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Dilbert

Dilbert is an American comic strip which was written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title character. It has led to dozens of books, an animated television series, a video game, and hundreds of themed…

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Author
Scott Adams
Alternate name
Dilbert Reborn (2023–)
Current status/schedule
Running
End date
March 26, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-03-26) (syndicated run; continued as a webcomic)
Genre(s)
Satire, observational comedy, surreal comedy
Launch date
April 16, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-04-16)

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Dilbert

Nodes142
Edges141
Triples361
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
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Dilbert

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related to Other books · 40
Dilbert → Acts, Adams's, Blameless, Blunderland, Book Of Days, Boss, Can't Schedule Stupidity, Catness, Classic Dilbert Cartoons, Contact Sport, Cubicleland, Denied, Dilbert Bunch, Dilbert World, Dilbert's Quest, Dispatches, Don't Feed The Egos, Don't Need Experience If, Dressed Down And Nowhere, Guide
related to Merchandise · 33
Dilbert → Accomplish-mints, Appease-mints, Appoint-mints, Barbecue, Ben, Board Game, Butter, Coast's The Great Dalmuti, Corporate Shuffle, Dilbert-branded, Empower-mints, Escape From Cubeville, Games, GamesDay-by-Day, Garlic, Harass-mints, Herb, Hyperion Games, Improve-mints, Indian
related to Animated series · 27
Dilbert → Adams, African-American, Alice, America, Chris Elliott, Daniel Stern, DNA, Dogbert, DVD, Emmy Award, Gruntmaster, It, January, Judge, July, Kathy Griffin, Stone Cold Steve Austin, That, The, The Complete Series
related to Asok · 21
Dilbert → As, Asok, Boss, British-era, February, He, His, IIT, Indian, Indian Institutes, Indian Supreme Court, IQ, Nonetheless, On, SAT, September, Technology, The, There, Wally
related to Wally · 19
Dilbert → Adams, Alice, Although, Asok's, Despite, Dilbert's, For Asok, He, I've, Like, One, Pacific Bell, Pointy-Haired Boss, Ted, This, Until, Wally, Wally's, While Dilbert
related to Cancelled film adaptation · 16
Dilbert → Adams, As, Catbert, Chris Columbus, Dogbert, Film, He's Just Not That, In May, Into You, Intrigue Entertainment, Jahil, Ken Kwapis, NBC's The Office, Phoenix Entertainment, Tariq Jalil, United Media
related to "Drunken lemurs" case · 13
Dilbert → Adams, Burlington, Catfish Bend Casino, David Steward, December, Garfield, However, In October, Iowa, October, On February, The, Wally
related to history · 12
Dilbert → Andrews McMeel Syndication, Andrews McMeel Universal, April, December, Iconix Brand Group, In, June, On June, This, United Feature Syndicate, United Media, Universal Uclick
related to Business books · 11
Dilbert → FutureThe Joy, Secret Management HandbookThe Dilbert, The Dilbert Business Anthology, The Dilbert Future, The Dilbert Principle, The Dilbert PrincipleDogbert's Top, The Joy, Way, WeaselSlapped Together, Work, WorkDilbert
related to Dogbert · 11
Dilbert → After, Despite Dogbert's, Dilbert's, DNRC, Dogbert, Dogbert's, Dogbert's New Ruling Class, Earth, He, Often, When

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adams strip comic strips wally often one dogbert series work boss also dilbert's first office character media corporate published management

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DilbertAlternate nameDilbert Reborn (2023–)1.00infobox
DilbertAuthorScott Adams1.00infobox
DilbertCurrent status/scheduleRunning1.00infobox
DilbertEnd dateMarch 26, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-03-26) (syndicated run; continued as a webcomic)1.00infobox
DilbertGenre(s)Satire, observational comedy, surreal comedy1.00infobox
DilbertLaunch dateApril 16, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-04-16)1.00infobox
DilbertPublisher(s)Andrews McMeel Publishing (until March 2023) Self-distributed through Locals (since March 2023)1.00infobox
DilbertSyndicate(s)United Feature Syndicate (United Media, 1989–June 2011) (Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication, June 2011–March 2023)1.00infobox
DilbertWebsitescottadams.locals.com (subscription only)1.00infobox
Dilbertis aAmerican comic strip which was written and illustrated by Scott Adams0.90text
Dilbertis aoffbeat sugary substance that helps the corporate medicine go down0.90text
The Economistinstance ofThe video was widely described by sources0.80text

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