by Scott Adams
Part of Dilbert, book 42
First published 2014
Scott Adams transforms workplace absurdity into comedy gold through his iconic comic strip character Dilbert. The bespectacled engineer with the permanently curled tie navigates endless meetings with incompetent supervisors and ridiculous management trends alongside his cynical talking dog Dogbert and pointy-haired boss. Adams draws from his own telecommunications company background and daily reader emails about office drama to craft scenarios that millions of corporate workers recognize instantly. Each strip captures the inept managers, bizarre office politics, and senseless leadership practices that plague modern businesses. Adams understands that surviving the corporate world requires abandoning expectations of common sense, maintaining humor, and mastering the art of deflecting blame. The strip's massive success stems from readers who see their own workplace nightmares reflected in these exaggerated but familiar characters and situations.
Genres: satire, humor, business, contemporary, comedy, workplace
Vibes: humorous, satirical, thought-provoking
Tropes: exaggerated-reality, found-family
Period: 21st-century
168 pages · Hardcover · Andrews McMeel Publishing