Böcker av Anders Nilsen

From the revered graphic artist and writer Anders Nilsen, Tongues collects together in one volume for the first time Nilsen's cult comics and their retelling of the myth of Prometheus'One of the best comics I have ever read'MARK HADDON, author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME'One utterly gorgeous comic'VULTUREIn the remotest reaches of Central Asia where rival groups war over oil, a minor god is chained to a mountainside. Unfolding in a series of conversations with his unlikely friend the eagle, who visits every day to carry out a gruesome sentence of torture, Tongues follows the titan's pursuit of revenge on the god that imprisoned him. Entwined with their story are those of Astrid, a teenage East African orphan on an errand of murder, and a man with a teddy bear strapped to his back wandering aimlessly in the wilderness. Tongues is a postmodern, apocalyptic retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus, here a fallible god failing in his duty as the creator and protector of humanity. A visual meditation on our deep evolutionary past and our complicated prospects for the future, Tongues is both a propulsive story of adventure and an examination of human nature in our present moment.

Colouring books for adults are an ever-widening market, both for stress relief, relaxation, and as a creative activity in its own right. As an accomplished literary cartoonist, Nilsen s foray into colouring books will interest both his fans and new readers entranced by his drawing style.

A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS INSCRIBED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, LETTERS, AND BEDSIDE SKETCHESIn this collection of letters, drawings, and photos, Anders Nilsen chronicles a six-year relationship and the illness that brought it to an end. Don''t Go Where I Can''t Follow is an eloquent appreciation of the time the author shared with his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver. The story is told using artifacts of the couple''s life together, including early love notes, simple and poetic postcards, tales of their travels in written and comics form, journal entries, and drawings done in the hospital in her final days. It concludes with a beautifully rendered account of Weaver''s memorial that Glen David Gold, writing in the Los Angeles Times, called "16 panels of beauty and grace." Don''t Go Where I Can''t Follow is a deeply personal romance, and a universal reminder of our mortality and the significance of the relationships we build. Originally published as a limited edition in 2006, this collection includes a new afterword written by Nilsen.