It's no longer all Greek to you! Writer Fred Van Lente and artist Ryan Dunlavey dismantle the lives and thoughts of some of the ancient world's greatest thinkers in hip and humorous comic book fashion! In this The Pre-Socractics, history's first ... and weirdest philosophers! And Wrestling Superstar of Ancient Greece! (Seriously!)

Two of the most controversial thinkers of all time get the award-winning Action Philosophers treatment! What would have Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche have thought about how their ideas were manhandled by Communism and Nazism? Through the magic of comics, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Ryan Dunlavey show you - and make you laugh your ass off in the process!

Magnifique! The lives and thoughts of two of France's greatest thinkers are explained and insulted by the award-winning Action Philosophers team! If the French didn't like Americans before, wait 'til they see this! "Action Philosophers provides a hip, easily digestible summary of weighty material that will appeal to the masses and still keep the interest of the learned." - Philosophy Now magazine

A COMIXOLOGY EXCLUSIVE! For the first time anywhere in any format as a single issue, the four stories unique to the Complete AP Make Pleasure your Principle with EPICURUS! Explore medieval Muslim mysticism with RUMI! Get initiated into the Religion of Humanity with AUGUSTE COMTE! Join WILLIAM JAMES for "The Pragmatism Show!"

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 professors. Action Philosophers! Giant-Sized Thing, Volume 1 collects the first three sold-out issues of the smash-hit award-winning comic book series, from writer Fred Van Lente and artist Ryan Dunlavey.

In graphic novel format, explains the theories of various philosophers through humorous examples and anecdotes.

Imagine Plato as a wrestling superstar of ancient Greece, Nietzsche as the original ubermensch, and Bohidharma as the grand master of kung fu. These are not just great thinkers they also make great comics. Action Philosophers details the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust in hip and humorous comic book fashion. All nine issues of the award-winning, best-selling comic book series have been collected into a single volume, making this a comprehensive cartoon history of ideas from pre-Socratics to Jacques Derrida, including four new stories. You'll never have more fun getting the real scoop on the big ideas that have made the world the mess we live in today! Tom Morris (Author of Philosophy for Dummies, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, and If Harry Potter Ran General Electric).