The workplace location is Silicon Valley. Adams said that switching the setting from Dilbert's home to his office was "when the strip really started to take off". The strip's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience. Later, most of the action moved to Dilbert's workplace and the strip began to satirize technology, workplace, and company issues. Many early plots revolved around Dilbert's engineer nature, bizarre inventions, and megalomaniacal ambitions. The comic strip originally revolved around Dilbert and his "pet" dog Dogbert in their home.
In late December 2010, it was announced that Dilbert would move to Universal Uclick (a division of Andrews McMeel Universal, now known as Andrews McMeel Syndication) beginning in June 2011, where it remains today. This led to Dilbert leaving United Media. On June 3, 2010, United Media sold their licensing arm, along with the rights to Dilbert, to Iconix Brand Group. ĭilbert began syndication by United Feature Syndicate (a division of United Media) in April 1989. Dilbert appears online and as of 2013 was published daily in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages. In 1997, Adams received the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award and the Newspaper Comic Strip Award for his work. Dilbert Future and The Joy of Work are among the most read books in the series. It has spawned dozens of books, an animated television series, a video game, and hundreds of themed merchandise items. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title character. ( Universal Uclick/ Andrews McMeel Syndication, June 2011–)ĭilbert is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. United Feature Syndicate ( United Media, 1989–June 2011) From left: the Pointy-haired Boss, Dilbert, Alice, and Wally
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