Jump Start Cartoonist Turns On His Former Friend Scott Adams After Dilbert Creator’s Racist Tier

Robb Armstrong, creator of the Jump Start cartoon, has disowned his former friend Dilbert, cartoonist Scott Adams, and is leading the ‘black marker revolt’ against him.

Adams is currently embroiled in a public scandal following advice he gave last week when he told whites to “stay away from blacks,” citing a poll that found nearly half of blacks disagree with whites. .

After learning of his former friend’s tirade and reading the details, Armstrong told the Washington Post: ‘My heart sank at first, then broke.

‘I had to accept the reality that my friend from the early days was gone. In his place was a soulless, heartless racist.

Armstrong’s Jump Start cartoon is a daily comic strip that portrays the lives of a young black couple as they try to balance work with raising their children.

Armstrong, a black man, and Adams entered the cartoon scene together years ago and have remained friends ever since.

As recently as 2016, Adams wrote a companion review for Adams’ book, ‘Fearless: A Cartoonist’s Guide to Life’.

Now, Armstrong urges his readers and the book’s owners to strike out Adams’ propaganda.

“Use a thick black marker to oppose racism,” Armstrong said.

Adams had written that Fearless was an “inspirational” containing “some of the most insightful cartoon advice you’ll ever read”.

As the backlash continues, Adams wrote on Twitter that “Dilbert has been written off from all newspapers, websites, calendars and books because I gave some advice that everyone agreed with.” (My syndication partner canceled me.)’

In addition, Penguin Random House announced that its Portfolio imprint will no longer publish Adams’ book “Reframe Your Brain,” the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Adams’ current troubles erupted after Dilbert was canned by 77 newspapers in September for his increasingly controversial storylines, including one about a black character identifying as white.

The comic has been around since 1989 and frequently pokes fun at office culture.

During Adams’ racial tirade, which was posted on his personal YouTube page, which has 118,000 subscribers, he called black people a “hate group.”

The 65-year-old said: ‘There is no way to fix this. This can’t be fixed… You just have to escape. So that’s what I did, I went to a neighborhood where I have a very low black population.’

On Saturday, Gannett, who owns more than 100 newspapers, confirmed he was leaving Dilbert over the controversy.

“Recent discriminatory comments by creator Scott Adams have influenced our decision to suspend publication of his comic,” the organization said in a statement Saturday to The New York Post.

“While we respect and encourage free speech, their views do not align with our editorial or business values ​​as an organization.

Darrin Bell, the creator of Candorville and the only black cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, told the Washington Post on Saturday that Adams “is an embarrassment” and likened Adams’ views to the Jim Crow era.

He said that he plans to make fun of Dilbert in upcoming cartoons.

Scott Adams is believed to have amassed a fortune of $70 million from his beloved ‘Dilbert’ comics, which have been in circulation since 1989.

Armstrong posted a photo of his black sharpie rebellion. He struck out Adams’ endorsement of his 2016 book, ‘Fearless’

Armstrong’s Jump Start cartoon is a daily comic strip that portrays the lives of a young black couple as they try to balance work with raising their children.

Adams appeared to double down on the comments on Twitter over the weekend. “A lot of people are mad at me today, but I haven’t heard anyone disagree yet,” she told her 867,000 followers.

Dilbert has appeared in newspapers in 57 countries and in 19 languages, and there are more than 20 million Dilbert books and calendars in print.

Adams appeared to double down on the comments on Twitter over the weekend.

“A lot of people are mad at me today, but I haven’t heard anyone disagree yet,” he told his 867,000 followers.

‘I make two main points: 1. Treat everyone as an individual (without discrimination).

‘2. Avoid any group that doesn’t respect you. Does anyone think that’s bad advice?

Later that day he posted: ‘Has anyone checked the price of free speech lately? It’s worse than eggs.

It comes five months after Lee Enterprises also removed the cartoon from its newspapers.

The media company owns 77 newspapers across the country, including The Buffalo News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Daily Sun, and has been running Adams’ jokes on the corporate ladder for years.