favorite comics with a philosophical/atheistic bent

[jrosebud]

those comics that have an honored place on my shelves:

*neil gaiman's sandman and moore's watchmen (are those not a given for most self-proclaimed geeks?)

*buffy season 8 and angel season 6 (i love how whedon can take contemporary religious stories and symbolism, set them up next to their counterparts of older origin, and bring them back down to the level of metaphor-fodder.  i can watch season seven's television episode "beneath you" when *spoiler* spike hugs the cross and see it as a beautiful, rather than cringe-worthy, moment.  good stuff.  issue five of buffy was the first comic to ever make me sob.

*action philosphers - cute, witty - what's not to like?

*the unwritten - the first issue came out this past month and i'm already hooked.  the authors are atheists.  this is to be the story behind all the stories (the myths, the legends, the religions).  i have high hopes.

*i've not read it yet, but fallen angel entertains an interesting concept: god exists, but wants to die.

anyone else want to share their favorites?

[Jolly Sapper]

Preacher

A small town minister winds up getting fused with the offspring of an angel and a demon, and now has "the word."  The word being the ability to command people to do what he tells them, for instance, count every grain of sand on a beach (actually happens in one of the story archs).  Its not terribly atheist, but it dispenses with the "perfect god" stereotype.  Its also fairly old so you should be able to find collected editions in book form for a reasonable price.

[MommaSquid]

Calvin and Hobbes was very philosophical.  


The final strip ran on Sunday, December 31, 1995.

[rlrose328]

Calvin and Hobbes was very philosophical.

Brendan is BIG into Calvin and Hobbes.  He even dragged around his birthday bear (he got from a claw machine) for a few weeks and was describing their adventures to us each evening.  So cute!

We love Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy, both of which have had philosophical storylines.  I mean with a name like Pearls Before Swine, it HAS to venture there SOMEtime, right?  

[Guest]

Well Sinfest is pretty obvious.

 The Perry Bible Fellowship is a good one too, although it seems to be discontinued.

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel is gay. I was unable to find whether he has been translated to English, I've read them in Finnish though.

Ralf König, especially Paul and Konrad -series, is one of the most enjoyable pieces of western literature. It plays with the usual stereotypes and is unashamedly homosentric, rare treat I shoud think! It is black and white and it is drawn quite simply, but it is very graphic in its depiction of sexuality, but still sells in the major bookstores and is among the other comics in libraries. We used to read them while in the army, and had an argument with the guys of the platoon about if we would be gays, who would fuck who in the ass! Finnish military (eh, or I don't know, maybe it's just us medics?)...  

Documentary comics are an interesting genre as well, of course the legendary Maus by Art Spiegelman, but more recent and interesting was Palestine by Joe Sacco. A real eyeopener, this was. Gyu DeLisle's Burma Chronicles offers an interesting viewpoint on the country that is not easily reached. Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis gave one viewpoint to the Islamic revolution in Iran in the 70's, and the aftermath. It's available as an animated movie also.

Well, these were just some that has stuck in my mind, I like Calvin and Hobbes, have read every Sandman I've got my hands on, and same can be said about Alan Moore.

[thiolsulfate]

Deadpool

He is the only person in all of comics who knows exactly what's going on.

[PipeBox]

Add http://www.dresdencodak.com to the list.  Brilliant artwork, and very entertaining.  
Also has a long, now complete series with a transhumanist bend, though you'll see that bend throughout.

[Rastelin]

It's a sin in it self not to mention "The Littlest Atheist".
I love those stripes. Here is a taste. http://www.freethunk.net/littlest-athei ... -image.php

And more here. http://www.freethunk.net/littlest-athei ... stings.php

[Sheeplauncher]

Preacher

A small town minister winds up getting fused with the offspring of an angel and a demon, and now has "the word."  The word being the ability to command people to do what he tells them, for instance, count every grain of sand on a beach (actually happens in one of the story archs).  Its not terribly atheist, but it dispenses with the "perfect god" stereotype.  Its also fairly old so you should be able to find collected editions in book form for a reasonable price.

AMAZING GRAPHIC NOVEL
Just read all of it

[Sheeplauncher]

also saw this other day

[SSY]

Calvin and Hobbes was very philosophical.  


The final strip ran on Sunday, December 31, 1995.

[McQ]

My faves were:

Peanuts
Calvin and Hobbes
Bloom County
Ziggy (30+ years ago)

[Heretical Rants]

Help!

I've just become addicted to Sinfest!

I thought I'd just read a month or so of the archives, but then I blew all of my free time yesterday reading a whole year of them!

...and if I just let it burn itself out, at this rate I won't have any free time outside of Sinfest for the next week, since there's about 8 years of comics on the website.

Help!

[JillSwift]

Help!

Resistance is futile.  

[Heretical Rants]

Help!

Resistance is futile.  

I know!  It's like Calvin and Hobbes joined teams with Garfield, Dilbert, Ziggy, and the magic sky daddy, and then turned into anime!

Admittedly they're all drunk, but still!