Existential Comics

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Existential Comics
AuthorCorey Mohler
Websiteexistentialcomics.com
Current status/scheduleActive
Launch dateDecember 2013
GenrePhilosophy

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

History

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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