# Scott Adams' top ten favorite Dilbert Comics. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075 "2013-10-12T14:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/1 "2013-10-12T14:55:31Z")
> **[Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Presents His 10 Favorite Strips](https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-adams-favorite-dilbert-comics-2013-10)** > > The world-famous cartoonist picks his top 10 favorite Dilbert comics, the first syndicated comic about the workplace. Some great ones in that list. I always look forward to Dilbert. Here are the online archives. Feel free to list your own favorites, [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/](http://www.dilbert.com/strips/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/2 "2013-10-12T15:06:03Z")
I find it interesting that 9 out of 10 of his favorites are all from two years, and fairly recently at that. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/3 "2013-10-12T15:18:18Z")
Those close publishing dates makes me wonder how much effort Adams put into searching his archive and picking his top ten. Which of course is how the Dilbert characters react to assignments too. šŸ˜ƒ Some of his more popular strips have been featured on merchandise. Mouse pads, coffee cups and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/4 "2013-10-12T15:39:19Z")
The Old Johannsen strip may have been chosen because it was in the right time frame but it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/5 "2013-10-12T17:24:09Z")
Man, reading those explanations about why he chose them really drives home how explaining humor completely kills it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/6 "2013-10-12T17:44:23Z")
When I was with Volvo we used to swear that Scott Adams worked there. Something stupid would come down from on high and sure enough there would be a Dilbert strip about a similar thing. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/7 "2013-10-12T18:41:51Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > When I was with Volvo we used to swear that Scott Adams worked there. > Something stupid would come down from on high and sure enough there would be a Dilbert strip about a similar thing. Yeah thatā€™s happened at work a few times. Management comes up with some dumb-ass idea and then, _that same week_, you see the same thing in a Dilbert strip. Itā€™s creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/8 "2013-10-12T18:48:50Z")
> **[scottadams | Twitter | Linktree](https://linktr.ee/scottadams)** > > If you want to find Dilbert or Scott Adams, here are some leads. The one at the top is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/9 "2013-10-12T19:11:02Z")
Are the explanations supposed to be a wry joke? ā€œthis is funny because Wally will pretend to do work instead of doing actual workā€ ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/10 "2013-10-13T02:00:51Z")
I donā€™t know if itā€™s necessarily my ā€˜favoriteā€™, but this is the one I have on the wall of my cubicle at work. [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2002-06-28/](http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2002-06-28/) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/11 "2013-10-13T02:49:59Z")
[This is the greatest Dilbert of all time.](http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=womb&x=0&y=0) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/12 "2013-10-13T02:57:24Z")
This one is on my mouse pad. One of my top Dilbert favorites. From 1995 > **[scottadams | Twitter | Linktree](https://linktr.ee/scottadams)** > > If you want to find Dilbert or Scott Adams, here are some leads. This another favorite because itā€™s happened to my mom. > **[scottadams | Twitter | Linktree](https://linktr.ee/scottadams)** > > If you want to find Dilbert or Scott Adams, here are some leads. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/13 "2013-10-13T04:53:16Z")
NIFTY feature, being able to search Dilbert strips by keywords! [This is my personal favorite](http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/10000/7000/000/17080/17080.strip.zoom.gif), not only because it parodies the invoicing process with biting satiric accuracy, but because my boss once actually did that to me! I brought in an invoice, and she wanted me to shop around for a better price. (It was not a recurring expense!) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/14 "2013-10-13T05:13:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The Old Johannsen strip may have been chosen because it was in the right time frame but it was funny. I am Old Johannsen, if you substitute retirement for death (I hope - and I havenā€™t picked out my Wally yet). So that one is certainly right up there on my list of favorites. I do love the Nostradamus one, though. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/15 "2013-10-13T06:58:33Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I am Old Johannsen, if you substitute retirement for death (I hope - and I havenā€™t picked out my Wally yet). I once left a job and waited to see how long it would take before my boss would break down and call me to ask what the password was on his computer. He held out six weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/16 "2013-10-13T07:44:22Z")
[This oneā€™](http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=paradigm+shifting&asug=paradigm+shifting&view=list&filter=type%3Acomic)s been a favourite for a long time. Iā€™m not even sure why. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/17 "2013-10-13T08:29:15Z")
Thereā€™s several funny ones I remember, but onlyh one that I know the actual date for. > **[scottadams | Twitter | Linktree](https://linktr.ee/scottadams)** > > If you want to find Dilbert or Scott Adams, here are some leads. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/18 "2013-10-13T15:07:41Z")
Even though it is several years old, I still think of this [one](http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-09-20/) and laugh (especially the new company logo) so I guess that makes it my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/19 "2013-10-13T17:39:12Z")
Garfield creator Jim Davis traded on of his originals for Adamsā€™s original of [this](http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=infringement&view=list&filter=type%3Acomic) one. My all time favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075/20 "2013-10-13T18:23:40Z")
This one was always my favorite. Helpfully, it was linked in the Business Insider comments so I didnā€™t have to do the search myself. > **[scottadams | Twitter | Linktree](https://linktr.ee/scottadams)** > > If you want to find Dilbert or Scott Adams, here are some leads. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-top-ten-favorite-dilbert-comics/671075.md?page=2)