While some outlets replaced “Dilbert” with another strip, The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Massachusetts, decided to keep the space blank through March “as a reminder of the racism that pervades our society.” Individual newspapers have dropped “Dilbert” and Adams’ distributor, Andrews McMeel Universal, said it was severing ties with the cartoonist. He’s experiencing the consequences of expressing his views.” “I am in full support with him saying anything he wants to, but then he has to own the consequences of saying them,” he said. This image released by King Features Syndicate shows the Candorville comic strip by Darrin Bell who is pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams by using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced business-orientated cartoon that was dropped from newspapers across the country. Holbrook said the Adams case is not one of so-called cancel culture but of consequences. It’s all a matter of where you want to put your focus.” “That’s the spotlight I wanted to focus on and still do. “One of the things I wanted to spotlight with my characters is that people do rise above their differences. Other cartoonists have stepped forward to denounce Adams, like Bill Holbrook, the creator of “On the Fastrack,” a strip that features an interracial family and - like “Dilbert” - focuses on a modern workplace.
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