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USA Today says Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the Dilbert comic strip 36 years ago, has prostate cancer, and may not last much longer:

Scott Adams, creator of the "Dilbert" comic strip, is revealing he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer like former President Joe Biden – but he does not have long to live.

During a live stream on May 19, the cartoonist, 67, revealed that like Biden, he has also been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to the bone. "My life expectancy is maybe this summer," Adams said. "I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer."

Adams, who said he has been using a walker for months, went on to detail how he is "always in pain" and doesn't "have good days," telling viewers, "Every day is a nightmare, and evening is even worse."

That's certainly too bad, and while I do think Adams screwed up badly with commentary he made a few years ago about racial issues, which led to his strip being dropped by various newspapers, he could apologize and redeem himself if he wants to, and I hope he does or has.

He also explained he did not share his diagnosis earlier because he did not want people to think of him differently. When he noticed that some viewers watching the stream were having a "tough time" with the news, he told them, "Nothing lasts forever."

No, of course not. Though if we took that statement and applied it to Marvel/DC's situation, it's regrettable they've lasted this long, to the point where whatever made them work was destroyed by wokeness in the worst ways possible.

Anyway, terribly sorry to hear Adams is suffering that badly, and no telling how much longer he'll be around as a result. It reminds me of how the late artist George Perez passed on, and he told that he knew he didn't have long to live either.

Labels: comic strips, history, misogyny and racism, politics