Behind 'The Onion'

Scott Dikkers

Scott Dikkers

Man behind ‘America’s Finest News Source’ to share wisdom

Scott Dikkers, founder of The Onion, will speak at Dickinson on Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts.

Dikkers and a few friends dropped out of college to start the now-infamous fake newspaper, which also spawned the world’s first humor website. In the process, he has acquired some hard-won wisdom and outrageous stories from life in what he calls the “do-it-yourself” entertainment business.

Dikkers has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a Peabody Award and more than 30 Webby Awards. He is the bestselling co-author of The Onion’s first two original books, Our Dumb Century and Our Dumb World. Before starting The Onion, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Jim’s Journal. He has written and directed two feature films and performed on Saturday Night Live.

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Published March 28, 2016