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 amazing stories and art! (And kudos to Jed MacKay and Álvaro López for that hilarious panel above from Nova: Centurion Vol 1, 2025, issue #1)
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#fmlcomic Eric’s comicphilosophy.com site is terrific and well worth your time.
Despite being very much responsible for those visions, Etienne professes ignorance. Note that lying is very much allowed by Etienne’s act utilitarianism, so long as it is in service of the greater good (Eliza not destroying the world, in this case). But lying is morally wrong in Kantian ethics (no exceptions), and clearly not a feasible rule in rule utilitarianism. And virtue ethics? Well, if honesty is one of your core values, then truthfulness would be the corresponding virtue. You practice routinely telling the truth (when it is easy to do so) so that it becomes habitual. Then, when it is hard to tell the truth, that practice hopefully translates into truth-telling. But Valentina – despite her repeatedly stated virtue ethics goal of being better in this issue – clearly lacks practice.
This is a really thoughtful and thorough examination of the philosophical ideas in my Battleworld miniseries…I think Eric put more thought into it than I did! And he nails what the rest of the creative team brought. Thanks for taking the time, sir, I appreciate it!
Thanks, Eric! I loved reading this!Not the larger point of course, but FWIW one of the reasons I think of Jeff as more cat than dog, is because some of the things I would ascribe as "dog" qualities" (like eating anything in sight) seem also like "shark qualities" in my mind. lol
This is a whole lot of fun. While the Precursor was very much written to be cracked, Virtue Ethics is a good lens to consider what he considers worthy.
This is a long read but oh so good! I’m gonna try and share it around because this is such an amazing and exciting read for me ! Planning on reading this in between panels ! Thank you for your kind words in my art too !
And if you’re into ethics or philosophy, or just cool comics analysis, Eric at Comics Philosophy did a really cool piece on ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN that I really enjoyed reading. I love to see deep dive analysis of the medium and am always hoping to see more of it (it’s a fascinating medium!), so I especially appreciated this piece.
