Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams dies
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Long before Silicon Valley's rise, American newspapers introduced the "IITian" through Dilbert's Asok, an impossibly smart, socially earnest engineer. This archetype, educated at India's IITs, highlighted corporate absurdity.
Dilbert creator Scott Adams’ ex-wife Shelly Miles shocked fans tuning in to his web show “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” on January 13, 2026, by announcing the cartoonist’s death. A tearful Shelly broke the news to viewers that Scott was “not with us anymore” before reading a statement that the author penned before his death