Herg é developed his storytelling genius during this period possibly because of a paper shortage. Herg é learned not to waste a single frame of his strip cartoon. 在这段时间里,可能是由于纸张短缺,埃尔热叙事的天赋大大提升,他学会了不浪费漫画中所绘的每一个画面。
Adams thought Dilbert might have potential as a comic strip. In 1988, he made up a few strips with his new charater and mailed them out to some of the major cartoon companies. 亚当斯认为《呆伯特》有潜力可以成为连载漫画,因此一九八八年,他以这个新角色创作了连载漫画,并寄给几家主要的卡通公司。