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Scream Queen Kindle & comiXology

by Ho Che Anderson (Author, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

2.5 3 ratings

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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.

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From Publishers Weekly

Anderson's first outing since King, his monumental biography of Martin Luther King Jr., is a visually stunning fable of sex and death that collapses under the weight of its own pretensions. But until it falls apart, it's a good ride. The story is presented in a 10"-square format, and Anderson uses this to create wide cinematic panels in stark b&w. The tale tracks an angel of death stand-in as she drives through the desert, stopping for a hitchhiker on her way to confront a depraved killer. The first section, with Death and her passenger, Avril, is entertaining and humorous as the two have a lively discussion about life and sex. But the second section, in which Death confronts the killer, tilts toward melodrama. Over-the-top dialogue like "The only time I feel anything is when I scream" pushes this otherwise compelling novella into gothic-kitsch territory. Anderson's trademark expressionist art is still compelling, and he stretches out even further here, crafting unusual panels of light and dark—drawings that stand on their own as visuals and also advance the narrative. Still, they're not quite enough to redeemthis overdramatic work. (June)
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“He is one of the few explorers, the few pioneers in North American comic books, moving into new territory, and it’s about damn time more people recognize.” (Leroy Douresseaux - ComicBook Bin )

“Anderson's blocky figures and Expressionistic use of caricature are augmented by processed period photography, an approach that calls to mind the minimalist abstractions of Frank Miller…the resulting aesthetic is striking and symbolic.” (The Guardian )