It is hard to believe that Dilbert, the comic strip character who embodies white-collar office micromanagement, will soon turn 20. But the bespectacled, wry-humored little engineer captured all too well the corporate culture that has come to symbolize the U.S. workplace and all its dysfunctions. Perhaps we see Dilbert in ourselves, frustrated by and caught up in all the ridiculousness of the cubicle lifestyle that gets played out everyday in corporate settings large and small.

To commemorate Dilbert's 20th anniversary publisher Andrews McMeel will release next week a 576-page $85 hardcover titled "Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert." It encompasses the full scope of corporate zaniness that made Dilbert a comic-strip sensation. Who can't identify with Dilbert and the colleagues who have spawned an animated TV series, computer game and countless Dilbert merchandise items? There's Wally, the cynical engineer with no sense of company loyalty; Alice, the token overworked female engineer; Ratbert, the simpleminded optimist, and The Boss, the uncaring, disdainful middle manager.