Poll: Do you find Dilbert funny?

[arc101]

Dilbert: the story of an engineer trapped in a company that hates him. Generally regarded as being the best comic comic (badum tish) based in the cubicle filmed offices of modern business.

But, although I find the tales of Dilbert, Wally, Dogbert and Ratbert to name but a few, funny. Does the majority of the escapist society think likewise?

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I really like Dilbert, and have quite a few of the paperback collections as well as 4 of his books.

EDIT: 5 of his books. I forgot Dogbert's Top Secret Management Guide.

 

[Prince Regent]

And another victim to the case of the missing poll..

 

[lasherman]

Loud Howard and The Topper FTW! Greatest comic strip ever written.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I love Dilbert. My dad's an engineer, so he reads it too.

Remember kids, Dilbert isn't a comic...It's a documentary.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Why yes I do. I have quite a few of the books.

 

[Volstag9]

Honestly in my local paper its easily in the top 3. So yes i find it generally funny, but compared to things like "hi and Lois" or "Beetle Bailey" or the boring mess that "Garfield" has become...

that's not the greatest achievement.

 

[superstringz]

Yes. My favorite teacher has a Dilbert calander, which I made it part of my routine to read.

 

[Meta 99]

DOGBERT IS A GOD

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Space Spoons]

I enjoy Dilbert most of the time, but occasionally, I become annoyed by the blandness of the art. It isn't that it doesn't work in the context of the story, it's just that I can't help but wonder how much better it might be if the art were just a little more dynamic. That said, there are certain elements of the art I really enjoy, like Dilbert's persistent lack of a mouth and the PHB's expressions.

I also get the impression that there are many jokes that would seem funnier to people who've actually worked in the corporate environment. Having never done so myself, I get the feeling I'm not getting the full effect.

 

[theSovietConnection]

I find Dilbert a great comic. Miss the show, though.

 

[child of lileth]

I used to read the comic in the paper every so often. I remember thinking the cartoon was hilarious, just because they could get away with calling him stuff like Dildo in one episode, or the one where he accidentally impregnates himself with an alien or something.

 

[Peteron]

A series that has it's ups and downs. I read all of the comics in the newspaper, so naturally I read it every time.

 

[Church5193]

Yes, actually. It's very snarky and passive-aggressive, and quite funny.

 

[Fenring]

Hells yeah!

 

[Chewster]

In a dopey sort of way, he is amusing, but there have been better and more biting satires of office work. Like Office Space, for example.

No, all the best and funniest comics are either online or in weeklies, since they have lees backlash to worry about from people whining about swears in the Sunday funnies.