Anders Nilsen

Biography

Anders Nilsen is the artist and author of nine books of comics and visual narratives including Big Questions (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011), The End (Fantagraphics, 2013), Poetry is Useless (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015), and the forthcoming Tongues. His comics have appeared in the New York Times, Medium, and elsewhere. 

See Work

FICTION / Summer 2018

Learning

By Catherine Lacey ,  Illustration by Anders Nilsen

It’s hard to know which of us began to wear our shoes in the apartment, but one of us did—one of us, then the other. First it was just in the kitchen, but soon there were tracks in the bedroom, bathroom, living room, everywhere. Old...
FICTION / Summer 2018

The Boys

By Ben Marcus ,  Illustration by Anders Nilsen

It happens. A close relative dies. One who lives elsewhere. And then some time has to be set aside, even if no such thing is possible. Because of work, because of a lack of funds when it comes to traveling.
FICTION / Summer 2018

She Cannot Work

By Ashleigh Young ,  Illustration by Anders Nilsen

She cannot work when the man is in the house. She is working on a project that she has been working on for a long time, and ever since she began living with the man the project has been moving slowly and she is no longer sure that she will...