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Aneurin (Nye) Wright was born in rural Idaho, USA, the son of a West Texan architect and a London writer. He earned a BA in English Literature from Yale and a BFA in Illustration and Communication Design from the Pratt Institute. He was the animation director for the ‘Short History of the United States’ cartoon sequence in Michael Moore’s Academy Award-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine.

For over two years, Wright drew a weekly strip for the Waterstone’s Blog called Sprout’s Bookclub. In it, the great authors of the past travel through a wormhole in space and time to the present to pitch themselves and their work directly to the readership of the future: a five-month-old baby girl named Sprout.

His graphic memoir Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park was published to critical acclaim by Myriad in 2012. His graphic novel Noni’s Wedding will be published by Myriad in 2021. Wright lives in Brighton with his graphic designer wife and daughter Sprout.

Interviews and Features

A Brief History of the USA in Bowling for Columbine

Aneurin Wright’s cartoon for Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine was described as ‘worth the price of admission’ by Variety magazine, ‘a joyously funny cartoon sequence’ by The Hollywood Reporter and by Oprah as her favourite part of the film. FlickerLab’s Creative Director, Harold Moss, directed and voiced all the characters.

Nye Wright Interview on RTE Radio One Arena

Excellent ten-minute interview with Nye Wright.

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Nye Wright on BBC Radio Sussex

Interview on the Danny Pike show.

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Nye Wright interview in the Herald Scotland

‘I love the “golden moment.” In comics visuals, as you plot how you want to tell a story, what moments to show and what not to show, you have to choose the perfect beats in a continuum. I remember having a chat with an animator and he was jealous of the ability in comics to choose that perfect frozen moment to tell your story, and then choose another, and let the reader fill in the gaps. Animation, he said, almost felt like it made people lazy. Comics, challenges readers to work with the artist to build the story, in the mind of the reader, together. That’s some powerful stuff.’

Nye talking about why he loves comics in Teddy Jamieson’s Graphic Content section in the Herald Scotland

Nye Wright interview in The Argus

‘Mixing fantasy with the unflinching reality of living with a dying relative, the graphic novel combines tragedy, comedy and pinpoint observations of modern life, from unthinking neighbours to the caring professionals dealing with death on a daily basis…“I think of it like travel writing – if someone has gone to Rome and had an amazing experience it can be very compelling to read, whether or not you’ve been there. An autobiography can be travel writing about life, about grief, loss and getting on with it.”’

Nye reflects on his latest work in an author profile in The Argus

Nye Wright interview in The Metro

Nye Wright

‘He was a successful architect with clients who adored him. He built some of the most celebrated houses in my home town and had a street named after him when he passed away…He’d defined himself by his work. He no longer had the energy to work, so had to turn his focus to other things…’

Nye Wright remembers his father – the inspiration behind his graphic novel, in The Metro

Nye Wright interview in an Orbital Comics podcast

Listen to Nye Wright discussing the art of graphic memoir and talking about Things to do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park in this exclusive, Orbital Comics podcast

Follow Nye's new comic on Waterstone's Blog

Sprouts

Follow Nye’s new comic strip Sprout’s Bookclub, exclusively on the Waterstone’s Graphic Novel blog. There are new instalments every Saturday and you can get invovled on twitter@sproutsbookclub.

Nye Wright article in the Guardian Professional

Nye Wright and his father

‘I wish I could say that my decision at the end of 2002 to move in with and become full-time carer for my father in the last six months of his life as he succumbed to emphysema came from a deep well of saintly altruism…But that time, aided by a small, miraculous army of professional support, was also one of the most amazing of my life.’

Nye Wright discusses caring for his father in the last 6 months of his life, in an article for Guardian professional

Interview with Broken Frontier

In which Nye confesses to being a Yank, and talks about Idaho potatoes, art school, and how he stopped himself going crazy…

Read the interview here
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