Dave Robinson 
Introducing Kierkegaard 
A Graphic Guide

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy?

Known as the first modern theologian, Søren

Kierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish ‘golden age’. A philosopher,

poet and social critic, his key concepts of angst, despair, and the

importance of the individual, influenced many 20th-century philosophers and

literature throughout Europe.

Dave Robinson and Oscar Zarate’s brilliant graphic

guide explains what Kierkegaard means by 'anti-philosophy', and tells an

illuminating story of the strange life and ideas of a man tortured by his

attempts to change the very priorities of Western thought.

About the author

Oscar Zárate (born 1942) is an Argentine comic book artist and illustrator. Zarate studied architecture and had a successful career in advertising in Argentina. He moved to Europe in 1971 and began to work in earnest as an illustrator. He has drawn for the UK comics magazine Crisis. In the Introducing… and …For Beginners book series he illustrated texts written by Richard Appignanesi, Alexei Sayle, Dylan Evans, J P Mc Evoy, Angus Gellatly and Rupert Woodfin. He is perhaps best known in the United States as the artist for the graphic novel A Small Killing written by Alan Moore, the a full length story about a once idealistic advertising executive haunted by his boyhood self.