August 1990 Comic Strips
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Wednesday August 01,
1990
Tags dinosaurs, bob, dawn, mouse, Dogbert, offense, animal behavior
Transcript
Bob and Dawn the Dinosaurs sit on the floor playing cards. Dogbert says to Ratbert, "Let me introduce you to our dinosaurs, Bob and Dawn." Dawn screams, "Eeeek!! A mouse!" and jumps into the air. Ratbert says, "Not a mouse, a rat!!" Dawn says, "Oops. Sorry. You kinda look like a mouse." Ratbert replies, "No offense taken."
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Thursday August 02,
1990
Tags Dilbert, scientist, dies, lab rat, rat, laboratory, missing, trail, investigation
Transcript
Dilbert: Yes? Scientist: I'm looking for my escaped lab rat. The trail leads to this house. Dilbert: Can't you just use another rat? Scientist: No. I'm on a very limited budget. Dilbert: What will you do if he dies? Scientist: CPR.
Friday August 03,
1990
Tags Dilbert, scientist, laboratory, will power, escape, engineering, experiment
Transcript
Scientist: Ahaaa! There's my runaway lab rat! I'd recognize little XP-39C2 anywhere! All is forgiven come back to your job at the lab. I love. Scientist: He was specially bred to have no will power. Lab Rat: Hold me.
Saturday August 04,
1990
Tags Dogbert, rabert, lab rats, stupid, professor, heart, laboratory, escaping
Transcript
Rabert: Goodbye, Dogbert, I must return to the lab with the professor. Dogbert: That's stupid. Rabert: He says he loves me. That must be why he fed me so much. Dogbert: You're getting stupider. Rabert: I have to follow my heart. Dogbert: Mmm... Love causes stupidity in lab rats.
Monday August 06,
1990
Tags Dogbert, ratbert, conclusions, news media, times, television, tv, news, headlines
Transcript
Dogbert sits on his pillow watching television. A news reporter says, "A scientist reports that love made a lab rat stupid." The newscaster continues, "The scientist cautioned the media not to draw conclusions based on one rat." The cover of Time Magazine has a picture of Ratbert and the caption "Love and SAT Scores."
Tuesday August 07,
1990
Tags Dilbert, exercise, health club, five minutes, month, health, cardio
Transcript
Dilbert sits on a weight lifting bench holding dumbells. Dilbert thinks, "The experts used to say you should exercise every day." Dilbert thinks, "Now they think twenty minutes every other day is just as good." Dilbert collapses onto the bench and thinks, "My strategy of five minutes a month is looking pretty clever."
Wednesday August 08,
1990
Tags doctor, doctor fishlips, Dilbert, police, bold, escape, prison, institutions
Transcript
Doctor Fishlips: Hello, Dilbert, this is Doctor Fishlips. I was wondering if you could come back for some X-rays. Dilbert: X-rays? Is that standard procedure a week after an appendectomy? Doctor Fishlips: A patient from the prison is missing... I'm told this isn't the first time, "Tiny Tom," has tried a bold escape,
Thursday August 09,
1990
Tags Dilbert, police officer, doctor fishlips, alien, escaped, convict, operation, surgery
Transcript
Doctor Fishlips: A patient from the prison disappeared after your appendectomy. Police Officer: "Tiny tom," is a master of escape. We think he crawled into your torso during the operation. Dilbert: That's stupid. How would he get out? Police Officer: Ever see the movie, "Alien"?
Friday August 10,
1990
Tags doctor, doctor fishlips, police, escaped convict, tramp, nurse, appendix, Comic, comedy, operation
Transcript
Doctor: There he is... Tiny Tom the convict is clinging to this man's pancreas. Note: Sometimes it is necessary to suspend disbelief for the purpose of creating comic situations. Parents should explain to their children that convicts will rarely, if ever, cling to another person's pancreas. Doctor Fishlips: Ho ho, it appears we have also located our own nurse Woodmeyer the tramp!
Saturday August 11,
1990
Tags Dilbert, surgery, discover, convict, Dogbert, medical, story, arm chair, escaped, torso
Transcript
Dilbert yells, "Dogbert! I'm home after my second major surgery in two weeks!" Dilbert sits in his chair and Dogbert sits on the hassock. Dilbert says, ". . . So after the first operation they discover that a tiny convict and a nurse had hidden inside my torso to escape . . ." Dogbert falls asleep. Dilbert turns toward the reader and says, "Boy . . . It sure is hard to keep a medical story interesting."

