Boredom 
Scott Adams
Aug 7, 2011 4:56 PM CDT

Society Needs More Boredom

It's what allows us to be creative, Scott Adams argues

(Newser) - Thanks to a dizzying array of gadgets, mankind has finally “won the war on boredom”—and that might not be such a good thing, Scott Adams argues in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal . Boredom, after all, gives our brains time to process things and be creative....

Building a Green House? 'Good Luck With That'
 Building a Green House? 
 'Good Luck With That' 
Scott Adams
Aug 21, 2010 12:15 PM CDT

Building a Green House? 'Good Luck With That'

Dilbert's creator would like you to learn from his mistakes

(Newser) - Dilbert creator Scott Adams and his wife have built "what is arguably the greenest home for miles around," he writes. If you'd like to follow suit, he has four words of advice: "Good luck with that." In a Wall Street Journal essay , Adams describes in entertaining...

Newser Editors the 'Chefs of the Internet'

 Newser Editors 
 the 'Chefs of 
 the Internet' 
DILBERT's SCOTT ADAMS
Aug 16, 2010 4:54 PM CDT

Newser Editors the 'Chefs of the Internet'

'Dilbert' creator loves us, he really loves us

(Newser) - Usually when your humble Newser editors aggregate ourselves, it involves a spat over whether what we do is "stealing" or "news curation." Over at Dilbert.com, creator Scott Adams ignores those niggling details to consider the net result: An aggregator that, though "little more than a...

Rules for Conversation
 Rules for Conversation 
dilbert's scott adams
Jul 22, 2010 12:30 PM CDT

Rules for Conversation

It's not about entertaining yourself

(Newser) - The state of our civil discourse has come to this: Dilbert creator Scott Adams has posted some rules on his blog about how to have a conversation. It's not a diatribe against social media or shrinking attention spans, just a simple observation that most people (he figures three-quarters of the...

Insert Text Here: 'Dilbert' Goes 2.0

Beloved strip lets fans run the show on the web, with maybe a little author input

(Newser) - Is it another triumph of Web 2.0, or a concession to the rampantly collaborative tone of the Internet these days? Either way, "Dilbert" has gone interactive, the New York Times reports. On the popular comic’s website, fans can now substitute their own pithy retorts for text bubbles...

'Dilbert' Mocks Comic Strip Firing
'Dilbert' Mocks Comic Strip Firing
Feb 23, 2008 8:54 AM CST

'Dilbert' Mocks Comic Strip Firing

Posted cartoon called bosses 'drunken lemurs'

(Newser) - What came first: the comic strip mocking the office, or the office emulating the comic? Both, in the case of one Iowa casino that fired a man for posting a "Dilbert" cartoon comparing management to "drunken lemurs," the Des Moines Register reports. This week, cartoonist Scott Adams...

Worker Axed Over Dilbert Zinger
Worker Axed Over Dilbert Zinger
Dec 20, 2007 2:50 PM CST

Worker Axed Over Dilbert Zinger

'Drunken lemurs' not laughing, but worker wins benefits

(Newser) - Bosses at the Catfish Bend Casino in Iowa suffered a sense of humor failure after a Dilbert cartoon referring to decision-makers as "drunken lemurs" appeared on a workplace bulletin board. They checked the security cameras to find the culprit and fired the employee who posted the strip, reports the...

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