Ho Che Anderson s'est imposé comme l'un des artistes les plus importants de la bande dessinée afro-américaine. Son travail se caractérise par un style visuel puissant et un commentaire incisif sur les thèmes de société. Anderson se concentre sur la création de récits qui reflètent les expériences culturelles et historiques, contribuant ainsi à la richesse et à la profondeur du médium de la bande dessinée. Son approche allie intégrité artistique et passion pour l'exploration d'histoires humaines complexes.
The biography presents a comprehensive exploration of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life through the medium of comics journalism. It portrays King as a complex and ambitious individual who navigated moral dilemmas in his quest for civil rights. By examining both his achievements and sacrifices, the work highlights King's multifaceted character and his significant role in history, offering readers a nuanced understanding of his legacy.
The gritty, action-packed resolution to the futuristic corporate thriller. In this second and concluding volume of Ho Che Anderson's gritty, futuristic thriller series, Godhead 2 picks up right where part one left off with Racer Calhoun and the rest of Cadre Zeus finally learning why they've been to destroy Oceanus, the scientific facility traveling through the Pacific housing the God machine. They undertake what they hope will be a routine intelligence gathering mission on Oceanus which quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival through the city from which Racer had fled, and leads to a reunion with Carys, the great love of his life. Finally the cadre are ready to confront Oceanus and put an end to the God machine once and for all. The story's finale upends the usual narrative expectations and concludes with a somber private epiphany that results in the triumph of human reason over a technocratic/supernatural savior. Part Boy's Own adventure genre, part men-on-a-mission yarn, and part thrilling showcase for badass women kicking ass and taking names, Godhead is also the perfect playground through which Anderson can exercise his restless obsessions in this psychological corporate crime drama. Black-and-white and full-color illustrations throughout
A corporation invents a device that can talk to God in this graphic novel thriller. Godhead ricochets from the streets of a working-class African American community to the glimmering halls of corporate America to a mobile scientific laboratory located in the Pacific Ocean. A sprawling contemporary saga with a science-fiction edge, Godhead explores a collision course between science and religion when a corporation creates a device that can talk to God. Is this humanity’s salvation or the equivalent of a Doomsday machine? Godhead is Ho Che Anderson’s most conceptually and thematically ambitious graphic novel to date, his first in over ten years. Visually, he employs a variety of drawing techniques from tonal images to stark black-and-white to full color painting in order to convey a thriller that ranges from intimate domestic drama to globalist corporate intrigue.
Am 4. April 1968 fiel Martin Luther King einem Attentat zum Opfer. Zum 40. Jahrestag dieses Mordes, der die Welt erschütterte, veröffentlicht Carlsen eine umfangreiche Biografie des großen Bürgerrechtlers. Autor und Zeichner Ho Che Anderson präsentiert nicht nur die Lichtgestalt Martin Luther King, sondern zeigt auch den Menschen hinter dem Mythos. Auf 248 Seiten entsteht so ein umfassendes Bild von Kings Leben und Wirken. Ho Che Anderson begann im Alter von 19 Jahren die Arbeit an dieser Graphic Novel, die ihn fast zehn Jahre seines Lebens begleitete und seine Sicht auf sich selbst und die Situation der Schwarzen in den USA stark beeinflusste. Zurecht gilt er heute als einer der prominentesten schwarzen Zeichner Nordamerikas, und sein Hauptwerk 'Martin Luther King' zählt zu den großen Werken des grafischen Erzählens.
