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, a position he took up again in 2005 after an extended hiatus in which he attempted to break into the world of film. He also wrote and illustrated Jim's Journal, a comic strip about the mundane life of a college student.

Dikkers directed the features Spaceman (1997), 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, and a co-author of Destined for Destiny, a fake autobiography of US President George W. Bush.

[edit] 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 0-8362-1867-1)
  • I Got a Job and It Wasn't That Bad: The Second Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1993, ISBN 0-8362-1709-8)
  • I Made Some Brownies and They Were Pretty Good: The Third Jim's Journal Collection (1995, ISBN 0-8362-1776-4)
  • I Got Married If You Can Believe That: The Fourth Collection of Jim's Journal Cartoons (1996, ISBN 0-8362-1029-8)
  • I Feel Like a Grown-Up Now: The Fifth Jim's Journal Collection (1998, ISBN 0-8362-5184-9)
  • The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury: The Definitive Collection of Every Published Cartoon 1999, ISBN 0-7407-0007-3)
• You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day (credited to "Dr. Oswalt T. Pratt and Dr. Scott Dikkers") (1999, ISBN 0-7407-0025-1)

[edit] Films

• Spaceman, 1997 feature
• The Astounding World of the Future, 2000 short
• E-Day! 2001 short
• Bad Meat, 2003 feature

[edit] External links

• clip from Bad Meat
• Spaceman official site
• Scott Dikkers at the Internet Movie Database
• Salon review of You Are Worthless and The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury