THE END HC REVISED AND EXPANDED

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS (W/A) Anders Nilsen Assembled from work done in Anders Nilsen'ssketchbooks over the course of the year following thedeath of his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver, in 2005, The End isa collection of short strips about loss, paralysis, waiting,and transformation - a physical manifestation of grief.The End is a concept album in different styles, a meditation on payingattention, an abstracted autobiography and a metaphysical travelogue,reflecting the progress of his struggle to reconcile the great upheavalof a death, and to find a new life on the other side. The book blendsNilsen's disparate styles, from iconic simplicity to collaged art to finelyrendered pieces. This new edition of The End is substantially expandedand revised - it is almost twice as long as the original edition - incorporatingnew work from the past 15 years that adds greater perspectiveto an already intimate window into the way we grieve, a process that can spandecades. 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.