Episode 13: Graphic novels, superheroes and revolutionaries with Ho Che Anderson, author of King and Godhead

In this episode, Cat chats with graphic novel author Ho Che Anderson about superheroes and revolutionaries, his new film and taking on the great Martin Luther King.

Born in London, England, Ho Che Anderson was named after the Vietnamese and Cuban revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. Anderson began his career as the author of numerous graphic novels, including KING, a biography of Martin Luther King, the horror thriller, SAND & FURY: A SCREAM QUEEN ADVENTURE, and the science-fiction action-adventure, GODHEAD, as well as the children’s novel, The No-Boys Club.

Anderson has also embraced a lifelong fascination with filmmaking. He studied film production at the Toronto Film School and Sheridan College, during which he was involved in the production of more than 40 shorts, and has also worked for several years as a camera assistant on numerous shows including Reign, Taken, and Designated Survivor. Anderson wrote and directed his first feature in 2018, the supernatural heist thriller, Le Corbeau, for Canada’s Telefilm, and is currently in development on a second feature, Scream Queen, with Antigravity Entertainment, based on his graphic novel about the relationship between a mother, her child and a female banshee, trapped in a town in the Midwest that won't let them leave.

Anderson recently directed his first animated short, Governance 2020, for the National Film Board of Canada. Next up is the supernatural graphic novel, The Resurrectionists, for Abrams Books imprint Megascope, and the novella Rizzo from NeoText.

You can find Ho at https://neotextcorp.com/culture/846/ and on Instagram @hocheanderson.