Existential Comics

Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon.[1] Mohler, who has an amateur interest in the subject rather than an academic background, 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]

Existential Comics
Author(s)Corey Mohler
Websitehttp://existentialcomics.com/
Current status/scheduleActive
Launch dateDecember 2013
Genre(s)Philosophy

In May 2018 Mohler once called Elon Musk "the villain from Atlas Shrugged". Musk responded during SpaceX's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket.[6][7] Mohler later published a comic about the incident.[8]

Philosophers
As the name implies, existentialists are often featured in the comic.[9] The four here, Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jean-Paul Sartre, have all been featured multiple times.[10][11][12][13]

The comic has covered over 120 philosophers, examining 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[14] and communism.

See also

References
  1. Middleton, Zach. "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. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. Cleary, Skye. "Existential Comics: Interview with Corey Mohler". Blog of the APA. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. Rothfeld, Becca. "A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. Handlin, Taia. "Existential Comics on Elon Musk, Ayn Rand Villain". BTRtoday. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. Spencer, Keith. "Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter?". Salon. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  8. Mohler, Corey. "Elon Musk: Greatest Man Alive". Existential Comics. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. Blumenfeld, Zach. "Existential Comics: The Best And Funniest Way To Learn Philosophy On The Internet". Paste. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  10. "Soren Kierkegaard". Existential Comics. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  11. "Fyodor Dostoyevsky". Existential Comics. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  12. "Friedrich Nietzsche". Existential Comics. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  13. "Jean Paul Sartre". Existential Comics. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  14. "Existentialism & Stoicism: An Interview With Comic Artist Corey Mohler". Daily Stoic. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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