The End

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By Anders Nilsen

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Summary

The End is a profound graphic novel that weaves together different artistic styles to explore grief and healing. It combines elements of autobiography and metaphysical journeying as Anders Nilsen confronts the upheaval caused by loss, seeking a new life beyond it. The expanded edition enriches the intimate narrative with additional sketches, new comics, an afterword, and collaborative work, offering a nuanced meditation on the decades-long process of mourning.
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This graphic novel is suited for readers interested in thoughtful, visually diverse explorations of grief, especially those who appreciate memoir-style narratives and the art of comics as a medium for introspection and emotional depth.

Assembled from work done in Anders Nilsen's sketchbooks over the course of the year following the death of his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver, in 2005, The End is a collection of short strips about loss, paralysis, waiting, and transformation -- a physical manifestation of grief.

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The End is a concept album in different styles, a meditation on paying attention, an abstracted autobiography and a metaphysical travelogue. It reflects the progress of Anders Nilsen's struggle to reconcile the great upheaval of a death and to find a new life on the other side. The book blends Nilsen's disparate styles, from iconic simplicity to collaged art to finely rendered pieces.

This new edition of The End is substantially expanded and revised. It is almost twice as long as the original edition, incorporating new work from the past 15 years that adds greater perspective to an already intimate window into the way we grieve—a process that can span decades.

The new material includes added content from the original sketchbooks, over a dozen pages of new comics, a new afterword by the author, additional notes, and over 20 pages of Cheryl Weaver's work.

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Praised for its honest and evocative portrayal of grief, The End has been called "a strikingly universal response to an inescapable part of being human" by The New Yorker. Library Journal gave it a starred review, lauding its poignancy and philosophical depth. Critics describe it as devastatingly magical, brilliantly crafted, and a testament to the enduring impact of loss.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683965633

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 197.0mm

Height: 267.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 150

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About the Author

Anders Nilsen is a cartoonist living in Portland, OR. He is the author of the graphic novel Big Questions and is currently serializing his next graphic novel, Tongues.

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