The Lives and Thoughts of History's A-List Brain Trust Told in a Hip and Humorous Fashion

by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey

Book Overview

Action Philosophers details the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust in a hip and humorous fashion that proves that philosophy is not just the province of boring, tweed-enveloped... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977832902
• ISBN13: 9780977832903
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Evil Twin Comics
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Educational and Humourous

A great intro into some of the great thoughts and thinkers. The humour is very witty. If you like Monty Pythonesque silly intellectual humour, then this book will be a treat.

Very Funny

This is hysterically funny. For anyone who knows the history of philosophy and likes to laugh. Philosophically accurate.

Not a comic fan

I have never been a comic fan, however I work with two die hard comic guys and they came to me all jittery and excited telling me I had to see this comic book about philosophers. You see, I've studied philosophy for 10 years, edging closer and to the elusive BA. I am a natural skeptic but I caved in and looked. I laughed out loud at least four times merely leafing through the pages. When I had time to sit down and actually read through the "big red thing" I was very impressed at the blending of humor and accuracy. The spin put on these brilliant thinkers offers true laughter while remaining very accurate to the spirit of their ideas. I had to bring the book to my philosophy professors to test them out and to my pleasure they found it as funny and accurate as I! Nothing like a little brown nosing through comics! I am very impressed with this book and I will purchase every issue of the comic from now on! well done=)

Masterful Edutainment

This book collects the first three issues of "Action Philosophers!" comics. All three issues are individually sold out, so this is an excellent opportunity to collect them if you missed out on any of the earlier works. This comic was not what I expected - I saw the title, and thought that we'd get some rather goofy philosopher-inspired superheroes. Instead, we get true stories of the lives and teachings of various philosphers, but told in a very fresh style. There's a wit and energy to these stories that makes reading about something like objectivism or psychoanalysis far more fun that it really ought to be.