Twenty Years and Counting

Celebrates 20 Years of Dilbert by Scott Adams

He's the icon of millions of corporate workers, the most popular cubicle dweller on the planet. He spends his days in mindless meetings, with incompetent supervisors, performing perfunctory tasks with the occasional team-building, brainstorming, or management fad-of-the-day session mixed in. We have known him, loved him, and been entertained by him for two decades: He's Dilbert. Celebrating the anniversary of this remarkable observer of workday life, Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, $85.00) arrives as an authoritative volume of 576 pages of Dilbert cartoons, annotated with commentary and reflections by the genius behind his creation, Scott Adams.

Created in 1989 by Adams as a doodle distraction, Dilbert has found a home in the workplace, this generation's home away from home. Adams amuses readers with his portrayal of the absurdities of this environment with unfailing accuracy and precision. As readers of more than 2,000 newspapers and millions of Dilbert collections know, the familiar mouthless character with the upturned tie, his Dogbert, the pointy-haired Boss, fellow employees Alice and Wally, Human Resources Director Catbert, and others, depict a world that is all too easy to recognize, complete with shrinking cubicles, clueless co-workers, focus groups, and ill-conceived management concepts. It's as if Dilbert is an employee of your company but somehow enables you to laugh at its shortcomings. And because humor is an effective antidote to even the most impossible situations, Dilbert is welcomed by the masses for Adams's prescient and remarkable portrayal of corporate life.

With more than 2,000 cartoons (including some never-before published creations), extensive remarks by Adams, and a DVD that will include all Dilbert cartoons from 1989 through April 2008 and a link which enables readers to download future Dilbert cartoons, Dilbert 2.0 is the ultimate must-have collection for the millions of Dilbert fans. And, as we head into the second decade of the 21st century, all indications suggest that Adams will have ample fodder for future decades of Dilbert — the proliferation of workday ridiculousness is one thing that does not promise to downsize anytime in the foreseeable future.

Contact: Kathy Hilliard, (800) 851-8923, ext. 7497, khilliard@amuniversal.com

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Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert

By: Scott Adams
Published by: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-7735-6
Format: Hardcover: 10 x 13, 576 pages
Price: $85.00 ($90.00 Canada)

Also included is a DVD with every Dilbert cartoon from 1989 through April 2008. A special code is included in the book that will provide an online link to download future Dilbert cartoons. It is the must-have collection for millions of Dilbert fans.

Dilbert © 2008 by Scott Adams, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.