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==Media== ===Comic strip compilations=== ====Chronological==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Strips collected !! Date published !! Pages !! ISBN !! Notes |- | ''Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons'' || April 16, 1989 β October 21, 1989 || October 1992 || 112 || {{ISBNT|978-0886876883}} || |- | ''Shave the Whales'' || October 22, 1989 β August 4, 1990 || April 1994 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836217407}} || |- | ''Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy!'' || August 5, 1990 β May 18, 1991 || March 1995 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836217797}} || The strip dated March 31, 1991, was not included. |- | ''It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone'' || May 19, 1991 β December 13, 1992 || August 1995 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0836204155}} || |- | ''Still Pumped from Using the Mouse'' || December 14, 1992 β September 27, 1993 || March 1996 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836210262}} || |- | ''Fugitive From the Cubicle Police'' || September 28, 1993 β February 4, 1995 || September 1996 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0836221190}} || |- | ''Casual Day Has Gone Too Far'' || February 5, 1995 β November 19, 1995 || March 1997 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836228991}} || |- | ''I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot'' || November 20, 1995 β August 31, 1996 || March 1998 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836251821}} || |- | ''Journey to Cubeville'' || September 1, 1996 β January 4, 1998 || August 1998 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0836267457}} || |- | ''Don't Step in the Leadership'' || January 12, 1998 β October 18, 1998 || March 1999 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0836278446}} || |- | ''Random Acts of Management'' || October 19, 1998 β July 25, 1999 || March 2000 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740704536}} || |- | ''Excuse Me While I Wag'' || July 26, 1999 β April 30, 2000 || April 2001 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740713903}} || |- | ''When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View?'' || May 1, 2000 β February 4, 2001 || September 2001 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740718397}} || |- | ''Another Day in Cubicle Paradise'' || February 5, 2001 β November 11, 2001 || March 2002 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740721946}} || |- | ''When Body Language Goes Bad'' || November 12, 2001 β August 18, 2002 || March 2003 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740732980}} || |- | ''Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review'' || August 19, 2002 β May 25, 2003 || October 2003 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740738050}} || |- | ''Don't Stand Where the Comet is Assumed to Strike Oil'' || May 26, 2003 β February 29, 2004 || May 2004 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740745393}} || |- | ''The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head'' || March 1, 2004 β December 5, 2004 || May 2005 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740751134}} || |- | ''Thriving on Vague Objectives'' || December 6, 2004 β September 11, 2005 || November 2005 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740755330}} || |- | ''Try Rebooting Yourself'' || September 12, 2005 β June 18, 2006 || October 2006 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740761904}} || |- | ''Positive Attitude'' || June 19, 2006 β March 25, 2007 || July 2007 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740763793}} || |- | ''This is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value'' || March 26, 2007 β January 5, 2008 || May 2008 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740772276}} || |- | ''Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless'' || January 6, 2008 β October 12, 2008 || April 2009 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740778155}} || |- | ''14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box'' || October 13, 2008 β July 25, 2009 || October 2009 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740773655}} || |- | ''I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly'' || July 26, 2009 β May 2, 2010 || December 2010 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-0740778063}} || |- | ''How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?'' || May 3, 2010 β February 12, 2011 || November 2011 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-1449408190}} || |- | ''Teamwork Means You Can't Pick the Side that's Right'' || February 13, 2011 β November 20, 2011 || April 2012 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-1449410186}} || |- | ''Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice"'' || November 21, 2011 β August 26, 2012 || May 2013 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-1449427757}} || rowspan=2| Strips from August 27, 2012, to October 7, 2012, were not collected. |- | ''I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring'' || October 8, 2012 β July 14, 2013 || October 2013 || 128 || {{ISBNT|978-1449429386}} |- | ''Go Add Value Someplace Else'' || July 15, 2013 β July 20, 2014 || October 2014 || 168 || {{ISBNT|978-1449446604}} || |- | ''Optimism Sounds Exhausting'' || July 21, 2014 β August 1, 2015 || November 2015 || 168 || {{ISBNT|978-1449463007}} || |- | ''I'm No Scientist, But I Think Feng Shui Is Part of the Answer'' || August 2, 2015 β July 23, 2016 || November 2016 || 208 || {{ISBNT|978-1449471965}} || |- | ''Dilbert Gets Re-accommodated'' || July 24, 2016 β June 10, 2017 || November 2017 || 144 || {{ISBNT|978-1449484392}} || |- | ''Cubicles That Make You Envy the Dead'' || June 11, 2017 β April 29, 2018 || November 2018 || 144 || {{ISBNT|978-1449493783}} || |- | ''Dilbert Turns 30'' || April 30, 2018 β February 24, 2019 || October 2019 || 159 || {{ISBNT|978-1524851828}} || Features the top 50 Dilbert comics of the last decade. |- | ''Eagerly Awaiting Your Irrational Response'' || February 25, 2019 β January 12, 2020 || October 2020 || 144 || {{ISBNT|978-1524860714}} || |- | ''The Office Is a Beautiful Place When Everyone Else Works from Home'' || January 13, 2020 β November 29, 2020 || December 2021 || 144 || {{ISBNT|978-1524868963}} || |- | ''Not Remotely Working'' || November 30, 2020 β October 17, 2021 || December 2022 || 144 || {{ISBNT|978-1524875633}} || The October 18, 2021 through March 12, 2023 strips will not be published in collection by Andrews McMeel. |} ====Special==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Date published !! Pages !! ISBN !! Notes |- | ''Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies: Dogbert's Big Book of Business'' || November 1991 || 112 || {{ISBNT|978-0886876371}} || |- | ''Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless'' || August 1993 || 112 || {{ISBNT|978-0836217377}} || |- | ''Seven Years of Highly Defective People'' || August 1997 || 256 || {{ISBNT|978-0836236682}} || strips from 1989 to 1995 with handwritten notes by Adams |- | ''Dilbert Gives You the Business'' || August 1999 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740700033}} || collection of favorites before 1999 |- | ''A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00'' || August 2000 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740705311}} || color version of all Sunday strips from 1995 to 1999 |- | ''What Do You Call a Sociopath in a Cubicle? Answer: A Coworker'' || August 2002 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740726637}} || compilation of strips featuring Dilbert's coworkers |- | ''It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It'' || October 2004 || 240 || {{ISBNT|978-0740746581}} || strips from 1997 to 2004 with more of Adams's handwritten notes |- | ''What Would Wally Do?'' || June 2006 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740757693}} || strips focused on Wally |- | ''Cubes and Punishment'' || November 2007 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740768378}} || collection of comic strips on workplace cruelty |- | ''Problem Identified: And You're Probably Not Part of the Solution'' || July 2010 || 224 || {{ISBNT|978-0740785344}} || |- | ''Your Accomplishments Are Suspiciously Hard to Verify'' || August 2011 || 208 || {{ISBNT|978-1449401023}} || |- | ''I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart'' || October 2012 || 208 || {{ISBNT|978-1449423094}} || |} ===Business books=== * ''[[Dilbert principle|The Dilbert Principle]]'' * ''Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook'' * ''[[The Dilbert Future]]'' * ''[[The Joy of Work]]'' * ''[[Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel]]'' * ''Slapped Together: The Dilbert Business Anthology'' (''The Dilbert Principle'', ''The Dilbert Future'', and ''The Joy of Work'', published together in one book) ===Other books=== * ''Telling It Like It Isn't'' β 1996; {{ISBN|0-8362-1324-6}} * ''You Don't Need Experience If You've Got Attitude'' β 1996; {{ISBN|0-8362-2196-6}} * ''Access Denied: Dilbert's Quest for Love in the Nineties'' β 1996; {{ISBN|0-8362-2191-5}} * ''Conversations With Dogbert'' β 1996; {{ISBN|0-8362-2197-4}} * ''Work is a Contact Sport'' β 1997; {{ISBN|0-8362-2878-2}} * ''The Boss: Nameless, Blameless and Shameless'' β 1997; {{ISBN|0-8362-3223-2}} * ''The Dilbert Bunch'' β 1997; {{ISBN|0-8362-2879-0}} * ''No You'd Better Watch Out'' β 1997 * ''Please Don't Feed The Egos'' β 1997; {{ISBN|0-8362-3224-0}} * ''Random Acts of Catness'' β 1998; {{ISBN|0-8362-5277-2}} * ''You Can't Schedule Stupidity'' β 1998; {{ISBN|0-8362-5632-8}} * ''Dilbert Meeting Book Exceeding Tech Limits'' β 1998; {{ISBN|0-7683-2028-3}} * ''Trapped In A Dilbert World β Book Of Days'' β 1998; {{ISBN|0-7683-2030-5}} * ''WorkβThe Wally Way'' β 1999; {{ISBN|0-8362-7480-6}} * ''Alice in Blunderland'' β 1999; {{ISBN|0-8362-7479-2}} * ''All Dressed Down And Nowhere To Go'' β 2002; {{ISBN|0-7407-2931-4}} * ''Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland'' β 2007; {{ISBN|0-7624-2781-7}} * ''Dilbert Sudoku Comic Digest: 200 Puzzles Plus 50 Classic Dilbert Cartoons'' β 2008; {{ISBN|0-7407-7250-3}} * ''[[Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert]]'' β 2008; 576 pages, β6500 strips, and Adams's notes from 1989 to 2008. ===Merchandise=== * ''Corporate Shuffle'' by [[Richard Garfield]] β 1997; A Dilbert-branded card game similar to Wizards of the Coast's ''The Great Dalmuti'' and the drinking game [[President (card game)|President]]. * The [[Dilberito]], a vegan microwave [[burrito]] offered in four flavors: Barbecue with barbecue sauce, Garlic & Herb with sauce, Indian with mango chutney, and Mexican with salsa. * ''Totally Nuts'' β 1998; A limited edition [[Ben & Jerry's]] ice cream flavor whose description was listed as: "Butter almond ice cream with roasted hazelnuts, praline pecans & white fudge coated almonds". * A line of Dilbert mints that possessed the names Accomplish-mints, Appease-mints, Appoint-mints, Empower-mints, Harass-mints, Improve-mints, Invest-mints, Manage-mints, Pay-mints, Perform-mints, and Postpone-mints. * Dilbert: the Board Game β 2006; by Hyperion Games; A Dilbert-branded board game that was named one of ''[[Games World of Puzzles#Games|Games]]'' magazine's Top 100 Games * Day-by-Day calendars featuring the comic strip are available every year. * ''Dilbert: Escape From Cubeville'' β 2010; A Dilbert-branded board game released in the Dilbert store section of dilbert.com. ===Unaired pilot=== In 1997, a live action pilot for ''Dilbert'' was produced for [[UPN]] but never aired. The pilot featured an actor who played Dilbert whom Adams describes as "fit for a starring role in a romantic film" as well as an animatronic Dogbert. This pilot is considered to be [[lost media]], although the [[Library of Congress]] owns a copy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://adage.com/article/news/tv-s-upfront-networks-choosy-fertile-field-pilots-stars-ice-t-caruso-films-fargo-player-eye-small-screen/68303/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085830/http://adage.com/article/news/tv-s-upfront-networks-choosy-fertile-field-pilots-stars-ice-t-caruso-films-fargo-player-eye-small-screen/68303/ | archive-date=October 13, 2014 | title=Tv's Upfront: Networks Can Get Choosy in Fertile Field of Pilots: Stars from Ice-T to Caruso and Films Like 'Fargo' and 'The Player' Eye Small Screen }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=14259&recCount=25&recPointer=16&bibId=11722456 | title=LC Catalog - Item Information (Full Record) }}</ref> ===Animated series=== {{Main|Dilbert (TV series)}} ''Dilbert'' was adapted into a [[UPN]] animated television series starring [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]] as [[Dilbert (character)|Dilbert]], [[Chris Elliott]] as [[Dogbert]], and [[Kathy Griffin]] as Alice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=January 25, 1999 |title=TELEVISION REVIEW; Just Made For People Who Hate Their Jobs |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/25/arts/television-review-just-made-for-people-who-hate-their-jobs.html |access-date=January 23, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The series ran for two seasons from January 25, 1999, to July 25, 2000. The first season centered around the creation of a new product called the "Gruntmaster 6000". It was critically acclaimed and won an [[Emmy Award]], leading to its renewal for a second season. The second season did away with the serial format and was composed entirely of standalone episodes, many of which shifted focus away from the workplace and involved absurdist plots such as Wally being mistaken for a religious leader ("[[Dilbert (TV series)#Episodes|The Shroud of Wally]]") and Dilbert being accused of mass murder ("[[Dilbert (TV series)#Episodes|The Trial]]"). The second season's two-episode finale included Dilbert getting pregnant with the child of a cow, a [[hillbilly]], [[robot]] DNA, "several dozen engineers", an elderly billionaire, and an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]], eventually ending up in a custody battle with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] as the Judge. When UPN declined to renew the series for its third season, Adams stated, "I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would focus on an African-American audience." Adams wrote on Twitter in 2020. "That was the third job I lost for being white. The other two in corporate America."<ref>{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Zachary|title=Dilbert' comic strip removed from nearly 80 papers, author says|work=WPDE News|url=https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/dilbert-comic-strip-removed-from-nearly-80-papers-author-says-scott-adams-cartoon|date=September 21, 2022|accessdate=February 26, 2023}}</ref> The four-disc DVD called "Dilbert: The Complete Series" was released and contains thirty episodes. The first disc contains episodes 1β7, the second disc contains episodes 8β13, the third disc contains episodes 14β21, and the fourth disc contains episodes 22β30. ===Animated web shorts=== On April 7, 2008, dilbert.com presented its first Dilbert animation. The new Dilbert animations are animated versions of original comic strips produced by RingTales and animated by [[Powerhouse Animation Studios]]. The animation videos run for around 30 seconds each and are added every weekday. The comic shorts have a different voice cast than the television series, with [[Washington (state)|Washington]]-based radio personality Dan Roberts providing the voice of the title character.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/222403/dan-roberts-joins-kolw-as-brand-manager-afternoon-host/ | title=Dan Roberts Joins KOLW as Brand Manager/Afternoon Host - RadioInsight | date=March 31, 2022 }}</ref> On December 10, 2009, the RingTales produced animations were made available as a calendar application for mobile devices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dilbert Animated Calendar |url=http://www.metranome.net/calendars.php |date=December 10, 2009 |access-date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723205352/http://www.metranome.net/calendars.php |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref> ===Cancelled film adaptation=== As early as 2006, Adams and United Media had been struggling to get a film adaptation of the comic strip off the ground. Adams envisioned the idea as a live-action film, with Dogbert and Catbert as animated characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/movies-and-dilb.html|title=The Dilbert Blog: Movies and Dilbert|author=Scott Adams|access-date=July 1, 2022|date=September 19, 2007}}</ref> Film director [[Chris Columbus (director)|Chris Columbus]] was in talks to direct the film in 2007, with Tariq Jalil on board as producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/exclusive-ken-kwapis-to-direct-liveaction-dilbert-movie.php|access-date=July 1, 2022|date=May 26, 2010|author=Dustin Rowles|title=Exclusive: Ken Kwampis to Direct Live-Action Dilbert Movie|publisher=Pajiba|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128170617/https://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/exclusive-ken-kwapis-to-direct-liveaction-dilbert-movie.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2010, it was announced that a live-action ''Dilbert'' film was in development. [[Ken Kwapis]] was announced as director, fresh off the heels of ''[[He's Just Not That Into You (film)|He's Just Not That Into You]]'' and directing several episodes for [[NBC]]'s [[The Office (American TV series)|''The Office'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/dilbert-live-action-ken-kwapis-scott-adams/|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=July 1, 2022|title=Ken Kwapis to Helm Live-Action DILBERT Movie|date=May 26, 2010|author=Matt Goldberg}}</ref> Jahil remained as producer, with Phoenix Entertainment and Intrigue Entertainment joining the producing team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/509216/ken-kwapis-to-direct-live-action-dilbert-movie/|access-date=July 1, 2022|publisher=[[/Film]]|title=Ken Kwapis To Direct Live-Action Dilbert Movie?|date=May 26, 2010|author=Russ Fischer}}</ref> But in December 2017, in an interview by ''[[The Mercury News]]'', Adams said that it would be impossible to make the film after his public support of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/06/win-bigly-scott-adams-dissects-trumps-persuasion-skills/|title='Dilbert' creator Scott Adams talks new book and why he backs Donald Trump|access-date=July 1, 2022|date=December 6, 2017|publisher=[[The Mercury News]]|author=Chuck Barney}}</ref> ===Video games=== * ''[[Dilbert's Desktop Games]]'' β 1997; a video game designed for the PC. * ''Young Dilbert in Hi-Tech Hijinks'' β 1997; A Dilbert-branded computer game aimed at teaching young children about technology. * ''Dilberito'' β 2000; a [[Flash game]].<ref name="k448">{{cite web |last=Keates |first=Emma |date=2020-03-09 |title=In memory of the Dilberito, a stomach-ruining Dilbert tie-in once called "the blue jeans of food" |url=https://www.avclub.com/in-memory-of-the-dilberito-a-stomach-ruining-dilbert-t-1842213522 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=AV Club}}</ref>
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