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Part One: How The Dilbert Guy Lost His Mind

Behind the Bastards

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The Downside of Encouragement

"Dilbert" creator Scott Adams sends Jack Cassidy advice on how to get published. He gets rejected and decides to give up drawing cartoons for a while. A year later, he receives another letter from the same man encouraging him to try again. "I think a lot of people understand that like syndicates even now as newspapers are receding get thousands upon thousands upon thousands of submissions," says Adams.

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