Product Description: Jargon-spewing corporate zombies. The sociopath who checks voice mail on his speaker phone. The fascist information systems guy. The sadistic human resources director. The technophobic vice president. The power-mad executive assistant. The pursed-lip sycophant. The big stubborn dumb guy. They're Dilbert's coworkers, and chances are they're yours, too. If you know them, work with them, or dialogue with them about leveraging synergies to maximize shareholder value, then you'll recognize this comic strip as a day at the office, only funnier.
Since 1989 Dilbert has lampooned not only the people but also the accepted conventions and practices of the business world. Office politics, management trends, business travel, personnel policies, corporate bureaucracy, irrational strategies, unfathomable accounting practices, unproductive meetings, dysfunctional organizations, oppressive work spaces, silly protocols, and inscrutable jargon are all targets of Adams's darkly goofy satirical pen. Dilbert strikes a deeply resonant chord with fans because it casts such a dead-on reflection of the realities of the white-collar workplace, even with its off-the-wall delivery.
Today, Dilbert runs in 2,000 newspapers in 19 languages, reaching 150 million readers in 65 countries. The 24th Dilbert collection, Author's Cut, features Adams's personal all-time favorite selections, along with his own handwritten commentary about the strips.
One of the funniest of the Dilbert books. Granted, there's no new material here, but this really is a "best of" collection. What really makes it work, though, are the "Jay Leno-ish" comments that Adams inserts after each strip "explaining" the humor in it, or what his inspiration was, or making some other strangely innane comment about it.
Seriously. What makes a book titled "It's Not Funny If I Have To Explain It" funny is the explanations.
See, it's the irony. Irony is funny.
A Fantastic Book of Comedy I received my Dilbert Treasury and it is even better than I imagined. Not only is it full of some of Scott Adams' best Dilbert cartoons, it also has his own personal comments after each one! Some of his comments are even funnier than the cartoon above it! :-)
I keep mine on my coffee table and people just love to browse through it. It was on sale and I feel an excellent value for the price!
Love it!!!
Good book, but not as insightful as I would have hoped... The comics are a good collection of Scott Adams' work over the years. While he has has added some interesting commentary, "as if [he] were looking over [your] shoulder", it seems like it could be more insightful. Some of the comments such as, "Monkey-related punchlines always work," seem a bit lacking, while, comments such as "all success depends on faulty comparisons," reveal some thematic insight into the author's vision of the strip. As a long-time fan of Adams' work, I recommend this, as it is a solid collection, and captures a bit of Adams "behind the scenes" thinking behind his strips.
Journeying Dilbert's world with Scott Adams This book is amazing. I would probably say that of most of Dilbert books, but what I truly appreciate about this strip treasury is the careful selection made by the Author and also the handwritten commments below every stip. Thanks to these add-on you can get much more of the behind the scenes on how the humour of the characters is conceived and on how to draw and compose comics. For me this is an interesting added value while maybe someone just prefer to enjoy the comic stand-alone. I would reccomend buying it mainly if you are already a Dilbert fan although it can be a very insightful introduction to newcomers of Dilbert's world
Laugh out loud Funny This book had me LAUGHING OUT LOUD on the airplane - I am sure everyone was jealous that i was having such a great time with JUST me & my book -- it is VERY funny. Only read this book in public if you won't mind people looking at you because you are laughing so hard!
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