Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams succumbed to cancer on January 13.
Scott Adams, best known for creating workplace comic strip Dilbert in 1989 and a string of increasingly unhinged political takes in later years, died of cancer on January 13. His ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced his death on his Real Coffee With Scott Adams livestream seemingly moments after the cartoonist passed.
Reading from a statement Adams prepared on January 1, Miles said, “If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. Many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I’m not a believer but I have to admit the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me, so here I go. I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior and look forward to spending an eternity with him. The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven. I won’t need any more convincing than that. I hope I still qualify for entry.”
As a result, many fundamentalist Christians on X, the nothing app, are celebrating Adams finding Jesus before the end, which is a bit odd when you actually read his statement.
Scott Adams initially found success as the creator of Dilbert, his satirical comic strip that took shots at corporate culture and office life. His strips became an office perennial, pinned up anywhere cubicle walls are to be found. It was eventually adapted into a two season animated series in 1999, with comedy legend Larry Charles as co-showrunner.
But Adams’ cartooning career foundered in 2023 after he called Black people a hate group and advised white people to “…get the hell away from black people; just get the fuck away.” After several newspapers dropped Dilbert, distributor Andrews McMeel Syndication severed ties with Adams, and the strip became a subscription-only feature on Adams’ website.
Adams announced his prostate cancer diagnosis in May, saying that the cancer had spread to his bones and he was not expected to live for much longer. He also added that the cancer did not respond to treatment using ivermectin and fenbendazole, which makes sense because they are veterinary drugs used to treat parasites.
In November, Adams used X to ask Donald Trump for help in accessing the relatively new prostate cancer treatment, Pluvicto.
…prompting US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to reply “Scott. How do I reach you? The President wants to help.”
Despite his ongoing deteriorating, Adams remained an active poster right up until the end, commenting on such topics as the killing of director Rob Reiner.
Adams is survived by two ex-wives and a Dilbert-shaped swimming pool. Our thoughts are with Dogbert.
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