Internet users and cubicle dwellers rejoice! Scott Adams’ Dilbert is now the first globally recognized comic strip to feature a daily animated version.

RingTales – the producers of The New Yorker Animated Cartoons and the creative team behind Dreamworks’ “Over the Hedge” – have an exclusive deal with United Media, Dilbert’s licensing and syndication company, to produce and distribute daily animated versions of the Dilbert comic strip. This includes yet-to-be produced strips and over 7,000 comics in the Dilbert library.

With an initial launch on Dilbert.com and MSN, daily Dilbert animated cartoons launched today on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/dilbert), and on iTunes as a free, subscription podcast. They will soon be available via RSS feeds, widgets, mobile and numerous other websites.

Here’s an example of one of the episodes: