Scott Adams

My take on Scott Adams is complicated, and I think it should be. Dilbert remains one of the sharpest pieces of workplace satire ever drawn — a strip that turned cubicle absurdity into a shared global language, earned in the trenches of his own corporate career. The Orwell Award in 1998 was deserved. Yet his later years as a commentator alienated many readers and clouded his legacy. I find the contrast instructive: the same contrarian instinct that made the comic brilliant eventually consumed the public man. With his passing in January 2026, I choose to weigh both sides honestly, while admitting the strip still makes me laugh.

Name (English)

Scott Adams

Name (Japanese)

スコット・アダムス

Reading

すこっと・あだむす

Born

June 8, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Windham, New York, United States

Occupation

comics artist / economist / journalist / blogger / engineer

University

Hartwick College

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Orwell Award
• 1997 Yellow Kid Award
• 1997 Reuben Award
• 1995 Adamson Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.scottadamssays.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scottadams925/
• Xhttps://x.com/ScottAdamsSays
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Adams
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457923

Tags

• New York
• comics artist
• economist
• journalist

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.