Education
Nilsen graduated with an art degree from the University of New Mexico in 1996.
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Anders Nilsen
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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 Kramers Ergot and Mome. 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.
He is also one of the organizers of comics residency Pierre Feuille Ciseaux.
"Anders Nilsen: drawing through grief" in The Guardian
"Massive, Eccentric, Ambitious: Anders Nilsen" in Publishers Weekly
"Dead Birds, Big Questions" in The Comics Journal
"An interview with Anders Nilsen" in The Nashville Review
"Anders Nilsen: The Interview" on Metabunker
Notable Reviews
"Fate, Feathers, and Death" in ""The New York Times"".
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Nationality
United States
Awards
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Ignatz award 2001: Xeric Award for The Ballad of the Two-Headed Boy 2005: Ignatz Award for Dogs and Water 2007: Ignatz Award for Don't Go Where I Can't Follow 2012: Ignatz Award for Big Questions 2012: Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize for Big QuestionsIgnatz award 2001: Xeric Award for The Ballad of the Two-Headed Boy 2005: Ignatz Award for Dogs and Water 2007: Ignatz Award for Don't Go Where I Can't Follow 2012: Ignatz Award for Big Questions 2012: Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize for Big Questions