I typically do a terrible job of promoting myself online. But I have received some heart-warming feedback from comics creators, so I thought I would quote some of their public comments here (with links to the published sources). With my gratitude and appreciation for all you do in creating such …
Jeff the Land Shark Ethics
I have long been a fan of the adorable Marvel character Jeff the Land Shark, created by Kelly Thompson and Daniele Di Nicuolo in 2019. Although initially appearing as a comedic sidekick to a number of West Coast Avengers (and later Deadpool), he became famous through his own adventures in …
Fantastic Four Vol 8, issue #4, 2025
I don’t normally review single issues, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity presented by Ryan North and Humberto Ramos in their latest issue of Fantastic Four (Vol 8, issue #4, 2025, “Basic Obedience“). This is a stand-alone, single-issue story premised on a real neuropsychological condition – pareidolia. And it just …
Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow
In my last post, I looked at some of the strengths and criticisms of care ethics, and made a suggestion as to how to manage conflicts between people who prefer different moral judgements (that is, who apply different normative ethics theories). In this post, I would like to give an …
Can Caring be Wrong?
I’ve previously introduced care ethics, and described how it came about from a feminist critique of a persistent masculine gender bias in traditional ethics. As is probably obvious in my writings here, I’m a fan of the care ethics perspective in general, and how it has been successfully applied in …
FML Comix Ethics
At this stage of my comicphilosophy.com site’s life, I’m looking to move beyond the comprehensive summaries of individual superhero characters’ ethics and start considering the ethics described in specific stories and creator runs (including ongoing series). A good example is my recent review of the first ten issues of Kelly …
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Conclusion
I previously introduced A.X.E. Judgement Day – the major 2022 Marvel cross-over event – as an excellent example of ethics (moral philosophy) depicted through comic stories. The main series was written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Valerio Schiti, colors by Marte Gracia, letters by Clayton Cowles, and contributions by …
Moon Knight Ethics
Let me cut right to it. I know Khonshu is unworthy of my worship or anyone’s. I know he tried to take over the world. I know he deserves to be imprisoned wherever the Aesir are keeping him, off in Asgard. But unworthy or not, I am his fist. I …
Why be Moral?
Despite being at the heart of ethics, the question as to why one should behave morally is a surprisingly difficult one to answer. So difficult in fact that I have plenty of ethics texts that don’t even try to address it. Instead, they are happy to explain the types (and …