Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip creator, dies at age 68 after battle with prostate cancer

[zinfamous]

Oh also fuck Scott Adams. what a garbage person he turned out to be.

 

[Brainonska511]

Oh also fuck Scott Adams. what a garbage person he turned out to be.

I saw a take the other day that perhaps we should bring back speaking ill of the dead. If prominent people think their name will be cursed because they were a garbage person in life, maybe they'll think twice about being a garbage person. There is a reason that you don't see many people named "Adolph" running around.

 

[Kaido]

... they don't?

Nope!

Licensing

Bill Watterson is renowned for his insistence that cartoon strips should stand on their own as an art form, and he has rigorously forbade the use of Calvin and Hobbes in merchandising of any sort. This insistence stuck despite what was probably a cost of millions of dollars per year in...

calvinandhobbes.fandom.com

 

[PowerEngineer]

The Dilbert comic strip came out while we were involved in procuring a large mission-critical computer system. I cannot count the number of times that the daily comic seemed to be a direct commentary on our project. So much so that I had a pile of my favorites on my desk that were cut out from the local newspaper. His insights into the messy process of developing computer systems and software were spot on.

For years I sprinkled Dilbert characters into my spreadsheet tools and PowerPoint presentations. And I used Dilbert as my avatar in this forum and others.

Sigh...

This all came to an end when Adams spun off into his racist world of hate. Torched his legacy as thoroughly as Bill Cosby.

Now I just hope that Gromit doesn't let me down too.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Oh dang, I forgot about that!

Too bad this did not last. I enjoyed watching a few episodes.... the cartoon version of Office Space which was the movie version of Dilbert.

 

[FelixDeCat]

While I really wish that Calvin & Hobbes had merch, I think that Bill Watterson protecting his creation was actually pretty cool in the long run.

Before smartphones, that's what I used to read during morning & lunch mealtimes lol. Now I watch https://www.reddit.com/r/mealtimevideos/ haha

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I too have a C&H big book from about 25 years ago. Still have yet to read it. 🙂

 

[FelixDeCat]

Also, RIP Scott. Hopefully you will finally get a day off.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Dude was 'off' a lot of days.

 

[Exterous]

Now I just hope that Gromit doesn't let me down too.

Didn't have the memories of Dilbert that many did but you made me think of what might be comparable.

Randall of XKCD don't let me down!

 

[lxskllr]

Randall of XKCD don't let me down!

I don't think there's much chance of that, but brain damage is always a wildcard.