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Making Cubicle Life Bearable

Dilbert can almost always make me smile - and quite often gets an actual out loud laugh.  He understands life in a cubicle and is trying to get through it as best he can.  Follow along and learn a bit more about this long suffering engineer:

I'm Sorry - He's Going To Be An Engineer 

Watch Dilbert's Mom Find Out What He Is Destined For...

Dilbert Cartoon- Engineers

Dilbert "The Knack" Cartoon- Engineers

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Dilbert At A Glance 

Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip character written and drawn by Scott Adams. Dilbert is known for his satirical humor about his white-collar, micromanaged office. His strip has spawned several books, a television series, a computer game, and other merchandise. Dilbert appears in 2000 newspapers worldwide in 65 countries and 25 languages.

We originally saw mostly Dilbert and Dogbert at home. Many plots revolved around Dilbert's engineer nature or his bizarre inventions. These alternated with plots based on Dogbert's megalomaniacal ambitions. Later, the location of most of the action moved to Dilbert's workplace at a large technology company, and the technology workplace and company issues were contemplated and satirized. Dilbert's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience. Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised. Much of the humor emerges as the audience sees the characters making obviously ridiculous decisions that are natural reactions to mismanagement.

(...from Wikipedia)

Some Other Characters From Dilbert's World: 

...from www.dilbert.com

  • DOGBERT: Genetically he may be a dog, but Dogbert is no man's best friend. He treats people with disdain, reserving special contempt for Dilbert, who's no master--or match--for Dogbert. (Although he wouldn't admit it, if push came to shove, he'd protect the bumbler. And never let him forget it).
  • THE POINTY HAIRED BOSS: He's every employee's worst nightmare. He wasn't born mean and unscrupulous, he worked hard at it. And succeeded. As for stupidity, well, some things are inborn.
  • WALLY: Dilbert's colleague and fellow engineer is a thoroughly cynical employee who has no sense of company loyalty and feels no need to mask his poor performance or his total lack of respect.
  • ALICE: Alice is the only female engineer in Dilbert's department. She's habitually overworked. Her cardiovascular system is basically coffee. She has a quick temper when confronted with the idiocy of her co-workers. She does not handle criticism well.
  • CATBERT Catbert is a typical cat, in the sense that he looks cute but he doesn't care if you live or die. As Human Resources Director at Dilbert's company, he teases employees before downsizing them.
  • RATBERT Ratbert is a simpleminded optimist. He wants nothing more than to be loved, but he's doomed to ratdom which, despite his cheerfulness, makes him an unlikely candidate for affection. His resiliency enables him to continually be the butt of everyone's jokes.
  • THE GARBAGEMAN: Dilbert's "sanitation engineer" is a mysterious character who has inexplicable knowledge of all subjects from science to philosophy. He shows up occasionally to solve impossibly complex problems for Dilbert or Dogbert.
  • BOB THE DINOSAUR: One day Dilbert determined that it was impossible for all dinosaurs to be extinct. Lo and behold, Bob the Dinosaur appeared from behind the couch. Bob is dumb, cheerful and follows Dogbert's commands without question. Dinosaurs may no longer rule the Earth but Bob is the king of the wedgies.
  • PHIL: Phil, The Prince of Insufficient Light, is the ruler of Heck (for sinners whose transgressions aren't serious enough for Hell). He pops up about once a year to impose mild sanctions for mild sins. For example, once he punished Dilbert by making him eat lunch with the accountants.
  • CAROL: She's the "secretary from hell" who hates her job and finds perverse joy in making everyone within a two-mile radius suffer.

Dilbert's Co-Workers Have An Office Birthday Party 

It's Wally's Special Day

Dilbert Minisode - The Shroud of Wally

Everybody run, there's cake in the conference room. It's Wally's birthday and he's definitely in for a surprise. All he really wanted was some ice cream, a quick song from his coworkers, and some time to watch a Minisode. He certainly wasn't interested in becoming the messiah in a cult religion. Happy birthday, Wally. Now get back to work.

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Dilbert's Alarm Clock 

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A Listing Of Dilbert's Books: 

  • Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 3, 1994)
  • Shave the Whales - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 1, 1994)
  • Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1995)
  • It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (August 1, 1995)
  • Still Pumped from Using the Mouse - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1996)
  • Fugitive From the Cubicle Police - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 1, 1996)
  • Casual Day Has Gone Too Far - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1997)
  • Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons - Publisher: Boxtree, Limited (December 1997)
  • I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1998)
  • Journey to Cubeville - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (August 1, 1998)
  • Don't Step in the Leadership - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 1999)
  • Random Acts of Management - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 2000)
  • When Did Ignorance Become A Point Of View? - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 1, 2000)
  • A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00 - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 2000)
  • Excuse Me While I Wag - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 3, 2001)
  • Another Day In Cubicle Paradise: A Dilbert Book - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 2002)
  • What Do You Call A Sociopath In A Cubicle? Answer: A Co-worker - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (August 30, 2002)
  • When Body Language Goes Bad - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 2, 2003)
  • What Would Wally Do? - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (June 1, 2006)
  • Positive Attitude - Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (July 1, 2007)

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Dilbert Guestbook 

Is your day incomplete without reading the new Dilbert strip, or do you really just wish he would go away? Either way, leave me a note so I know you were here, and thanks for visiting my lens!

MikeMac wrote...

Dilbert is just so right on the money. Great lens. Thanks.

ReplyPosted April 06, 2009

CleanerLife wrote...

I'd be lost without a daily dose of Dilbert from my Page Per Day Calendar!

What happened to the TV show? I really miss it. Larry Miller was the perfect choice for Dilbert's Pointy-Haired Boss!

ReplyPosted August 10, 2008

paperfacets wrote...

In the early 70's I worked for Pacific Telephone. This big company put out a monthly newspaper that everyone rec'd @ his desk. It had a cartoon strip by Scott Adams. Everyone read that and also the retirements and deceased on the back page. At 15 min. break we could share who we knew and had known and how that engineer guy up north had it right. I retired after 40 yrs this April. Good lens about that funny engineer who got out early.
Sherry

ReplyPosted August 08, 2008

mulberry wrote...

Dilbert makes me laugh too, sometimes the cartoons are just too close to reality! I know many of his characters in real life. Great lens!

ReplyPosted March 07, 2008

michaelgibbons wrote...

love the character list with pictures how'd you do that? you make absolutely beautiful lenses

ReplyPosted January 21, 2008

tonyab wrote...

I LOVE Dilbert! And I love this lens too - 5 *'s.
Thanks for paying me a visit!

ReplyPosted December 15, 2007

reasonablerobinson wrote...

brilliant lens - he's my hero!

ReplyPosted November 14, 2007

CJPate wrote...

Like you, Dilbert makes me laugh almost everytime I read it. Another great lens!

ReplyPosted October 11, 2007

fefe wrote...

Dilbert makes working in the corporate world almost bearable!

ReplyPosted September 29, 2007

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