It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone (Paperback)

by Scott Adams (Author) "DILBERT, I'D LIKE YOU TO INTRODUCE THE NEW GUY TO EVERYBODY..." (more)
Key Phrases: supreme ruler

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Product Description
A collection of two years' worth of comic strips and color Sunday cartoons from the syndicated series, Dilbert, stars the hapless engineer and his cynical canine companion, Dogbert. Original. 150,000 first printing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; 1 edition (August 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836204158
• ISBN-13: 978-0836204155
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #678,184 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dilbert's First Large Book, August 19, 2002

By	AstroNerdBoy "AstroNerdBoy" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This is the first large Dilbert book in which we are given color Sunday strips in addition to the regular black-and-white regular strips. This book covers strips from May 19, 1991 to December 13, 1992. The Boss begins to take the form we are familar with (the pointy hair starts) and Wally comes into existance. Alice also begins to take form in this book. One of my favorite characters (and one whom Scott Adams has used rarely) is Zimbu the monkey and he shows up here as well. The strip continues to improve in the pages of this book. Great for light reading or a good laugh.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His best collection yet!, April 25, 1998

By A Customer

Loyal followers of the strip will know that it has two 'modes' if you will. Completely off the wall wacky (well in my opinion anyway) and office politics wacky. What you like best is up to you but this book has both, in spades. Anywhere from the pointy-haired boss' progress report demands to Bob the dinosaur doling out weggies left and right. The bottom line is no matter which style you like best buy this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too close to the truth for comfort, January 26, 2003

By	Glen Engel Cox "www.engel-cox.org" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The scary thing about Dilbert, I've just realized, is not so much that it resembles the company I work for so many times, but the fact that it must resemble more than just my company alone to account for its growing appeal. I guess in my heart of hearts I was hoping that if I ever moved to another company, I could leave the Dilbertisms behind--fat chance, it seems.

Dilbert is well on its way to becoming a classic comic strip. Like the ones canonized before it, it has been able to take a segment of our society (Doonesbury) or life (Calvin and Hobbes) and relieve our tension. Adams is the one writer who can actually answer the question, "Where do your ideas come from?" because he often receives what becomes next week's strip from a reader email. As long as there are companies searching for answers in a changing marketplace, Adams will likely have material. Me, I'm just glad someone is enjoying the situation.