Scott Adams
CountryUnited States 
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 8, 1957
Death2026-01-13
BiographyScott Raymond Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026) was an American cartoonist, author, and commentator. He was best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.
Adams created Dilbert in 1989 and worked in various corporate roles before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1995. By the mid-1990s, Dilbert had gained national prominence in the United States and began to reach a worldwide audience, remaining popular throughout the following decades and spawning several books written by Adams. In the mid-2010s, Adams emerged as an independent commentator on events and politics.
He wrote satire about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in corporations. In addition, Adams wrote books in various other areas, including the pandeistic spiritual novella God's Debris (2001) and books on political and management topics, including Loserthink (2019).
In February 2023, Dilbert was dropped by numerous newspapers and its distributor, Andrews McMeel Syndication, after Adams made racist comments on his Real Coffee YouTube channel, which he defended as hyperbole. He relaunched it as a webcomic on his Locals website one month later and continued to be active on social media. Adams announced he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025 and retired from drawing that year, but stated he would continue writing Dilbert as long as he was able. He died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 68.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Scott Adams. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Adams created Dilbert in 1989 and worked in various corporate roles before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1995. By the mid-1990s, Dilbert had gained national prominence in the United States and began to reach a worldwide audience, remaining popular throughout the following decades and spawning several books written by Adams. In the mid-2010s, Adams emerged as an independent commentator on events and politics.
He wrote satire about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in corporations. In addition, Adams wrote books in various other areas, including the pandeistic spiritual novella God's Debris (2001) and books on political and management topics, including Loserthink (2019).
In February 2023, Dilbert was dropped by numerous newspapers and its distributor, Andrews McMeel Syndication, after Adams made racist comments on his Real Coffee YouTube channel, which he defended as hyperbole. He relaunched it as a webcomic on his Locals website one month later and continued to be active on social media. Adams announced he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2025 and retired from drawing that year, but stated he would continue writing Dilbert as long as he was able. He died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 68.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Scott Adams. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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