Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose strip Dilbert became shorthand for corporate absurdity, died at 68, his ex-wife Shelly Miles announced during a livestream on Jan. 13. A shift in Adams’ public commentary culminated in February 2023 when remarks he made about Black Americans on his livestream provoked widespread condemnation. Within days, hundreds of newspapers stopped carrying Dilbert and his distributor, Andrews McMeel Universal, announced it would no longer work with him. Adams responded by taking his work directly to readers, relaunching the strip in a self-published subscription format as Dilbert Reborn on his site and subscription platforms. In his final months Adams stopped drawing the strip after reporting cramping and partial paralysis in his hands in November 2025, though he continued to write and publish.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 14, 2026 08:53 UTC