Anders Nilsen
Encyclopedia
Anders Nilsen 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 Kramers Ergot
and 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 the monologuist.
Nilsen played guitar on two tracks on the debut album of the New York City noise-jazz trio Talibam!
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and graphic novelist who grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IL
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
He works on an ongoing comic series, Big Questions (Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by Chris Oliveros, and based in Montreal, Quebec. Its focus is on graphic novels and underground or alternative comics. Drawn and Quarterly was also the title of the company's flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s...
), which has been nominated several times for the Ignatz Award. In addition, his comics have appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot
Kramers Ergot
Kramers Ergot is a series of anthology-style books of comic art edited by Sammy Harkham.-Publication history:Kramers Ergot started as a mini-comic self-published by Sammy Harkham under the imprint Avodah Books...
and Mome
MOME (Comics)
Mome was a quarterly full-color comics anthology edited by Eric Reynolds , and published by Fantagraphics Books....
. 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
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
, 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
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
, John Hankiewicz, and Paul Hornschemeier
Paul Hornschemeier
Paul Hornschemeier is a cartoonist based in Chicago, Illinois, known for his thought-provoking explorations of the layered complexities of human life in his work.-Biography:...
. Nilsen also hosts his own blog called the monologuist.
Nilsen played guitar on two tracks on the debut album of the New York City noise-jazz trio Talibam!
Selected 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