Scream Queen

by Ho Che Anderson

Following his landmark King , Anderson turns his attention to fiction in this harrowing tale of sex, depravity and overdue retribution. Expressionistic graphics and mastery of form are employed to chilling effect. A woman driving alone through the desert picks up a younger woman whose car has broken down on the side of the road. Later at the younger woman's job, the two ladies chat, revealing bits and pieces of their lives. After this meeting, the older woman leaves for an appointment with a man. She arrives at his apartment where he's having sex with a woman. The woman confronts him. Turns out she's the living dead, come to bring the man to the other side. Scream Queen marks the first book by Ho Che Anderson since his landmark graphic novel, King , a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Scream Queen represents a marked departure from King , being a much shorter work of genre fiction, but employing a similar graphic sensibility and mastery of form to chilling effect.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Ho Che Anderson was born London, UK, but moved to Canada with his family when he was five years old. He was named after the Vietnamese and Cuban revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. He has become one of the most prominent artists of black American comix, and is affiliated with Fantagraphics Books. Ho Che Anderson authored the impressive comix biography 'King on Martin Luther King', and the erotic 'I Want to be your Dog' in 1996. He co-produced the grungy subculture series 'Pop Life' (1998) in collaboration with fellow artist Wilfred Santiago.

Reviews

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This a solid base for a great story, but unfortunately it remained just a solid base. I wish there was more depth and the story and for it to be longer.