# Scott Adams is on vacation, who should draw Dilbert? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541 "2003-10-20T16:44:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/1 "2003-10-20T16:44:33Z")
> [@](#): > > [Dilbert.com](http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/mystery_artist.html) > For the week of October 20th through the 25th, in stellar weasel-like fashion, Scott Adams convinced five top cartoonists to draw and write Dilbert in his place. Each day of the week, a new strip by one of these Mystery Artists will be on display here. Come back every day to read the newest Mystery Strip, then try to guess who the cartoonist might be. Too bad Charles Schulz is no longer with us, I wonder what he would have done with the strip. BTW: the first one is Lynn Johnston. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/2 "2003-10-20T17:19:24Z")
I’d like to see Alex Ross do a fully painted Dilbert strip. Otherwise, whoever does Mary Worth. 😃 Oh, and Berke Breathed. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/3 "2003-10-20T17:32:35Z")
I think he’ll get Darby Conley, of “Get Fuzzy” to do one. That strip seems to have a lot in common with Dilbert. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/4 "2003-10-20T17:34:34Z")
The noses were a dead giveaway. 😃 Maybe for a one shot -Watterson of “Calvin & Hobbes” could be lured. I like this idea, it’s better than crappy “classics”. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/5 "2003-10-20T17:36:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrDeth \* > **Maybe for a one shot -Watterson of “Calvin & Hobbes” could be lured.** Dammit, **DrDeth**! You stole my idea! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/6 "2003-10-20T18:14:54Z")
If Scott were to extend offers beyond the comics page, [Jack Davis](http://www.lambiek.net/davis.htm) (most notably of Mad Magazine fame) would be a good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/7 "2003-10-20T18:17:25Z")
Heh, the mystery artist gave Dilbert quite a paunch. 🙂 It was the middle panel with them moving away and the “movement lines” behind Dilberts legs that cemented it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/8 "2003-10-20T19:46:01Z")
**Gary Larson**. Imagine a food chain poster with Ratbert, Catbert and Dogbert on it. The possibilities are endless. Oh, to have the master of single panel cartoons back among us. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/9 "2003-10-20T21:43:00Z")
Your Lordship- I only steal from the best! 😃 Zenster- I dunno- mighty tough choice between Larson & Watterson. I’d have to lean towards C&H meself. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/10 "2003-10-21T02:57:00Z")
I don’t care who **draws** Dilbert. As long as someone new **writes** Dilbert so it starts being funny again. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/11 "2003-10-21T02:58:55Z")
Picasso’s dead, right? Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/12 "2003-10-21T03:26:07Z")
Mike Judge? The kid from Family Circus who fills in for Bil Keane when he’s “on vacation”? I like **Jeff Olsen** ’s idea of a Mad Magazine artist. If only Don Martin were still alive! Or maybe Al Jaffee could rig up a folding comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/13 "2003-10-21T04:17:40Z")
I’d love to see Jack Kirby do a Dilbert strip. Yeah, I know. I know. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/14 "2003-10-21T05:08:41Z")
Looks like I was dead-on…Tuesday’s strip is done by Conley. I’m quite disappointed, though. I really thought he’d do a real Dilbert strip (like Lynn Johnston did), considering that he includes a talking dog and cat in his own, instead of a sort of meta-cartoon thing, like Doonesbury keeps lapsing into. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/15 "2003-10-21T05:16:57Z")
Frank Miller. (I forget…does he actually illustrate?) Failing him, Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/16 "2003-10-21T12:36:40Z")
Matt Stone and Trey Parker - from South Park, I’d like to see what they would do to Dilbert & Company. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/17 "2003-10-21T13:10:23Z")
I’d like to see the cartoonist that does **Shoe** (whose name, unfortunately, escapes me at the moment) do a guest **Dilbert** strip. I think his humor is in a similar vein sometimes, and I like his artwork. He could probably do something interesting with it. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/18 "2003-10-21T13:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NE Texan \* > I’d like to see the cartoonist that does **Shoe** (whose name, unfortunately, escapes me at the moment) do a guest **Dilbert** strip. Isn’t he dead? 😕 How about Johnny Hart of B.C. and Wizard of Id fame? Dilbert needs a big ol’ infusion of J.C. ---
**Author:** ![bradthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@bradthomas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradthomas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/19 "2003-10-21T18:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrDeth \* > \*\*Maybe for a one shot -Watterson of “Calvin & Hobbes” could be lured. > > \*\* I like some Dilbert. Well, I used to like some Dilbert, until he started recycling all the same material IMO, but I think he is the antithesis of everything Watterson stood for. Poor artwork, little character development, throw-away gags (funnay as they sometimes are), and extreme merchandising make Dilbert the Anti-Calvin. Watterson, a private man, was not too shy about ripping on cartoonists like Adams. Actually, I could be mis-remembering, but I swear Watterson wrote a prophetic piece once in which he pretty much predicted a strip like Dilbert would come out. If I remember correctly, he talked about a simple comic involving disaffected office workers that could be merchandised to the hilt. And he didn’t seem happy about it. I’ll look and see if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/20 "2003-10-21T18:34:42Z")
Gotta be Bil Keane. (And you know something? I totally got the Monday guest artist wrong. Arrgh!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541.md?page=2)