Just ask Trump.) Adams didn’t want to grow beyond his racist attitudes over his career. He wallowed in them and amplified them. It’s a fitting, but very unfunny punchline to his final strip.

‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams has been writing offensive, inflammatory posts for years, until racist commentary made on an YouTube video marked the end of his comic book career.

Scott Adams, creator of "Dilbert", poses with a cutout of the titular character (with his perpetually flying tie) on December 17, 1998. Portfolio, Penguin Random House’s business imprint, will ...

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work in his studio in in Dublin, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.© MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ ...