Cover to Action Philosophers #1
Action Philosophers is published by Evil Twin Comics. Current price per issue is $2.95.
Publication Dates
Last Issue
- Action Philosophers #8: 28 Feb 2007: "Senseless Violence Spectacular"
Current Issue
- Action Philosophers #9: 06 Sep 2007: "The Lightning Round"
Next Issue
- none
Status
Series of self-contained books each featuring different philosophers in amazing cartoon action. Published irregularly. Final issue will be #9.
Characters
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.
Recent Storylines
Action Philosophers #9
"The Lightning Round"
Action Philosophers #8
"Senseless Violence Spectacular" - Features Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and “You’re A Good Man John Stuart Mill”.
Action Philosophers #7
"It's All Greek to You!" - Features The Pre-Socrates, Aristotle, and Epictetus the Stoic.
Action Philosophers #6
"The People's Choice" - Features philosophers chosen in an online poll: St. Thomas Aquinas, Soren Keirkegaard, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Action Philosophers #5
"Hate the French!" - Features René Descartes, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida
Action Philosophers #4
"World Domination Handbook" - Features Karl Marx, Machiavelli and The Kabbalah
Action Philosophers #3
"Self-Help for Stupid Ugly Losers" - Features Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell
Action Philosophers #2
"All-Sex Special" - Features Thomas Jefferson, Ayn Rand, and Saint Augustine.
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.
Past Storylines
Collections
Trade Paperbacks
- 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
Hardcovers
- Action Philosophers: The Tenth Anniversary Überedition! - Collects #1-9, plus five additional stories. - WorldCat - ISBN 9781616555399
History
Leftover Useful Information
Creative Team
Fred Van Lente - writer Ryan Dunlavey - artist
Publishing History
Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.
News & Features
- 10 Dec 2008 - Fred Van Lente Day Chat Transcript
- 16 Feb 2006 - Exclusive Preview: Action Philosophers #8, "Senseless Violence Spectacular"
Links
- Action Philosophers on the Evil Twin Website - includes a sample story and excerpts.