Jay RosenFeb 28, 2023

I watched the youtube clip where Scott Adams did his racist star turn, and another where he "explained" himself.

It seemed clear that he knew he would lose the strip. He was quite deliberate about it.

More like a career move than an outburst. Planned cancelling.

Not the quiet part said out loud, but the loud part delivered quietly and calmly.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159605012/dilbert-cartoonist-scott-adams-rant-rebuke

Show threadSheila DeBonisFeb 28, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu I wish this article gave the opinions of cartoonists who are more pedestrian. I don't recognize those names. Can we have articles like this that interview Darby Conley, Garry Trudeau, Jim Davis, Hillary Price, Bill Amend, Bill Watterson, etc? And the Jump Start guy, Robb Armstrong, who is a black guy and writes about black characters.
Show threadokanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin
@sheiladebonis @jayrosen_nyu
Replace Dilbert with Zippy the Pinhead and elevate collective IQ points by 5%.
Mar 1, 2023 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadSheila DeBonisMar 1, 2023
@Okanogen @jayrosen_nyu Boston Globe already publishes Zippy. I'm pretty educated but I don't understand it. I find myself disagreeing with Adams a lot lately, but I do agree with him that often the only joke in Zippy is the one on the reader.
Show threadokanogen VerminEnemyFromWithinMar 1, 2023
@sheiladebonis @jayrosen_nyu Scott Addams is a zero talent hack with a racist misogynist schtick who can't draw and that's why he hates Bill Griffith.
Show threadSheila DeBonisMar 1, 2023
@Okanogen @jayrosen_nyu I liked his comic but yeah, his personality lately sucks. I never really liked Zippy too much, sorry. But I guess Griffith draws pretty good.