Episode 49, Corey Mohler: Behind Existential Comics (Part I)

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🗓️ 21 October 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Corey Mohler is a software engineer from Portland, Oregon, USA. With no formal education in philosophy, it might come as a surprise that Corey is the author of the incredibly popular philosophy webcomic, Existential Comics. Founded in December 2013, Existential Comics describes itself as

“a philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes.”

The comic receives well over one million views per month, making it one of the most popular philosophy websites on the internet.

In Part I, we’re going to be discussing the ideas bubbling behind ‘Existential Comics’, and in Part II, we’ll be engaging in some further analysis and discussion, as well as asking some listener questions.

Contents

Part I. Behind Existential Comics

Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion

Transcript

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0:00.0	Corey Mola is a software engineer from Portland, Oregon, USA.
0:13.0	With no formal education in philosophy, it might come as a surprise that Corey is the author
0:18.0	of an incredibly popular philosophy webcomic, Existential Comics.
0:23.0	Founded in December 2013, Existential Comics describes itself as,
0:27.6	A Philosophy Web Comic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.
0:34.0	Also jokes.
0:36.1	The comic receives well over 1 million views per month, making it one of the
0:40.7	most popular philosophy websites on the internet. To find out more about Corey and Existential
0:46.5	Comics, you can find further information on our website or head right over to Existentialcomiccom.
0:53.3	A very special thank you to all of our patrons. If you're enjoying the show and or head right over to existentialcomics.com.
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