# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/21 "2003-10-21T19:04:24Z")
Don Martin is dead? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/22 "2003-10-21T19:15:23Z")
Am I the only one who thinks all of the guest artists will be from United Features? Keeping it all “in the family,” as it were. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/23 "2003-10-21T20:43:46Z")
Achewood creator Chris Onstad. ---
**Author:** ![lonelocust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lonelocust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lonelocust)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/24 "2003-10-21T21:04:18Z")
R. Crumb. And maybe Jack Chick. Come on now, who would have the will not to rubberneck at those? ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/25 "2003-10-21T22:14:01Z")
Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) I bet will do one. Adams helped start his career, and Pearls had a Dilbert parody last year. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/26 "2003-10-21T22:49:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by av8rmike \* > \*\*Isn’t he dead? 😕 \*\* Jeff MacNelly is dead, but the cartoons he did (_Shoe_, _Pluggers_, and Dave Barry illustrations) have been picked up and continued by other artists. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/27 "2003-10-22T00:21:50Z")
[STRONG BAD!](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html) ---
**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 22, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/28 "2003-10-22T13:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*Jeff MacNelly is dead, but the cartoons he did (_Shoe_, _Pluggers_, and Dave Barry illustrations) have been picked up and continued by other artists. \*\* Man, I am obviously not keeping myself informed about these things. I am really sorry to hear that MacNelly isn’t with us anymore. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/29 "2003-10-22T13:46:41Z")
I guessed today’s - it was the little hearts and flowers floating about that gave it away. I really liked today’s strip. I thought it very funny and quite within the Dilbert universe. It even had a second punchline in the third panel. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/30 "2003-10-22T14:12:50Z")
Callahan. [http://www.callahanonline.com/](http://www.callahanonline.com/) ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/31 "2003-10-22T16:59:55Z")
I got Monday’s (it was the font that gave it away, believe it or not). Tuesday’s was a giveaway. I couldn’t get today’s, though. The style looked familiar, and the little candy cane and hearts floating in the air should have tipped me off, but I missed it nonetheless… Barry ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/32 "2003-10-22T17:04:39Z")
I didn’t get today’s either. I don’t read Rose Is Rose unless I pick up the **Chicago Sun Times** , which I do about once every two months. How about a “Brenda Starr” Dilbert? Just for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/33 "2003-10-22T20:07:23Z")
At first I thought Wednesday’s was “This Modern World” by Tom Tomorrow b/c of the visors. Then I saw the candy cane stuff and it gave it away. Like **godzillatemple** I also got Monday’s by looking at the voice bubbles. And I always thought Darby Conley was too full of himself - what a jerk for plugging his own comic strip like that instead of honoring Dilbert. My wish cartoonist would be Jim Meddick. I loves me some [Robotman](http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/robotman/). The Fusco Brothers guy would be good too. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/34 "2003-10-22T20:59:21Z")
Jhonen Vasquez. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/35 "2003-10-22T23:20:46Z")
I wonder what the [“Boondocks”](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/) guy would do with Dilbert. I thought it was interesting the way Lynn Johnston did “Dilbert” in its usual three panels instead of the four she does in “FBOFW”. Her contribution definitely had the feel of one of her comics, though. I totally missed the hearts, rainbows and candycanes in today’s strip. That would have been a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/36 "2003-10-23T05:44:36Z")
Boy, I just do NOT get **Greg Evans** ’ Dilbert installment today. Whooosh! Explanation, please. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/37 "2003-10-23T05:55:55Z")
**squeeqee** : That’s pretty much what Evan’s “Luann” does in several of his comics. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541/38 "2003-10-24T07:45:38Z")
Great call, **Jello**! Man, today’s comic was really funny. Ka-ching! And, I had never read _Pearls Before Swine_ before. Funny stuff. I went back and read the month’s archive. That’s a really funny good comic. It has to go up close to Mutts as far as this occasional comic reader’s favorite. pat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-is-on-vacation-who-should-draw-dilbert/208541.md?page=1)