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Big Questions, or Asomatognosia: Whose Hand Is It Anyway? is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Anders Nilsen, and published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2011. It tells the story of TK

Publication history
'Big Questions originated in 1996 while Nilsen was an art student at the University of New Mexico; it was his first foray into comics. Over Nilsen's 15 years of work on the project, it was nominated several times for the Ignatz Award.

Synopsis
TK

Characters

 * The Finches:
 * Alma — birds' matriarch
 * Charlotte Evangelista — "the first to recognize the extraordinary nature of the giant bird." Dies in the explosion.
 * Zwingly — "Charlotte's heir. Determined to win the favor of" the Pilot.
 * Theodorus — Zwingly's helper and companion; loyal, unquestioning.
 * Eusippius — Zwingly's other helper and companion; also loyal and unquestioning.
 * Algernon — suffers the most losses of any of the characters, including his mate Thelma. Befriended by the snake and spends a lot of time underground. Thematically similar to Orpheus.
 * Thelma — Algernon's mate; unseen for the length of the book.
 * Betty Sentry — "reluctant guardian of the giant egg. In love with Curtis. Sees ghosts."
 * Curtis — naturally a skeptic. In love with Betty, but unaware of that fact.
 * Bayle — "devoted follower and defender of the Idiot."
 * Philo — friend of Bayle but wary of the Idiot and Bayle's devotion to him.
 * Clay — sent by Alma to investigate "the Egg" (e.g., the bomb); badly injured when it explodes.
 * Morris — "bearer of unhappy news. Occasional philosopher."
 * Louis — Morris's best friend; protector of the injured Clay.


 * The Humans:
 * The Pilot — "possibly narcoleptic. Has difficulty keeping dreams and real life apart. Object of great interest to the birds."
 * The Idiot —
 * The Grandmother — Caretaker of the Idiot; makes donuts; dies in the plane crash.


 * The Giant — the Pilot's downed plane.
 * The Egg — the bomb.
 * The Snake —
 * The Owl —
 * The Crows — scavengers, insulters, and comedians
 * The Dogs — scavengers

Reception
Big Questions was reviewed by TK and TK. It was a New York Times Best Seller, and was named one of the ten best books of 2011 by TK.

Big Questions has been translated into TK different languages.