Margreet de Heer's Blog, page 18

Presentation of the Philosophy book

There was no festive presentation for ‘Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics’ – but the launch of the original ‘Filosofie in Beeld’ in March 2010 made more than up for that. It still reverberates – so here are some impressions:

Presentation of ‘Filosofie in Beeld’ – March 2010

The book presentation was held at my favorite haunt: comics store Lambiek in Amsterdam – the place where I worked for five years and which still feels like home to me. The symbolic “first copy” was given to a representative o...

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‘Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics’ is out! This calls for aBig Wave of Promotion! And the fun thing is, I can do it from the comfort of my own bed. Which is a very aristocratic thing to do, I recently learned – kings and queens used to conduct all their affairs, including receiving important guests, from their bed. So there – I’m not lazy, I’m royal.

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‘Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics’ ANIMATED

My wonderful brother Maarten, who animated the cover of my upcoming Dutch book for me earlier, has made this all-too-cute animation of the cover of ‘Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics’!

Thank you, Maarten!

Anyone who wants their own covers animated, or who wants to hire him for a cool animation project, or who just wants to see more of his wonderful work, please visit his sitemaartenisaakdeheer.com.

The Book is Here!

Today, FedEx delivered a box full of ‘Philosophy: a Discovery in Comics’ to my door!

Boris and me inspecting the impressive box.
Note how cool it is that the title is printed on the side!

Open! Open! Open!

Oh, the suspense!

Inspection by the Highest Authority…

The book looks soooo good!
And I’m not just saying that because I made it.
The hardcover, the colors – it’s so well executed! Thanks NBM (and China)!!

…and how about these cool endsheets?
The Dutch version doesn’t have these.
So Dutch fans: you re...

The Oxford Experience

My ideal vacation? GOING TO SCHOOL. Well, not just ANY school. My husband and I are enjoying a week’s stay in Christ Church College, the biggest college of Oxford University, where we are taking classes every morning on the subject of English Country Houses.

Me, student at Christ Church College

But we’re mainly here for the food, which is extremely good, and served in the astonishingly beautiful Hall that served as a model for the Great Hall in Hogwarts.

Christ Church College Dining Hall

Many pla...

Small Summer Philosophies #4

VACATION

Everyone is on vacation. Officially, I have been “free” for a few weeks now. That’s what the word “vacation” literally means, by the way: “to be free”, from the Latin word vacare – also the root of vacuum, which is a space devoid of anything. But I don’t feel very free at all, especially not on the inside. To continue the metaphor of vacationing as “emptying” – I feel like I’m trying to dig a hole in the ocean. Yes, a lot of Work is tossed out of the daily routine, but immediately Dai...

Animated cover

Thanks guys at NBM for fixing the plug-in so I can post this animated cover of my newest book in The Netherlands!

The animation was done by my brother, Maarten Isaäk de Heer.

You can click on the image to get the machine to start.

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Cool, huh?

I hope the c...

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Small Summer Philosophies #3

TRUE NATURE

A friend of mine used to be a real asshole. He was rude, self-centred and boorish. At a certain point, he decided this attitude wasn’t working for him, and he chose to behave in a more pleasant manner. He’s been a nice guy for years now. “Deep down, I know I’m an asshole,” he says of himself, “But since I don’t act like one, doesn’t that mean my nature has changed? Am I still an asshole or not?”

Different philosophers have different things to say about this issue of True Nature. Pla...

Small Summer Philosophies #2

FREE WILL

Do we have Free Will? Anyone who grew up in a western civilization will probably answer YES to that question. Of course I have Free Will! Am I not completely free to decide what I will do or not do in the next second? I could choose to get up and go to the toilet, OR make myself a snack in the kitchen, OR I could even go out of the house, into the car and ride to Paris to start a new life!

But it’s not very likely that last thing will happen. Why not? Well, I’m just not that kind of p...