[.ca] Dilbert Gives You the Business: A Dilbert Book (ISBN 0740700030)

Great for a quick reference:
The nice thing about "Dilbert Gives You The Business" is that the comics are broken down into different topics: Bosses, ISO 9000, Secretaries, Human Resources, etc. I find it useful when I'm in a conversation with a friend and say, "You know, I once read a Dilbert cartoon that relates to this." I simply look up the appropriate category in DGYTB and look for it. I only wish the book were longer and more comprehensive. But as Dilbert compilations go, this one definitely gets five stars.

Great compilation for the casual fan:
I'm not a Dilbert fanatic, but I sure have been getting a kick out of the strip lately and decided to break down and buy my first hardbound Scott Adams. Many of these made me laugh out loud. It's a good book to have around when you need a laugh about work. The way the book is broken down into categories. Great layout. The hardbound edition has the graphics printed on the cover itself, in addition to the dust jacket. (How many hardbounds do this??? Must be more expensive). When the dust jacket gets crummy, the book will still look great. Highly recommended to those still in the 'rat race'.

Don't Point That At Me:
Normally, most comic strip books are compilations of the strips for a specific period of time. And Dilbert certainly has several of those. But this time around, Scott Adams has created a decade long compilation. Instead of presenting the strips in chronological order, which is normally the way it's done, Scott Adams has broken this book into 39 categories contained in two sections. Some of the categories include "Bosses," "Safety," "Lawyers," and "Marketing" to just name a few. And each category contains daily and/or Sunday strips from 1990 - 1999 that pertain to the category. In addition to the way the book is broken down, it is interesting to see the strip from different years. It wasn't until about 1995 that the characters in the strip evolved into what we see today. Before that, Dilbert had a much longer face, Alice did not have the poofy hair, and the pointy-haired boss wasn't quite so pointy-haired.

Dilbert Really give business:
I read this book. Oh my godness I laughed pretty good. After about 4 times you read it it may loose a few of it's humor. But then it's still a 4 star. Great book. Catbert rules!

DILBERT GIVES YOU THE LAUGHS!:
This is a Dilbert treasury. It only contains comix from the first 13 Dilbert books. Nothing new here. How they're organized, however, is different. This comic book is split into two sections: Jobs, & Job Impediments. Here's a list of the Jobs: -bosses -budgeting & acoounting -consulting -engineers -entrepreneurs & venture capitalists -finiancial advisor -HR -information services -interns & co-ops -ISO 9000 & 14000 -lawyers -marketing -procurement -programmers -project management -quality assurance -retail & service jobs -safety -sales -secretaries -security -strategy & planning -tech support -technical writing -temps & contract employees -training That covers just about everything but janitor Now for the job impediments: -annoying co-workers -business language -cubicles -gender relations -incentives -meeting or presentations -mergers -performance reviews -policies -reorginizations -teamwork -telecommuting -travel (if you haven't noticed, they're in alphabetical order) Now, even though I'm not an office worker, I have a good idea of what to do with this book. First, you have to keep it somewhere safe. If you don't, it can get stolen & kinda defeat the purpose. When someone with one of these jobs annoys you, come to your book. Read a few pages about his/her job. Next time you see them,you can laugh at them cruelly/really hard at them for reasons otherwise unknown.Of course, if someone has done this at anytime to YOU, well, now you know. You must get this book. Buy it. Now. No, really. Now.