Anders Nilsen

Anders Nilsen

Anders Nilsen (b. 1973) is a popular artist and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago, IL.

He works on an ongoing comic series, "Big Questions" (Drawn and Quarterly), which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies " [http://www.buenaventurapress.com/KE6/ Kramers Ergot] " and " [http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=152&Itemid=62&vmcchk=1&Itemid=62 Mome] ". His graphic novel "Dogs and Water" won an Ignatz Award in 2005. An excerpt from " Dogs and Water " was featured in the inaugural 2006 edition of the "Best American Comics" anthology, and the book was expanded and reissued in hardcover in 2007. Other, more recent works include a graphic memoir, "Don't Go Where I Can't Follow" and a comic "The End".

He is a member of The Holy Consumption, a Chicago-based group of comic artists, who collectively blog and post images of their current projects. The Holy Consumption also includes Jeffrey Brown, John Hankiewicz, and Paul Hornschemeier. Nilsen also hosts his own blog called [http://themonologuist.blogspot.com/ the monologuist] .

Nilsen played guitar on two tracks on the debut album of the New York City noise-jazz trio Talibam!

elected works

* "Big Questions", Drawn and Quarterly
* "Dogs and Water", Drawn and Quarterly, October 2004 ISBN 1-894937-77-8
* "Monologues for the Coming Plague", Fantagraphics, 2006 ISBN 978-1-56097-718-6
* "Don’t go where I can’t follow", Drawn and Quarterly, 2006 ISBN 1-897299-14-1
* "The End", Fantagraphics Books, Coconino Press, January 2007 ISBN 978-1-56097-814-5

External links

* [http://www.margomitchell.com/thc/an.htm Anders Nilsen Bio in The Holy Consumption]
* [http://www.theholyconsumption.com The Holy Consumption]
* [http://themonologuist.blogspot.com/ Anders' blog, the monologuist]
* [http://www.metabunker.dk/?p=847 4 part interview with Anders Nilsen]
* [http://www.drawnandquarterly.com Drawn and Quarterly]
* [http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=20 Original Art by Anders Nilsen]


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