Casual Day Has Gone Too Far : A Dilbert Book

When Dilbert first appeared in newspapers across the country in 1989, office workers looked around suspiciously. Was its creator, Scott Adams, a pen name for someone who worked amongst them? After all, the humor was just too eerily funny and familiar. Since then, Dilbert has become more than a cartoon character. He's become an office icon. In Another Day in Cubicle Paradise Dilbert and his cohorts, Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, and the pointy-haired boss, once again entertain with their cubicle humor. From bizarre personnel decisions to meetings gone bad, from schizoid secretaries to consultants from hell, Another Day in Cubicle Paradise provides a way to get all those darn comic strips off the breakroom bulletin board. “In every major company, Dilbert is plastered all over. He reflects the human condition of this generation of workers.” —San Francisco ChronicleWho is the maniacal mastermind behind the plot to enforce corporate dress codes? That would be Catbert the evil HR director, one of Dilbert's corporate nemeses. “It's simple,” decrees Catbert, “Fridays are ‘casual,'but you can't wear jeans because jeans look good and feel good and you already own several pairs.” Dilbert knows the conflicting feelings of comfort and embarrassment that result from arriving on a Friday dressed in an outfit matching a coworker's.But casual days are more than just a source of confusion for Dilbert and workers everywhere. The collective farce of employees pushing the envelope of what is acceptable attire for the workplace is causing many to pause and ask, “Has Casual Day gone too far?”Dilbert has become the primary source of comic relief for anyone who has ever set foot in a cubicle, heard the words “empowerment” and “downsizing,” or held a day-to-day job in the business world. Dilbert's appeal lies not only in hearty laughs, but in its ability to tap into subjects and situations with which workers can easily identify. His company's quality movement is termed “qualicide,” and company executives are dubbed “galactic idiots.”Casual Day Has Gone Too Far once again attacks the issues that touch cubicle-dwellers everywhere, and is sure to continue the Dilbert-mania of worker bees and managers alike.“Confined to their cubicles in a company run by idiot bosses, Dilbert and his white-collar colleagues make the dronelike world of Kafka seem congenial.” —The New York Times

"Adams scrapes his pen across the fears and absurdities of an age we entered when we weren't paying attention-the age of the bureaucratic vacuum." Dilbert is the Everyman in the down-sized, techno-centered workplace. He's the corporately innocent engineer who experiences the absurdities and oddities of office life from his (sometimes shrinking) cubicle. Complemented by his sarcastic and power-hungry dog, Dogbert (aspiring Supreme Ruler of the Earth whose secret happiness is "High expectations and your own bag of chips"), Dilbert provides humor on one of life's most insidious subjects: work. It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone features nearly two years of Dilbert comic strips (including Sunday cartoons!) that have never appeared in book form.

Dilbert is the Everyman in the down-sized, techno-centered workplace of the '90s, who experiences the absurdities and oddities of office life from his cubicle. This collection of cartoons, starring Dilbert and his sarcastic and power-hungry canine companion Dogbert, features nearly two years of strips that have never before appeared in book form.

From mountain and valley, from hill and dale, people are asking, "How can I have more Dilbert in my life?" Help is at hand with a blast from the past in Scott Adams' very first compilation of Dilbert comic strips, Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons.

It is tempting to compare Adams' work to that of Leonardo da Vinci. The differences are striking. Adams displays good jokes and strong character development, whereas da Vinci has been skating for years on his ability to do shading. Advantage: Adams.

And though it may seem boorish to point this out, da Vinci wrote backwards. And he's dead. Advantage: Adams.

The choice is clear. Fans looking for a book which will stand the test of time, even beyond the time you spend flipping through it in the bookstore (for which the author receives no royalties whatsoever), should buy this book. Those who are not good comparison shoppers can buy the Mona Lisa.

The world is getting more complicated. In the good old days you could set a peasant on fire with a flaming arrow, stomp him out with your horse, and still get away with a simple "excuse me." But these days, what with five billion people - many of whom do not consider themselves peasants - you are expected to meet a higher standard. It isn't fair, but it's life. That's why I wrote this book. It's your guide for gracefully navigating the annoying and ever changing world we live in. Think of it as a gift from me to you, except that you have to pay for it... You're welcome. Are you a cubicle-dweller? Fed up with the often asinine practices of management and the useless buzzwords and fluff that seem to float around the office? Ever plotted a revolt at the fax machine? A revolution orchestrated over e-mail? Scott Adams' "Dilbert" character has, along with his army of counterparts, and for it he has been hailed as "the hero of the workplace." This collection of cartoons acutely collars the clueless practices of office superiors who all too often have no idea what's going on.

Yet another right-on-target collection of comic strips from "Dilbert," the world-renowned fictional cubicle worker of engineer-turned-cartoonist Scott Adams. Rarely is there an office these days that doesn't have at least oneDilbert strip tacked up somewhere that employees gather to either laugh off or lament the sometimes inane practices of top-level management. Think you're surrounded by morons at work? Dilbert, and his canine companion Dogbert, are the consultants you should visit next.

Yet another right-on-target collection of comic strips from Dilbert, the world-renowned fictional cubicle worker of engineer-turned-cartoonist Scott Adams. Rarely is there an office these days that doesn't have at least one Dilbert strip tacked up somewhere that employees gather to either laugh off or lament the sometimes inane practices of top-level management. Think you're surrounded by morons at work? Dilbert, and his canine companion Dogbert, are the consultants you should visit next. For the more than 50 million readers who regularly enjoy Dilbert in over 2,000 newspapers worldwide, Scott Adams's take on the working world is outrageously fresh, farcical, and far-reaching. In this collection, Dilbert and his egg-shaped, bespectacled canine, Dogbert, again give readers an insider's look at the funny business of the work-a-day world. For the more than 50 million readers who regularly enjoy Dilbert in over 700 newspapers worldwide, Adams' take on the working world is outrageously fresh, farcical, and far-reaching. In Adams' latest collection, Dilbert and his egg-shaped, bespectacled canine, Dogbert, again give readers an insider's look at the funny business of the work-a-day world. Anyone who ever toiled in the office "environment" will identify with the ironclad axioms put forth by Dogbert in this collection of office wisdom. So, move over Murphy's Law, and forget about the One-Minute Manger--Dogbert is taking the business-book business by storm. Dogbert appears in the nationally syndicated comic strip Dilbert. Illustrated. Hot on the heels of Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless , this new Dilbert collection will be widely welcomed by fans of that attention-grabbing comic which appears in 175 newspapers nationwide. Don't miss incompetent, socially inept technohead Dilbert and his megalomaniac pet Dogbert as they try to not only survive in but rule the world. A cartoon book featuring the character Dilbert and the ups and downs of life in and out of the office, from clueless management decrees to near-revolts among the cubicle dwellers. When the cubicle police outlaw plastic plants lest they attract dumb bugs, Dilbert makes a rebellious stand. Dogbert, the domineering pet of a nerdy engineer in the nationally syndicated Dilbert comic strip, gives advice on such diverse niceties as elevator etiquette, rudeness warning signs, discouraging a serial talker, and knowing what to say about open zippers and bad hairpieces Anyone who ever toiled in the office "environment" will identify with the ironclad axioms put forth by Dogbert in this collection of office wisdom. So, move over Murphy's Law, and forget about the One-Minute Manager, Dogbert is taking the business-book business by storm. Cartoons featuring Dogbert from the Dilbert comic strip present a humorous look at etiquette in the modern world, including table manners, business etiquette, relations between the sexes and the generations, and other areas. Dilbert is aluckless, cubicle-dwelling engineer. His canine companion Dogbert, plans to conquer the planet and make all the people his slaves. Toghether they navigate a world filled with clueless and annoying people Dilbert is the comic strip for the down-sizing, techno-talking workplace of the '90s. Cartoonist Scott Adams provides an outrageously fresh and farcical take on the work-a-day world and Dilbert's own pathetic life. An insider's look into the business office finds Dilbert and cohorts dealing and dueling with the gadgets and grievances of technology and providing a display of perplexing electronics power. An insider's look into the business office finds Dilbert and his colleagues facing the absurdities of corporate life and management incompetence. A collection of comics by Rick Kirkman in which Wanda and Darryl MacPherson face the challenges and joys associated with raising young children A collection of black-and-white cartoon strips about life in the business world featuring Dilbert, the harassed engineer, and his friends "Provides an outrageously fresh and farcical takes on the work-a-day world and Dilbert's own pathetic life"--Back cover Cartoons from the comic strip "Dilbert" feature the hapless engineer and his cynical canine companion, Dogbert Here's everything you need to know about how business really operates courtesy of Dogbert