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Feb 28, 2023 · ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams has been writing offensive, inflammatory posts for years, until racist commentary made on an YouTube video marked the end of his comic book career.
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It's a far cry from the height of his popularity several years ago, when Dilbert appeared in 2,000 newspapers and was described by Andrews McMeel as "the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and emailed comic strip in the world." In a video posted Sunday, Adams askedhis viewers, "How many people are here to look at the train wreck?" The p...
With almost 900,000 Twitter followers, Adams has plenty of fans. The cartoonist hinted that he might take Dilbert to other platforms, such as a subscription service. Among his apparent supporters is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter, who responded to a Twitter post on Adams by replying that "The media is racist."
For his part, Adams doubled down on his comments on Sunday, saying he was only giving "life advice" and asserting that many people agree with him. The backlash arose following comments on an earlier episode of "Real Coffee with Scott Adams," when the artist flagged a Rasmussen Reports survey that had asked whether people agreed with the statement "...
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- Aimee Picchi
Feb 27, 2023 · Newspapers in Ohio and Texas have dropped the nationally syndicated cartoon Dilbert after its creator designated Black people as a “hate group,” seemed to favour segregation and made other ...
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- Sheila Flynn
Sep 21, 2022 · Dilbert comics were pulled from over 70 newspapers this week, Adams said—but what was the reason? Newsweek Fact Check assesses what happened.
- Tom Norton
Feb 27, 2023 · Scott Adams‘ racist rant has resulted in the “Dilbert” cartoonist losing his deal with syndication partner Andrews McMeel Universal.
- Todd Spangler
Feb 27, 2023 · Though Adams’s racially insensitive remarks have caused outcry before—he has claimed that UPN’s desire to appeal to African American viewers is the reason why the 1999 Dilbert animated series was...
Feb 27, 2023 · As Scott Adams's ‘Dilbert’ is dropped from newspapers, artists weigh in with condemning reactions, including their own satirical cartoons.
