Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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With GODHEAD Vol. 2 (Fantagraphics, bookshop.org/a/4669/9781683966715), Ho Che Anderson has fulfilled a graphic novel science fiction adventure 20 years in the making. He rejoins the show so we can talk about how GODHEAD changed over the years, where the idea of a device that lets users commune with God came from (and how it kinda sorta mirrored his grandmothers' war for his soul), and what the process of making this book taught him about writing and comics storytelling. We get into why he loves science fiction on the screen, his experiences writing for film, prose & comics, the experience he had at Marvel with a Luke Cage miniseries that got cancelled at the last minute, and our Frank Miller experiences & some of the visual cues of RONIN in GODHEAD. We also discuss the need for religion, his fascination with the ocean, finding himself as a screenwriter (even with overlong drafts), why he donated his pages & materials from his MLK biography to the Billy Ireland library, his notion of legacy, and a lot more. Follow Ho Che on Instagram (instagram.com/hocheanderson69/) & go listen to our 2019 conversation (chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-346-ho-che-anderson) • More info at chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-536-ho-che-anderson • Support The Virtual Memories Show via https://patreon.com.vmspod and via our newsletter, https://buttondown.email/vmspod
[reposted from an earlier version, after the cartoonist & artist Nina Bunjevac complained about a dumb quip that I made, which has been removed]
Conversation begins at 5:30
With GODHEAD Vol. 2 (Fantagraphics, bookshop.org/a/4669/9781683966715), Ho Che Anderson has fulfilled a graphic novel science fiction adventure 20 years in the making. He rejoins the show so we can talk about how GODHEAD changed over the years, where the idea of a device that lets users commune with God came from (and how it kinda sorta mirrored his grandmothers' war for his soul), and what the process of making this book taught him about writing and comics storytelling. We get into why he loves science fiction on the screen, his experiences writing for film, prose & comics, the experience he had at Marvel with a Luke Cage miniseries that got cancelled at the last minute, and our Frank Miller experiences & some of the visual cues of RONIN in GODHEAD. We also discuss the need for religion, his fascination with the ocean, finding himself as a screenwriter (even with overlong drafts), why he donated his pages & materials from his MLK biography to the Billy Ireland library, his notion of legacy, and a lot more. Follow Ho Che on Instagram (instagram.com/hocheanderson69/) & go listen to our 2019 conversation (chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-346-ho-che-anderson) • More info at chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-536-ho-che-anderson • Support The Virtual Memories Show via https://patreon.com.vmspod and via our newsletter, https://buttondown.email/vmspod
[reposted from an earlier version, after the cartoonist & artist Nina Bunjevac complained about a dumb quip that I made, which has been removed]
