{"product_id":"seven-years-of-highly-defective-people-scott-adams-guided-tour-of-the-evolution-of-dilbert-first-signed-with-a-drawing-73157","title":"Seven Years of Highly Defective People: Scott Adams' Guided Tour of the Evolution of Dilbert - First Signed with a Drawing","description":"A pristine first printing signed by the artist with a drawing of Dogbert.\u003cp\u003e\nAn oversize Dilbert strip compilation dailies, Sundays in color, and Adams' commentary on the strips throughout. Out of print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its debut in 1989, Dilbert has become the comic strip sensation, attracting fans from all corridors of working life. As Dilbert's popularity has grown, so has curiosity about the man behind the drawing table. Seven Years Of Highly Defective People is filled with Scott Adams' handwritten notes - notes that answer provocative questions such as, Which characters became unexpected \"regulars\"?, What objects are the most challenging to draw?, and Which strips became the biggest hits? This unique treasury is a tour of the origins and evolution of Dilbert's cast, and your tour guide is Dilbert's creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter chronicles a different character using selected cartoons (from previous books) to illustrate each one's development. Scott Adams tells where the characters came from, why they do the things they do, and just what the heck he was thinking during the creative process. (Our theory is he was just tired.) You'd have to be an \"Induhvidual\" to miss out on this special collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Adams' reputation suffered in his later years, but throughout the nineties, his mordant workplace comic strip was consistently funny, resonated with any employee and was hugely popular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile working at Pacific Bell, devoting time to building a new career, Adams woke up every day at 4 a.m. and spent time on various endeavors; cartooning proved to be the most successful of them. In 1989, while still employed at Pacific Bell, Adams launched Dilbert with United Media. The workplace strip gained popularity. It was syndicated in 100 newspapers in 1991 and 400 by 1994. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdams's success grew, and he became a full-time cartoonist as Dilbert reached 800 newspapers. In 1997, Adams won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist and Best Newspaper Comic Strip. By 2000, the comic was in 2,000 newspapers in 57 countries and 19 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis comic strips were adapted as an animated television series, which premiered in January 1999 and ran for two seasons on UPN. Adams served as executive producer and showrunner, along with Seinfeld writer Larry Charles. The show earned a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews \u0026 McMeel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51555938042154,"sku":"73157","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/4DC062F8-4419-4F66-A504-9F17FE706A94_292cd72f-c98a-4682-8bbc-2dcceec0c94f.jpg?v=1779323548","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/seven-years-of-highly-defective-people-scott-adams-guided-tour-of-the-evolution-of-dilbert-first-signed-with-a-drawing-73157","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}