Anders Nilsen

Anders Nilsen (he/him) is the artist and author of ten books including Big Questions, Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, The End, and Poetry is Useless. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Kramer's Ergot, Pitchfork, The Believer and elsewhere. His comics have been translated widely and his painting and drawing have been exhibited internationally. He has been both a participant and organizer of the experimental collaborative comics residency Pierre Feuille Ciseaux, and was a founder of the Autoptic Festival in Minneapolis. 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. he lives in Los Angeles.