{"id":16021,"date":"2023-04-25T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16021"},"modified":"2023-05-06T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T15:23:22","slug":"episode-536-ho-che-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-536-ho-che-anderson","title":{"rendered":"Episode 536 – Ho Che Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 536:
\nHo Che Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I think when most people go to a big sci-fi spectacle, they’re not expecting to have to wade through tons of dialogue about philosophy and theology. But that’s the stuff that I’ve always gravitated toward. It’s the minutia of conversation that I’m most fascinated by.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With GODHEAD Vol. 2<\/a> (Fantagraphics), 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 controversial Luke Cage<\/a> miniseries that got cancelled at the last minute, and our Frank Miller experiences & some of the visual cues of RONIN<\/a> 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<\/a> to the Billy Ireland library, his notion of legacy, and a lot more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read GODHEAD Vols. 1<\/a> and 2<\/a>!<\/p>\n

(And go listen to our 2019 conversation<\/a>!)<\/em><\/p>\n

“I see the need for religion, to some extent, and I think it does some good. It allows people to become part of something greater than themselves. But I feel very strongly that we created God because we needed to.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n