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This graphic novel offers a captivating retelling of the Prometheus myth, showcasing stunning artwork from a highly acclaimed artist. The narrative delves into themes of creation, rebellion, and the consequences of defying the gods, bringing a fresh perspective to this timeless tale. The combination of striking visuals and a compelling storyline makes it a unique interpretation that appeals to both graphic novel enthusiasts and fans of classic mythology.

This comic is highly praised for its exceptional storytelling and artistry, making it stand out among the genre. Readers can expect a captivating narrative that combines humor, emotion, and insightful themes, appealing to both avid comic fans and newcomers alike. The artwork complements the story beautifully, enhancing the overall experience. It promises to leave a lasting impression and is considered a must-read for anyone looking to explore the best in comic literature.

In Poetry is Useless, Anders Nilsen redefines the sketchbook format, intermingling elegant, densely detailed renderings of mythical animals, short comics drawn in ink, meditations on religion, and abstract shapes and patterns. Page after page gives way under Nilsen's deft hatching and perfectly placed pen strokes, revealing his intellectual curiosity and wry outlook on life's many surprises. Stick people debate the dubious merits of economics. Immaculately stippled circles become looser and looser, as craters appear on their surface. A series of portraits capture the backs of friends' heads. For ten or twenty pages at a time, Poetry is Useless becomes a travel diary, in which Nilsen shares anecdotes about his voyages in Europe and North America. A trip to Colombia for a comics festival is recounted in carefully drawn city streets and sketches made in cafes. Poetry is Useless reveals seven years of Nilsen's life and musings: beginning in 2007, it covers a substantial period of his comics career to date, and includes visual reference to his books, such as Dogs & Water, Rage of Poseidon, and the New York Times Notable Book Big Questions. This expansive sketchbook-as-graphic-novel is exquisitely packaged with appendices and a foreword from Anders Nilsen himself.

'Große Fragen ist ein modernes literarisches Wunder: wagemutig wie Werke von Orwell oder Beckett, voller absurdem Humor und Tragisch-Wunderbarem.' Joe Meno Die großen Fragen der Menschheit, neu verhandelt von kleinen Philosophen: Warum sind wir hier? Hat unsere Existenz einen Sinn? Und falls ja, haben wir eine Möglichkeit, ihn zu erkennen? Geht es um Liebe? Was aber ist dann stärker – die Liebe oder der Tod? Was ist der Tod? Und was kommt danach? Auf einer Wiese steht eine Hütte, in der ein geistig behinderter Junge bei seiner Großmutter lebt. Ein Flugzeug überfliegt diese Wiese und wirft eine Bombe ab, die nicht explodiert. Wenig später stürzt das Flugzeug in die Hütte. Eine Gruppe Vögel findet den Blindgänger und beobachtet den Absturz. Die Vögel erleben den Einbruch des Unerklärlichen in ihre kleine Welt – und stehen unvermittelt vor genau den großen Fragen, die die Menschheit von jeher beschäftigen. Als der Blindgänger explodiert, der Pilot aus dem Cockpit seines Flugzeugs klettert und der geistig behinderte Junge aus den Trümmern der Hütte in die Welt hinaustritt, gerät eine Lawine von dramatischen Ereignissen ins Rollen, die die Vögel zwingt, Antworten zu finden.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2011, included on Amazon.com, Publishers Weekly, and NPR'S Best Comics lists A haunting postmodern fable, Big Questions is the magnum opus of Anders Nilsen, one of the brightest and most talented young cartoonists working today. This beautiful minimalist story, collected here for the first time, is the culmination of ten years and more than six hundred pages of work that details the metaphysical quandaries of the occupants of an endless plain, existing somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe. A downed plane is thought to be a bird and the unexploded bomb that came from it is mistaken for a giant egg by the group of birds whose lives the story follows. The indifferent, stranded pilot is of great interest to the birds--some doggedly seek his approval, while others do quite the opposite, leading to tensions in the group. Nilsen seamlessly moves from humor to heartbreak. His distinctive, detailed line work is paired with plentiful white space and large, often frameless panels, conveying an ineffable sense of vulnerability and openness. Big Questions has roots in classic fables--the birds and snakes have more to say than their human counterparts, and there are hints of the hero's journey, but here the easy moral that closes most fables is left open and ambiguous. Rather than lending its world meaning, Nilsen's parable lets the questions wander where they will.

After losing his significant other, a man tries to piece his life back together.

A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS INSCRIBED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, LETTERS, AND BEDSIDE SKETCHES In 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.

A wise and funny collection of modern-day parables about the ties between humans and their gods Imagine you are Poseidon at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The oceans are dying and sailors have long since stopped paying tribute. They just don't need you anymore. What do you do? Perhaps, seeking answers, you go exploring. Maybe you end up in Wisconsin and discover the pleasures of the iced latte. And then, perhaps, everything goes wrong. Anders Nilsen, the author of Big Questions and Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, explores questions like these in his newest work, a darkly funny meditation on religion and faith with a modern twist. Rage of Poseidon brings all the philosophical depth of Nilsen's earlier work to bear on contemporary society, asking how a twenty-first-century child might respond to being sacrificed on a mountaintop, and probing the role gods like Venus and Bacchus might have in the world of today. Nilsen works in a unique style for these short stories, distilling individual moments in black silhouette on a spare white background. Above all, though, he immerses us seamlessly in a world where gods and humans are more alike than not, forcing us to recognize the humor in our (and their) desperation. Rage of Poseidon is devastating, insightful, and beautifully hewn; it's a wry triumph in an all-new style from a masterful artist.