Anders Nilsen (he/him) is the artist and author of ten books including Big Questions, The End, Poetry is Useless and Tongues. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Kramer's Ergot, Pitchfork, The New Yorker and elsewhere. His comics have been translated widely 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 splitting his time between Minneapolis and the mountains of Northern New Hampshire. He studied art in New Mexico and lived on the west side of Chicago for over a decade where he worked for a while as both cook and curator at the James Beard recognized Lula Cafe in Logan Square. He has been a participant and occasional organizer of the French experimental collaborative comics residency Pierre Feuille Ciseaux, and became a Civitella Ranieri fellow in 2024. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two cats.

Pronunciation guide:

Anders (AHN-ders - rhymes with ‘wanders’)

Nilsen (NIL-sen - rhymes with ‘Wilson’)

Selected Press

• A Stunning, Hallucinatory Retelling of Greek Myth - The New York Times

• Review Tongues Vol 1 - The Comics Journal

• Anders Nilsen’s ‘Tongues’ and the Nature of God - Pop Matters

• We Didn’t Start the Fire – Publisher’s Weekly

• Interview - Comics Grinder

• The Examined Life - Lines and Marks

• Fate Feathers and Death - The New York Times

• The Guardian - Drawing Through Grief - The Guardian

• An Interview - Booooooom

• Creator of cartoons both terrifying and meaningful - A.V. Club

• We Meet the Maker of One of the Best Comic Books Ever - It’s Nice That