Cartoonist Scott Adams Puts Makes Office Cubicle-Dweller a Star.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 1996 by Pham, Alex

May 28--Not many people recognize the name Scott Adams. But they have heard of his comic strip, Dilbert. The strip features Dilbert, an overweight eraserhead who has become a mythical champion of the cubicle class. In the strip, Dilbert is tormented and ridiculed by Dogbert, a sadistic sidekick who sometimes does free-lance work as a management consultant.

Adams, 38, is a bespectacled guy with average looks, a six-figure income and two cats.

The cartoonist, who quit his job at Pacific Bell last June to do the strip full-time, has no employees. Aside from the fact employees cost money, it would be a crime punishable by hours of useless meetings for Dilbert's dad to become a boss.

Last week, Adams sat down with Globe reporter Alex Pham to chat about...

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