Anders Nilsen
Author · 12 books
Anders Nilsen is the artist and author of ten books including Big Questions, The End, and Poetry is Useless as well as the coloring book A Walk in Eden. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Kramer's Ergot, Pitchfork, Medium and elsewhere. His comics have been translated into several languages overseas and his painting and drawing have been exhibited internationally. Nilsen's work has received three Ignatz awards as well as the Lynd Ward Prize for the Graphic Novel and Big Questions was listed as a New York Times Notable Book in 2011. Nilsen grew up in Minneapolis and Northern New Hampshire. He studied art in New Mexico and lived in Chicago for over a decade. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Series
Books
Monologues for the Coming Plague
2006
The End
2007
Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes
2009
Tongues, Vol. 1
2025
Mitologías
2006
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow
2007
Dogs and Water
2004
Big Questions
2011
Rage of Poseidon
2013
Poetry Is Useless
2015
The End
Revised and Expanded
2022
The Best American Comics 2006
2006
