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Action Philosophers

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Cover to Action Philosophers #1

Action Philosophers is published by Evil Twin Comics. Current price per issue is $2.95.

Contents

[edit] Publication Dates

[edit] Last Issue

Action Philosophers #8: 28 Feb 2007: "Senseless Violence Spectacular"

[edit] Current Issue

Action Philosophers #9: 06 Sep 2007: "The Lightning Round"

[edit] Next Issue

none

[edit] Status

Series of self-contained books each featuring different philosophers in amazing cartoon action. Published irregularly. Final issue will be #9.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main Characters

The comics creators themselves often show up in stories, either as background characters or to help illustrate ideas of the philosophies covered - example: Isaac Newton strangles artist Ryan Dunlavey for drawing the cliche of an apple hitting him on the head.

[edit] Recent Storylines

[edit] Action Philosophers #9

"The Lightning Round"

[edit] Action Philosophers #8

"Senseless Violence Spectacular" - Features Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and “You’re A Good Man John Stuart Mill”.

[edit] Action Philosophers #7

"It's All Greek to You!" - Features The Pre-Socrates, Aristotle, and Epictetus the Stoic.

[edit] Action Philosophers #6

"The People's Choice" - Features philosophers chosen in an online poll: St. Thomas Aquinas, Soren Keirkegaard, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

[edit] Action Philosophers #5

"Hate the French!" - Features René Descartes, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida

[edit] Action Philosophers #4

"World Domination Handbook" - Features Karl Marx, Machiavelli and The Kabbalah

[edit] Action Philosophers #3

"Self-Help for Stupid Ugly Losers" - Features Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell

[edit] Action Philosophers #2

"All-Sex Special" - Features Thomas Jefferson, Ayn Rand, and Saint Augustine.

[edit] Action Philosophers #1

Features Action Philosopher #17: Plato, Action Philosopher #23: Bodhidharma, and Action Philosopher #9: Friedrich Nietzche. Each section tells the life story and major contributions to the field of philosophy of each of the title philosophers.

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[edit] Collections


  • The More Than Complete Action Philosophers - Collects #1-9, plus 4 new stories. - WorldCat - ISBN 0977832937 - (forthcoming, November 2009)

[edit] History

[edit] Leftover Useful Information

[edit] Creative Team

Fred Van Lente - writer Ryan Dunlavey - artist

[edit] Publishing History

[edit] Order Codes

These are the order codes and prices as provided by Diamond Distribution. Your local comic shop should be able to order these for you.

  • JUL05 2839 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #1 2ND PRINTING $2.95
  • APR05 2879 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #2 ALL SEX SPECIAL $2.95
  • JUL05 2838 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #3 SELF HELP FOR UGLY LOSERS $2.95
  • OCT05 2976 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #4 WORLD DOMINATION HANDBOOK $2.95

[edit] Future Publication Dates

Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.

The More Than Complete Action Philosophers! TP: Nov 2009

[edit] News & Features

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