Speaking with Fox News, Adams revealed that “Dilbert,” a comic that he has written and illustrated since 1989, is no longer being printed by Lee Enterprises, which owns nearly 100 papers across the country. …
Adams told Fox News that “Dilbert” wasn’t the only comic strip that faced the chopping block, with other strips being canceled by the outlet, though the decisions as to which ones they were getting rid of were made individually.
In recent strips, Adams has poked fun as Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG] issues, and introduced a new character named “Dave,” who is black but identifies as white.
Describing the character, Adams said that Dave is named after his brother, and is a prankster that like to mess with his boss, who is happy to have met his diversity quota in hiring Dave.
“All of the wokeness and anything that permeated from ESG… so that stuff made its way into the business world, and then it became proper content for Dilbert,” Adams said. “The problem is that people see that even though it’s a workplace-related joke, but it’s more about how they implement it.”
The timing of Dilbert getting cancelled by 77 newspapers (one large chain) is probably a coincidence. pic.twitter.com/kN0h9zrkbd
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) September 21, 2022
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