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Added by DavidscarterAction Philosophers is published by Evil Twin Comics. Current price per issue is $2.95.
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Publication Dates
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Last Issue
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- Action Philosophers #8: 28 Feb 2007: "Senseless Violence Spectacular"
Current Issue
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- Action Philosophers #9: 06 Sep 2007: "The Lightning Round"
Next Issue
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- none
Status
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Series of self-contained books each featuring different philosophers in amazing cartoon action. Published irregularly. Final issue will be #9.
Characters
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Main Characters
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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.
Recent Storylines
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Action Philosophers #9
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"The Lightning Round"
Action Philosophers #8
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"Senseless Violence Spectacular" - Features Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and “You’re A Good Man John Stuart Mill”.
Action Philosophers #7
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"It's All Greek to You!" - Features The Pre-Socrates, Aristotle, and Epictetus the Stoic.
Action Philosophers #6
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"The People's Choice" - Features philosophers chosen in an online poll: St. Thomas Aquinas, Soren Keirkegaard, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Action Philosophers #5
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"Hate the French!" - Features René Descartes, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida
Action Philosophers #4
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"World Domination Handbook" - Features Karl Marx, Machiavelli and The Kabbalah
Action Philosophers #3
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"Self-Help for Stupid Ugly Losers" - Features Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell
Action Philosophers #2
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"All-Sex Special" - Features Thomas Jefferson, Ayn Rand, and Saint Augustine.
Action Philosophers #1
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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.
Past Storylines
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Collections
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- Action Philosophers Giant-Sized Thing, vol. 1: - Collects #1-3. - WorldCat - ISBN 0977832902
- Action Philosophers Giant-Sized Thing, vol. 2: - Collects #4-6. - WorldCat - ISBN 0977832910
- Action Philosophers Giant-Sized Thing, vol. 3: - Collects #7-9. - WorldCat - ISBN 0977832929
- The More Than Complete Action Philosophers - Collects #1-9, plus 4 new stories. - WorldCat - ISBN 0977832937
History
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Leftover Useful Information
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Creative Team
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Fred Van Lente - writer Ryan Dunlavey - artist
Publishing History
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Order Codes
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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
Future Publication Dates
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Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.
News & Features
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- 10 Dec 2008 - Fred Van Lente Day Chat Transcript
- 16 Feb 2006 - Exclusive Preview: Action Philosophers #8, "Senseless Violence Spectacular"
Links
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- Action Philosophers on the Evil Twin Website - includes a sample story and excerpts.