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Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Dilbert 2.0Author: Adams, ScottPublisher: Andrews McMeel PubPublication Date: 2008/10/21Number of Pages: 576Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 2008927324

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #482082 in Books
• Brand: Adams, Scott
• Published on: 2008-10-21
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.60" h x 2.30" w x 13.70" l, 7.36 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 576 pages

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Book Description
Scott Adams "is a VERY tough act to follow." --Suzanne Tobin, Washington Post

In the tradition of The Complete Far Side and The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert 2.0 celebrates the 20th anniversary of Scott Adams's Dilbert, the touchstone of office humor.

This special slipcased collection--weighing in at more than ten pounds with 600 pages and featuring almost 4,000 strips--takes readers behind the scenes and into the early days of Scott Adams's life pre-Dilbert and on to the success that followed when Dilbert became an internationally syndicated sensation.

Divided into five different epochs, Dilbert 2.0 gives readers a glance at some of Adams's earliest strips, like those created for Playboy, and a peek at an abundance of special content ranging from numerous rejection letters to Adams's first cartooning check, and more.

Adams personally selected the material for this collection and offers original comments and humorous asides throughout. Also included is a disc that contains every Dilbert comic strip to April 2008.

About the Author
Scott Adams was born in Windham, NY, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1979. Scott has won multiple National Cartoonists Society Awards, and the Dilbert strip has received a Harvey Award and won the Max and Moritz Prize as best international comic strip.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Ultimate Bang for your Buck
By manbearpig
I love Dilbert. It is my favorite single panel comic series. I don't remember how I got subscribed to their daily feed but I have been receiving it every day in my inbox since over a year now. Most people start their day with coffee - all I need is Dilbert. I guess I like it so much because I can identify with Dilbert to some extent. I believe all cubicle workers must feel the same way.

I received my copy of Dilbert 2.0 yesterday. I'd rate the product print and bind quality as top notch. This is a huge book, almost 2 inches thick (~600 pages) and very heavy. The book itself comes in a card board case. The image you see here on the product description page is that of the card board case. I'll try to put some pictures of the real product soon. I was very impressed with the overall quality of this book (especially considering the fact that Amazon regularly sells this for more than 50% off its MSRP). The pages are soft to touch and semi glossy. This book is divided into various segments of approximately 4-5 years each, namely The Early Years, The Dot Com Bubble, The Modern Era and such. The Introduction section was a pleasant surprise. Instead of the usual boring acknowledgments and inspirations and whatnots, Scott Adams decided to provide a flashback of how Dilbert came into existence. It's best if I don't reveal much here and simply say that I found it to be very readable, likable and funny. I haven't yet started reading the actual Dilbert comics yet but it doesn't really matter. All I wanted was to have my very own collection of the best of Dilbert. The included CD also has colorful images of the regular characters on top and is pretty to look at. I don't really plan on inserting it in my computer ever. I'm a fan of Dilbert/Scott Adams and I'm very happy with this purchase. Now I'm looking to score a good deal on Dilbert 6-Piece Action Figures Set.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Best Value this side of Calvin and Hobbes
By Winston D. Jen
If you love the comic strip (and who doesn't), you'll love this ginormous collection of comics, commentary, interviews and snide quips from Scott Adams. The only drawback is the bulky hardcover tomes: you'll have a hard time reading it off the floor, and even in bed it's a struggle to some degree. On the plus side, it makes the product durable for a decade at least.

There's the perennially unfortunate Dilbert, responsibility-shirking Wally, victim of male chauvinism Alice, the ultimate saboteur the Pointy-haired Boss, soulless HR Director Catbert, and sneak consultant Dogbert, among others. This massive collection of office humour is likely to last another two decades at least. If you finish them early, you can always look back and refresh your memory while enjoying it.

The author and publishers could easily have taken the cheap way out and assembled the comics with no extras to speak of, but almost every strip has commentary from the author himself. Everything from artistic inspiration style to his dealings with his bosses and letters from fans is included.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Good but not truly great - yet
By Manly Reading
With a legacy collection like this, the format is being reviewed as much as, or more, than the content. If you don't already know and like Dilbert, then it is unlikely that this an appropriate starting point.

There is an interesting introduction by Scott Adams, together with some early strips that never saw the ink of newsprint. Then a "best-of" collection follows, broken down by era, together with some notes on particular strips.
Unlike the Complete Calvin and Far Side, this is not a complete works. How could it be, when Adams is still writing Dilbert? But in a sense it is, as there is a CD with the complete Dilbert on it, and a note that for strips after publication, go to dilbert.com. So it's a wonderful huge hardbound collection, in one volume, whereas Far Side is two volumes and Calvin is three. Mind you, this is cheaper than those sets. Its still to big to take on the train though.

At the end of the day, this is everything it says it is...but still, it is not quite as enthralling as the Far Side and Calvin collections - which makes it only the third-best comic-strip compendium out there. Perhaps that judgment is because to a degree I read Far Side and Calvin in the last days of my boyhood, while Dilbert was and remains purely an adult pleasure, free of nostalgia.

This is well worth getting, but be aware what it is not.