“Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died of prostate cancer at 68.” [ I’m extensively quoting from the AP article]

At its height, Dilbert appeared in 2,000 newspapers.

For me, working in the space between tech and marketing departments, Dilbert had a particular resonance.

It all came crashing down in 2023 when Adams repeatedly referred to Black people as members of a hate group (etc.). Bill Holbrook, the creator of the strip “On the Fastrack,” told The Associated Press at the time. “I am in full support with him saying anything he wants to, but then he has to own the consequences of saying them.”

But in the fine tradition of not speaking too ill of the dead, here are some of the Dilbert strips I particularly enjoyed over the years:

I had a mug made of that one, which reminded me of a couple of C-level bosses I had who had risen to their level of incompetence. Didn’t take it in to the office, though; I’m not an idiot.

I remember this bit of advice: “Don’t ask your employees why they have Dilbert strips hung up in their cubicles.”