Synopses & Reviews
Fred Van Lente is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Marvel Zombies,
Incredible Hercules (with Greg Pak),
Odd Is On Our Side (with Dean R. Koontz), as well as the American Library Association award-winning
Action Philosophers.
His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (co-written with Andrew Foley) is the basis for the major motion picture starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.
Van Lente's other comics include The Comic Book History of Comics, Taskmaster, Archer & Armstrong, Amazing Spider-Man and GI Joe.
Fred loves hearing from readers at [email protected]. The author lives in Brooklyn, N.Y..
About the Author
This ain't your grandpappy's dusty old philosophy class! It's the philosophy seminar your college ethics professor wished he could teach! It's . . . the definitive tenth-anniversary edition of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's award-winning, best-selling
Action Philosophers!
Study the tenets of Plato, the wrestling superstar from ancient Greece, learn the lessons of Nietzsche, the original übermensch, and meditate on the messages of Bodhidharma, a kung fu master. Laugh, learn, laugh some more, and ponder the messages of history's great thinkers as Van Lente and Dunlavey deliver this comprehensive cartoon history from the pre-Socratics to Jacques Derrida!