# does dilbert suck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 1999, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601 "1999-09-27T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/21 "1999-09-29T11:01:00Z")
Mrthinskin: Adams has endless material coming in by email, if he just bothers to read it.Perhaps he does not process it as well as Cecil? I only had one I sent, where a manager pulls out his own laser pointer, as he proceeeds to tear apart your presentation. ---
**Author:** ![typertrphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@typertrphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typertrphy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/22 "1999-09-29T13:29:00Z")
Oye gevalt. Here goes. One of the MOST remarkable things about “Doonesbury” is that it established its own rhythm. I would posit this: If one wants a guffaw every time by the 6th panel,then “Doonesbury” is not for you. For those of us who follow character deveolopment, and multiple plot lines, it IS for us. Perhaps the strength of the strip lies not only in the final panel each day, or each weekend, but in the cumulative effect. These are personalities who have matured, and changed. People died. People bailed on marriages, made babies, worked hard, outed themselves as gay, bought homes. For a thoughtful reflection of how many of us live our lives, “Doonesbury” is indispensible. Additionally ( you didn’t think I was finished, did you?),there is the arc of time. I read the very first strip. To know that there has been no stagnation in the lives of the characters is pleasurable to me, and I suspect, to many other readers. It’s like the radio personality Howard Stern. If you don’t enjoy it…dont listen. If “Doonesbury” doesn’t flip your switch? Don’t read it ! Typer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JoeyBlades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JoeyBlades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyBlades)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/23 "1999-09-29T14:03:00Z")
Damn, I read the tag line of this thread and thought, “Alternate lifestyle… now that might make Dilbert a bit more interesting.” Since you’re really talking about qualitative judgements, I’ll pitch in this theory. Dilbert is suffering from the same quality problems as any other high volume product. When it was a weekly, Adams could cull out the crap and was forced to stay more focused, since his audience tends to have short attention spans. Now that it’s produced at a volume of greater than one strip per day, some inferior product slips though… ---
**Author:** ![JawaTrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@JawaTrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JawaTrader)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/24 "1999-09-30T21:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s only too clear that Trudeau depicted George Bush as an invisible man (and Quayle as a feather and Clinton as a waffle and George W as a cowboy hat) because he CAN’T DRAW TO SAVE HIS LIFE!!! actually, trudeau doesn’t draw the strips. he has some other artist working for him. he also uses icons for the characters for reasons: Quale = Feather, because he is a feather-brain, Clinton = Waffle, because he waffles a lot, Bush = Speck of light, for god knows why, and George W. isn’t a cowboy hat, he’s mearly a speck of light wearing the hat. > [@](#): > > Trudeau knew he was losing touch almost 20 years ago, which is why he took a long hiatus. Actually, from what I’ve heard, he didn’t choose to leave at all. His strip was cancelled, or something. Also, what I like about Doonesbury, is that the characters actually change. They graduate, and all that crap. Whilest in Dilbert, it’s the same thing. Over and over again. Egad. * * * -Th’ JawaTrader ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/25 "1999-10-01T00:32:00Z")
Jawa is absolutely right. Trudeau drew “Doonesbury” for the first two or three years and then another artist took over the drawing chores. Of all things, he’s a commercial artist based in Kansas City. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601/26 "1999-10-01T00:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Bush = Speck of light, for god knows why I believe that would be a _point_ of light. One of a thousand, IIRC. Figure on Dubya to get a new symbol if he gets elected. * * * Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dilbert-suck/3601.md?page=1)