Shave the Whales
Encyclopedia
Shave the Whales Is the 4th Dilbert
book. It features 9 months of Dilbert
comic strips and an introduction by Scott Adams
. Its genre
is humour
.
joins the cast. There is also a degree of mild political satire which is largely absent in later strips.
Dilbert
Dilbert is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. First published on April 16, 1989, Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character...
book. It features 9 months of Dilbert
Dilbert
Dilbert is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. First published on April 16, 1989, Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character...
comic strips and an introduction by Scott Adams
Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams is the American creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation....
. Its genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
is humour
Humour
Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement...
.
Plot
As with the first few years of the strip, the majority of the plotlines take place in Dilbert's home and are centered around him as an individual, as opposed to later strips which de-emphasized character driven humor and served more to lampoon corporate culture. One of the over-arcing plotlines of "Shave the Whales" are Dilbert's dating frustrations, highlighted by his transformation into a frog and necessity to track down and be kissed by Princess Diana. Near the end of the book, RatbertRatbert
Ratbert is a regular character from the Dilbert comic strip. He was not originally intended to be a regular, instead being part of a series of strips featuring a lab scientist's cruel experiments...
joins the cast. There is also a degree of mild political satire which is largely absent in later strips.