From Plato to Carlin
The two most popular philosophies
Looking back on one and a half year of publishing my Philosophy comics here, it’s interesting to see that two postings stand out in terms of visits, likes and engagement:
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
It is gratifying to see that this ancient version of The Matrix still speaks to people!
Here’s the original page as I drew it in Dutch:
This is also a great example of what coloring can do for a page!
The coloring of Philosophy was done by Yiri Kohl, who happens to be my husband AND the one who introduced George Carlin into my life:
George Carlin
This comic about George Carlin received by far the most views:
This makes me very happy! It’s good to know that Carlin’s message of critical thinking and exposing bullsh•it is still heard today.
Here are the original pages as I drew them in Dutch:
Detail:
Detail of my notes in the top:
This is text that would have been spoken by Yiri (but was left out of the comic):
The core of Carlins work is exposing all possible kinds of BULLSHIT - religious, cultural, political - and that’s exactly what speaks to me motivated me in what I do: to not blindly accept - especially not from people with power - , to always investigate what’s behind something, whether you’re not being screwed
…but always with humor, mind!
Without humor you’d just be a paranoid pessimist
Originals for sale
I’m selling these originals through my crowdfunding on Zoop - which ends this week, so snap them up quickly if you want them!
They could look like this on your wall:
The three pages of Carlin only sell as a set: instead of 250 dollar per page your pay 500 dollar for the three of them.
The originals will be sent with prints of the colored versions in English. Frame not included.
This offer is exclusive to the crowdfunding, so if you want to snap up the originals of this popular comic, now’s your chance!













Dear Margreet,
This is great!
I love that you refer to Plato's cave as an "ancient version of The Matrix."
Perfect!
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq