Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 1st October 1998

Dilbert//3456, first published 28 years ago on Thursday 1st October 1998

Tags

mordac preventer if info services y2k demon not big imagined bigger cute giant foot y2k fear scared culture unknown

Official transcript

Mordac stands in front of a shaking computer. Mordac says, "I am Mordac, the preventer of information services! I summon the Y2K demon!"

A little tadpole like demon bursts out of the computer screen. Mordac says, "You're not as big as I imagined. I wonder why everyone is so afraid."

Mordac holds the demon. Mordac says, "Cute!"

A huge claw comes down to pick him up.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I AM MORDAC, THE PREVENTER OF INFORMATION SERVICES! I SUMMON THE Y2K DEMON!

ROAR ROAR YOU'RE NOT AS BIG AS I IMAGINED. I WONDER WHY EVERYONE IS SO AFRAID.

CUTE!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Mordac, the Y2K Demon"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Mordac, the Y2K demon, who is summoned by a man named Dilbert.
• Mordac is depicted as a large, green creature with sharp teeth and claws.
• Dilbert is shown to be afraid of Mordac, but Mordac is not as big as he imagined.
• The comic strip is a humorous take on the Y2K scare, which was a widespread concern in the late 1990s that computer systems would fail or behave erratically when the year 2000 arrived.
• The strip pokes fun at the idea that people were overly worried about the Y2K bug and that it was not as serious as they thought.

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