Existential Comics
Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon.
Existential Comics
- Creator
- Corey Mohler
- Date
- 2013
- Language
- English
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Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon.
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• Title — Existential Comics • Author — Corey Mohler • Website — https: existentialcomics.com/ • Status — Active • First — December 2013 • Genre — Philosophy
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Mohler created the comic in December 2013 in an attempt to help popularize philosophy through comedy. The comic tends to depict philosophers of different backgrounds and often has them interacting and arguing with each other. It also gives textual descriptions of the jokes and associated philosophy to help educate readers. In May 2018, Mohler called Elon Musk "the villain from Atlas Shrugged". Musk responded during SpaceX's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket.
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As the name implies, existentialists are often featured in the comic. The comic has examinined a wide variety of thought from Pre-Socratic philosophy to contemporary philosophy. Mohler has described both Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir as his favorite philosophers. Alongside existentialism, Mohler has also written extensively about Stoicism.
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- 1.Middleton, Zach. In May, A Portland Comic Creator Got In A Twitter Beef With Elon Musk. Willamette Week. 11 July 2018.
- 2.How to Make a Philosophy Comic: An Interview with the Existential Comics Guy. Critical-Theory. 2014-07-18.
- 3.García, Déborah. La filosofía explicada por Teminator: llega el cómic que arrasa en Internet. El País. 2017-11-24. 1134-6582.
- 4.Cleary, Skye. Existential Comics: Interview with Corey Mohler. Blog of the APA. December 2016.
- 5.Spencer, Keith. Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter?. Salon. 3 June 2018.
- 6.Blumenfeld, Zach. Existential Comics: The Best And Funniest Way To Learn Philosophy On The Internet. Paste. 18 January 2016.
- 7.Rothfeld, Becca. A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst. Hyperallergic. 3 April 2015.
- 8.Existentialism & Stoicism: An Interview With Comic Artist Corey Mohler. Daily Stoic. 9 July 2017.
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