Comments on: Scott Adams mentoring new cartoonist and blogging about it

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:54:43 +0000

I was prepared to dislike this toon based on my complete dislike of Unfit, still my nominee for worst strip ever syndicated, but I like Basic Instructions!

I’ve never been too crazy about clip art style toons(too over done these days), but I like the look of this toon. Has a freshness to it.

I like the dialogue, too. Don’t have a problem with wordiness if it goes somewhere…

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:18:26 +0000

Congrats to Scott Meyer! This is obviously a huge opportunity.

… but a “reality show”? I don’t see much suspense here as to whether or not the syndicates will seriously consider his feature.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:27:21 +0000

Let me say first that I have no problem with the art, even though it has a clip art kinda feel. The wordiness I can handle. In fact, I don’t think it would hold up without it. Basically, this is how a short scene from a sitcom (with a voice-over doing the narration) would appear in newsprint. Hey, now that Seinfeld is long gone, why not?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:05:43 +0000

Is Scott trying to redeem himself after the failed mentoring of “Unfit”?

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:13:19 +0000

Liked the advice Scott (Adams) is giving to Basic Instructions creator. Just didn’t like waiting for the pages to load from Mr. Meyers site to view the originals. Left well before the page even thought about loading. Returned to see the new format on the Dilbert site.