Existential Comics
{{Short description|American webcomic (2013-present) by Corey Mohler}}
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Existential Comics is a webcomic about philosophy created by Corey Mohler, a software engineer in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web |last1=Middleton |first1=Zach |title=In May, A Portland Comic Creator Got In A Twitter Beef With Elon Musk |url=http://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/in-may-a-portland-comic-creator-got-in-a-twitter-beef-with-elon-musk/ |website=Willamette Week |date=11 July 2018 |accessdate=24 July 2018}} Mohler created the comic in December 2013{{Cite news|url=http://www.critical-theory.com/how-to-make-a-philosophy-comic-an-interview-with-the-existential-comics-guy/|title=How to Make a Philosophy Comic: An Interview with the Existential Comics Guy|date=2014-07-18|work=Critical-Theory|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en-US}} in an attempt to help popularize philosophy through comedy.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/23/tentaciones/1511452010_286890.html|title=La filosofía explicada por Teminator: llega el cómic que arrasa en Internet|last=García|first=Déborah|date=2017-11-24|work=El País|access-date=2018-06-30|language=es|issn=1134-6582}} The comic tends to depict philosophers of different backgrounds and often has them interacting and arguing with each other.{{cite web |last1=Cleary |first1=Skye |title=Existential Comics: Interview with Corey Mohler |url=https://blog.apaonline.org/2016/12/01/existential-comics-interview-with-corey-mohler/ |website=Blog of the APA |date=December 2016 |accessdate=23 June 2018}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Handlin |first1=Taia |title=Existential Comics on Elon Musk, Ayn Rand Villain |url=http://www.btrtoday.com/read/featured/existential-comics-on-elon-musk-ayn-rand-villain/ |website=BTRtoday |accessdate=24 June 2018 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920200525/https://www.btrtoday.com/read/featured/existential-comics-on-elon-musk-ayn-rand-villain/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Keith |title=Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter? |url=https://www.salon.com/2018/06/03/why-is-elon-musk-so-bad-at-twitter/ |website=Salon |date=3 June 2018 |accessdate=24 June 2018}} Mohler later published a comic about the incident.{{cite web |last1=Mohler |first1=Corey |title=Elon Musk: Greatest Man Alive |url=http://existentialcomics.com/comic/other/17 |website=Existential Comics |accessdate=24 June 2018}}
Philosophers
File:Exstistentalists.jpg are often featured in the comic.{{cite web |last1=Blumenfeld |first1=Zach |title=Existential Comics: The Best And Funniest Way To Learn Philosophy On The Internet |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/existential-comics-the-best-and-funniest-way-to-le.html |website=Paste |date=18 January 2016 |accessdate=23 June 2018 |archive-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817225650/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/existential-comics-the-best-and-funniest-way-to-le.html |url-status=live }} The four here, Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre, have all been featured multiple times.{{cite web |title=Soren Kierkegaard |url=http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Soren_Kierkegaard |website=Existential Comics |accessdate=24 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Fyodor Dostoyevsky |url=http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky |website=Existential Comics |accessdate=24 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Simone de Beauvoir |url=https://www.existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Simone_de_Beauvoir |accessdate=24 June 2018 |website=Existential Comics}}{{cite web |title=Jean Paul Sartre |url=http://existentialcomics.com/philosopher/Jean_Paul_Sartre |website=Existential Comics |accessdate=24 June 2018}}]]
As of April 2023, the comic has covered over 200 philosophers,{{cite web |title=Archive - Existential Comics |accessdate=24 April 2023 |url=https://existentialcomics.com/archive/byPhilosopher}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Rothfeld |first1=Becca |title=A Webcomic for Your Existential Angst |url=https://hyperallergic.com/186650/a-webcomic-for-your-existential-angst/ |website=Hyperallergic |date=3 April 2015 |accessdate=23 June 2018}} Alongside existentialism, Mohler has also written extensively about Stoicism{{cite web|url=https://dailystoic.com/existentialism-stoicism-corey-mohler/|title=Existentialism & Stoicism: An Interview With Comic Artist Corey Mohler|website=Daily Stoic|date=9 July 2017 |access-date=6 July 2018}} and communism.
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External links
- [http://existentialcomics.com/ http://existentialcomics.com/]
Category:American comedy webcomics