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Books

Action Philosophers by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey

John Snider springs into action over Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey’s graphic reconstruction of the history of ideas.

Look – up in the Sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…the Ubermensch???

Let’s face it: fan boys and philosophers don’t mix much. Those who wince at the sight of spine-roll and dream of finding a mint copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 at the neighborhood yard sale seldom truck with people who can tell the difference between Left and Right Hegelians.

Nonetheless, a publication has arrived that pannapictagraphists and philosophers alike will enjoy: Action Philosophers, a comic-book series written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Ryan Dunlavey, the dynamic duo who comprise Evil Twin Comics. Action Philosophers provides a hip, easily digestible summary of weighty material that will appeal to the masses and still keep the interest of the learned. Issue #1 hit the shelves in April 2005, sold out quickly, then sold out again in reprints six months later.

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