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Scott Dikkers is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and filmmaker. He was co-owner of The Onion
The Onion

'The Onion' is an United States "news satire" organization. It features satire articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V....
 from 1989–2001, and editor-in-chief from 1988–1999 and 2005–2008. He is the author or co-author of several best-selling humor books.

He is also the creator and artist of the comic strip Jim's Journal
Jim's Journal

Jim's Journal is a comic strip written and drawn by Scott Dikkers, co-founder of The Onion. The strip first appeared in the University of Wisconsin-Madison The Daily Cardinal newspaper in 1988....
, which was syndicated to college newspapers from 1987–1997.

Dikkers has written and directed several films, including episodes of "The Onion News Network" web videos (2007) and the independent features Spaceman
Spaceman (film)

Spaceman is a 1997 in film science fiction/comedy film from Palm Pictures. Filmed in Chicago, it tells of a man adjusting to life on Earth, with one problem: he has been trained only to be a killer since he was abducted as a toddler....
 (1997), and Bad Meat (2003), starring Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....
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Scott Dikkers is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 and filmmaker. He was co-owner of The Onion
The Onion

'The Onion' is an United States "news satire" organization. It features satire articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V....
 from 1989–2001, and editor-in-chief from 1988–1999 and 2005–2008. He is the author or co-author of several best-selling humor books.

He is also the creator and artist of the comic strip Jim's Journal
Jim's Journal

Jim's Journal is a comic strip written and drawn by Scott Dikkers, co-founder of The Onion. The strip first appeared in the University of Wisconsin-Madison The Daily Cardinal newspaper in 1988....
, which was syndicated to college newspapers from 1987–1997.

Dikkers has written and directed several films, including episodes of "The Onion News Network" web videos (2007) and the independent features Spaceman
Spaceman (film)

Spaceman is a 1997 in film science fiction/comedy film from Palm Pictures. Filmed in Chicago, it tells of a man adjusting to life on Earth, with one problem: he has been trained only to be a killer since he was abducted as a toddler....
 (1997), and Bad Meat (2003), starring Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....
.

Books

  • Onion books
    • Our Dumb Century: 100 Years of Headlines From America's Finest News Source (editor-in-chief, co-writer) (1999, ISBN 0-609-80461-8)
    • "The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume One" (co-editor with Robert D. Siegel
      Robert D. Siegel

      Robert D. Siegel is a screenwriter for The Onion Movie and The Wrestler , as well as the writer and director of Big Fan , an upcoming drama about an eccentric New York Giants fan who is struggling with the consequences after being violently assaulted by a football player....
      , co-writer) (2000, ISBN 0-609-80463-4)
    • "Dispatches from the Tenth Circle: The Best of The Onion" (co-writer) (2001, ISBN 0-609-80834-6)
    • "Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17" (co-editor with Carol Kolb
      Carol Kolb

      Carol Kolb is an American comedy writer. She is a former editor of The Onion and the current head writer for the Onion News Network....
      , co-writer) (2006, ISBN 0-307-33984-X)
    • Our Dumb World (editor-in-chief, co-writer) (2007, ISBN 0-316-01842-2)
  • "Destined For Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush" (co-writer with Peter Hilleren) (2006, ISBN 0-7432-9966-3)
  • You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day (credited to "Dr. Oswald T. Pratt and Dr. Scott Dikkers") (1999, ISBN 0-7407-0025-1)
  • Jim's Journal cartoon collections (all strips and books credited to "Jim")
    • I Went to College and It Was Okay: A Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1991, ISBN 0-8362-1867-1)
    • I Got a Job and It Wasn't That Bad: The Second Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1993, ISBN 0-8362-1709-8)
    • I Made Some Brownies and They Were Pretty Good: The Third Jim's Journal Collection (1995, ISBN 0-8362-1776-4)
    • I Got Married If You Can Believe That: The Fourth Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1996, ISBN 0-8362-1029-8)
    • I Feel Like a Grown-Up Now: The Fifth Jim's Journal Collection (1998, ISBN 0-8362-5184-9)
    • The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury: The Definitive Collection of Every Published Cartoon 1999, ISBN 0-7407-0007-3)
  • "Plebes" cartoon collections (all strips and books credited to "L. T. Horton")
    • "The Ascent of Plebes" (1990, ISBN 0-962626258-1-7)
    • "Plebes: The Cartoon Guide for College Guys" (2001, ISBN 0-7407-1851-7)
  • "Kimberly Crotchet, Librarian of Tomorrow (co-writer and artist with James Sturm), 1988, self-published.
  • "Commix" (co-writer with James Sturm, Chris Ware, J. Keen, Kathryn Rathke, Jay Rath, J. Keen), 1988, self-published.


Films

  • Spaceman
    Spaceman (film)

    Spaceman is a 1997 in film science fiction/comedy film from Palm Pictures. Filmed in Chicago, it tells of a man adjusting to life on Earth, with one problem: he has been trained only to be a killer since he was abducted as a toddler....
    , 1997 feature
  • The Astounding World of the Future, 2000 short
  • E-Day!, 2001 short
  • The KIll
    The Kill

    "The Kill" is the second Single from 30 Seconds to Mars' second album, A Beautiful Lie. Jared Leto described the meaning of the song as, "It's really about a relationship with yourself....
    , 2002 short
  • Bad Meat, 2003 feature


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