Existential Comics

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Existential Comics
AuthorCorey Mohler
Website existentialcomics.com
Current status/scheduleActive
Launch dateDecember 2013
Genre Philosophy

Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon. [1]

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History

Mohler created the comic in December 2013 [2] in an attempt to help popularize philosophy through comedy. [3] The comic tends to depict philosophers of different backgrounds and often has them interacting and arguing with each other. [4] It also gives textual descriptions of the jokes and associated philosophy to help educate readers. [5] In May 2018, Mohler called Elon Musk "the villain from Atlas Shrugged ". Musk responded during SpaceX's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket. [6]

Philosophers

As the name implies, existentialists are often featured in the comic. [7] The comic has examinined a wide variety of thought from Pre-Socratic philosophy to contemporary philosophy. [4] Mohler has described both Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir as his favorite philosophers. [5] Alongside existentialism, Mohler has also written extensively about Stoicism. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Middleton, Zach (11 July 2018). "In May, A Portland Comic Creator Got In A Twitter Beef With Elon Musk". Willamette Week . Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "How to Make a Philosophy Comic: An Interview with the Existential Comics Guy". Critical-Theory. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  3. ↑ García, Déborah (2017-11-24). "La filosofía explicada por Teminator: llega el cómic que arrasa en Internet". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. 1 2 Cleary, Skye (December 2016). "Existential Comics: Interview with Corey Mohler". Blog of the APA . Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 Rothfeld, Becca (3 April 2015). "A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst". Hyperallergic . Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Keith (3 June 2018). "Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter?". Salon . Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Blumenfeld, Zach (18 January 2016). "Existential Comics: The Best And Funniest Way To Learn Philosophy On The Internet". Paste . Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Existentialism & Stoicism: An Interview With Comic Artist Corey Mohler". Daily Stoic. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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