Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 20th June 1990

Dilbert//431, first published 36 years ago on Wednesday 20th June 1990

Tags

dogbert poodle nightfall pound incarceration dream sequence dangerous place

Open source transcript

DON'T WORRY, KILLER, I'LL GET US OUT OF THIS POUND BY NIGHTFALL.

HOW?

I USED MY ONE PHONE CALL TO CALL A WRECKING COMPANY TO DESTROY THIS PLACE.

THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS TO ME.

COMING UP: A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE OR POSSIBLY JUST A STUPID DREAM SEQUENCE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "A Near-Death Experience or Possibly Just a Stupid Dream Sequence"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a dog named Killer, who is in a prison cell.
• Killer is worried about getting out of the pound by nightfall and asks how he can do so.
• The response is to use his one phone call to call a wrecking company to destroy the place.
• The comic strip ends with a humorous twist, where Killer is shown in a dream sequence, surrounded by destruction and chaos.
• The punchline is that Killer's near-death experience or possibly just a stupid dream sequence is being used as a metaphor for his desire to escape the pound.

Key Elements:

• The comic strip uses humor and satire to comment on the human desire to escape difficult situations.
• The use of a dog as the main character adds a layer of absurdity to the story.
• The dream sequence at the end adds a surreal and unexpected twist to the comic strip.

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