Scott Dikkers
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Scott Dikkers is a United States comedy writer and filmmaker. He was editor-in-chief of The Onion from 1989 to 2000, and also wrote and illustrated Jim's Journal, a comic strip about the mundane life of a college student.
Dikkers directed the features Spaceman (1999), the story of a boy abducted by aliens and trained to become a killer; and Bad Meat (2003), starring Chevy Chase.
He is also author of You Are Worthless, a parody of self-help books.
Books
- Jim's Journal collections (all strips and books credited to "Jim")
- I Went to College and It Was Okay: A Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1991, ISBN 0836218671)
- I Got a Job and It Wasn't That Bad: The Second Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1993, ISBN 0836217098)
- I Made Some Brownies and They Were Pretty Good: The Third Jim's Journal Collection (1995, ISBN 0836217764)
- I Got Married If You Can Believe That: The Fourth Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1996, ISBN 0836210298)
- I Feel Like a Grown-Up Now: The Fifth Jim's Journal Collection (1998, ISBN 0836251849)
- The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury: The Definitive Collection of Every Published Cartoon 1999, ISBN 0740700073)
- You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day (credited to "Dr. Oswalt T. Pratt and Dr. Scott Dikkers") (1999, ISBN 0740700251)
Films
- Spaceman, 1999 feature
- The Astounding World of the Future, 2000 short
- E-Day! 2001 short
- Bad Meat, 2003 feature
External links
- Spaceman official site (http://www.spacemanmovie.com/)
- Internet Movie Database entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226696/)
- Salon review of You Are Worthless and The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury (http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/12/07/dikkers/)