Anders Nilsen (born 1973) is an American cartoonist who lives in

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Biography

Nilsen graduated with an art degree from the

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in 1996.Nilsen, Anders. "Afterword," ''Big Questions, or Asomatognosia'' (Drawn & Quarterly, June 2011), p. 589. He moved to Chicago in 1999 to get a Master of Fine Arts in painting, but dropped out after one year. Nilsen's comics have appeared in the anthologies ''

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'' and '' Mome''. His graphic novel ''Dogs and Water'' won an

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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. In 2007, Nilsen won an Ignatz Award for his graphic memoir, ''Don't Go Where I Can't Follow,'' and in 2012, he won an Ignatz Award for ''Big Questions'', a collected edition of his comic book series. Nilsen is co-founder of Autoptic, a bi-annual festival of independent comics and art culture that takes place in Minneapolis. He is also one of the organizers of comics residency Pierre Feuille Ciseaux at the

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. Nilsen has been regularly holding lectures and workshops at various organizations, including

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in Bangkok, Forecast program in Berlin, Center for the Humanities at the

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Awards

* 2001:

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for ''The Ballad of the Two-Headed Boy'' * 2005:

for ''Dogs and Water'' * 2007:

for ''Don't Go Where I Can't Follow'' * 2012:

for ''Big Questions'' * 2012: Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize for ''Big Questions''

Selected works

* ''Dogs and Water'', Drawn & Quarterly, October 2004, * ''Monologues for the Coming Plague'', Fantagraphics, 2006, * ''Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow'', Drawn & Quarterly, 2006 (reissued 2012), * ''The End'', Fantagraphics, Coconino Press, January 2007, * ''Monologues for Calculating the Destiny of Black Holes'', Fantagraphics, January 2009, * ''Big Questions'', Drawn & Quarterly, June 2011, * ''Rage of Poseidon'', Drawn & Quarterly, October 2013, * ''God and the Devil at War in the Garden'', May 2015, Self Published * ''Poetry is Useless'', Drawn & Quarterly, September 2015, * ''A Walk in Eden'', Drawn & Quarterly, October 2016, * ''Tongues Chapter 1-4'', No Miracles Press *''In Your Next Life You Will Be Together With All of Your Friends'', No Miracles Press, March 2021,

References

External links

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Original Art by Anders Nilsen

Interviews

'Anders Nilsen Interview' in 'Lines and Marks''Anders Nilsen: drawing through grief' in ''The Guardian''
* ttp://www.tcj.com/dead-birds-big-questions-anders-nilsen/ 'Dead Birds, Big Questions' in ''The Comics Journal''br>'An interview with Anders Nilsen' in ''The Nashville Review'''Anders Nilsen: The Interview' on ''Metabunker''
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Notable Reviews

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