http://existentialcomics.com Existential Comics: A comic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes. en http://existentialcomics.com/comic/186 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/186 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/madMarxCover.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/madMarx1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/madMarx2.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/madMarx3.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/madMarx4.png"> Mon, 22 May 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/185 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/185 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/PNNderrida1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/PNNderrida2.png" alt=""And how do you plead to the charge of obscurantism?" "The theory of a 'plea' is organized, understood, and experienced prior to any conscious intention as a theory of language. Before we constructed signs we have a presupposed theory of both implicit thought, grasped as pure presentness, and explicit language, grasped as an obliteration of all signs and structures of thought. These two modes must come together in an infinite manifold in order for any 'plea' to be made." "God damnit Derrida, come on."" title=""> Mon, 15 May 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/184 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/184 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/wittgensteinGreatWar1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/wittgensteinGreatWar2.png" alt="Oh no, this is a tragedy! He died before I got to explain private languages!" title=""> Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/183 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/183 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/lifeOfFrancis1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/lifeOfFrancis2.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/lifeOfFrancis3.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/lifeOfFrancis4.png" alt=""You've got to always look on the bright side of life. Because any attempt to deduce the bright of life from reason alone will still rely on concepts gained from prior experience of the bright side of liiiiiife."" title=""> Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/182 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/182 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/captainMetaphysicsPostmodern1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/captainMetaphysicsPostmodern2.png" alt="Strawman Derrida defeated again!" title=""> Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/181 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/181 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/presocraticGetTogether1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/presocraticGetTogether2.png" alt="But actually Pythagoras was wrong, the perfect joke is made of water because everything is water." title=""> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/180 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/180 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/camusLife.png" alt="Camus." title=""> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/179 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/179 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/stoicSports1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/stoicSports2.png" alt="Although I bet even the Stoics would be pretty pissed off if they blew a 28-3 lead in the Superbowl." title=""> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/178 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/178 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/doorToDoorExistentialism1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/doorToDoorExistentialism2.png" alt="Eh, I'll get around to finding some kind of meaning or purpose to my life after a few more episodes." title=""> Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/177 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/177 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/socratesGetsGot1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/socratesGetsGot2.png" alt=""Man, I can see why they wanted to kill me."" title=""> Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/176 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/176 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/kantPokerNight1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/kantPokerNight2.png" alt=""Wait, but isn't stealing also wrong, according the the Categorical Imperative?" "Ah, common mistake, you are applying the maxim too broadly. The maxim of what we are doing isn't 'stealing', it is 'getting one over on Nietzsche', which as you know is not only morally permissible, but in fact a moral imperative."" title=""> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/175 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/175 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/councilOfElrond1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/councilOfElrond2.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/councilOfElrond3.png" alt="On second thought, maybe I'll just use the ring real quick to put down this communist revolution. In fact, maybe I should work with Sauron to stamp out communism everywhere..." title=""> Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/174 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/174 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/kierkegaardCommonMan.png" alt="What's really tragic is that there are people out there leading happy, carefree lives." title=""> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/173 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/173 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosophyJeopardy1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosophyJeopardy2.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosophyJeopardy3.png" alt="Things Schopenhauer hates: Hegel Noise Life itself Hegel Everything else" title=""> Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/172 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/172 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/existentialDayCare.png" alt="Of course, it was really a meta commentary on how art can never fully communicate the inward feelings of the artist." title=""> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/171 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/171 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosophyOfTeenageLanguage1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosophyOfTeenageLanguage2.png" alt="That's right, those penis jokes were just the setup for that sweet, sweet indeterminacy of translation payoff." title=""> Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/170 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/170 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/viennaCircle1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/viennaCircle2.png" alt="It didn't work." title=""> Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/169 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/169 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/machiavelliOffice1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/machiavelliOffice2.png" alt="As a middle manager, is it better to be feared or loved? Well, as it turns out, it doesn't really matter because you are a meaningless cog in a giant corporate machine." title=""> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/168 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/168 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/existentialAgent1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/existentialAgent2.png" alt=""Oh also, I slept with your Mom, but that wasn't really part of it."" title=""> Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 PDT http://existentialcomics.com/comic/167 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/167 <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/nextGreatPhilosopher1.png"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/nextGreatPhilosopher2.png" alt="The good looking guy won." title=""> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 PDT