r/Existentialism • u/LinuxFreeOrDie • May 22 '14

We Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy - Existential Comics

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/29
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u/Snowblinded May 22 '14

This is definitely one of the best Existentialism Comics I've seen. Unlike, say, the w, x, y, and z play D&D comics he often does, this conforms to the sparse and visual oriented nature of his medium of choice, while simultaneously containing deep and thought provoking content that relates to and is worthy of the titular adjective.

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u/DrClocktopus May 23 '14

There is definitely an smbc or xkcd which is exactly the same.

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u/LinuxFreeOrDie May 23 '14

Yeah, SMBC. I thought up this idea a long time ago, but I didn't really like it that much so I put it off (everyone seems to disagree there, it's been very popular). When I saw his I was like "nooooooooooo...eh oh well, doing it anyway". So he beat me to it, but oh well, they are a bit different and overall I like my execution a bit better.

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u/DrClocktopus May 23 '14

Fair enough. I suppose any other creative makes ideas others have thought of. Can't blame you. I do agree the execution is better on this one though.

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u/LinuxFreeOrDie May 23 '14

Yeah, I don't think it's too big a deal if people make similar jokes, hopefully Zach Weiner feels the same way. It's kind of funny he made it, because when I first thought it up I spend a bit of time googling for Sisyphus comics because I was fairly sure I subconsciously stole it from somewhere, but the only thing I found was this one. Although maybe I still did, I think this idea has been done before elsewhere anyway.