Scott Adams
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, January 15, 2026 (part of January 2026)
category: 
Comics
clue: This cartoonist made a fortune skewering office culture, and spent much of it developing a microwave burrito that his mouthless protagonist couldn't eat.
explanation: Adams created the Dilbert comic strip and used the character to market a "Dilberito" food product. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
trivia: This goo was inspired by Adams's passing a few days earlier. Scott originally intended to write a clue with wordplay alluding to the years-long controversy over Adams's perceived racism, but decided to aim for a neutral clue instead, in light of the recency of Adams's death.
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