Existential Comics Explained

Existential Comics
Author:Corey Mohler
Status:Active
First:December 2013
Genre:Philosophy

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

In May 2018 Mohler once called Elon Musk "the villain from Atlas Shrugged". Musk responded during SpaceX's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket.[5] [6] Mohler later published a comic about the incident.[7]

Philosophers

As of April 2023, the comic has covered over 200 philosophers,[8] examining 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.[9] Alongside existentialism, Mohler has also written extensively about Stoicism[10] and communism.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Middleton . Zach . In May, A Portland Comic Creator Got In A Twitter Beef With Elon Musk . . 24 July 2018.
  2. News: How to Make a Philosophy Comic: An Interview with the Existential Comics Guy. 2014-07-18. Critical-Theory. 2018-07-22. en-US.
  3. News: La filosofía explicada por Teminator: llega el cómic que arrasa en Internet. García. Déborah. 2017-11-24. El País. 2018-06-30. es. 1134-6582.
  4. Web site: Cleary . Skye . Existential Comics: Interview with Corey Mohler . . December 2016 . 23 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Handlin . Taia . Existential Comics on Elon Musk, Ayn Rand Villain . BTRtoday . 24 June 2018 . 20 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920200525/https://www.btrtoday.com/read/featured/existential-comics-on-elon-musk-ayn-rand-villain/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Spencer . Keith . Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter? . . 3 June 2018 . 24 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Mohler . Corey . Elon Musk: Greatest Man Alive . Existential Comics . 24 June 2018.
  8. Web site: Archive - Existential Comics . 24 April 2023 .
  9. Web site: Rothfeld . Becca . A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst . . 3 April 2015 . 23 June 2018.
  10. Web site: Existentialism & Stoicism: An Interview With Comic Artist Corey Mohler. Daily Stoic. 9 July 2017 . 6 July 2018.