“...one of themost unique and subversive artifacts of pop culture in recent memory.” -Salon.com
"Seldom do comics burstonto the scene and shatter our worldview by being entirely poignant, raw, andcaptivating - but then, most comics aren't Bitch Panet." -Entertainment Weekly
EisnerAward-nominated writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, CaptainMarvel) and Valentine De Landro (X-Factor) team up to bring you thepremiere volume of Bitch Planet, a deliciously vicious riff onwomen-in-prison sci-fi exploitation.
Ina future just a few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman'sfailure to comply with her patriarchal overlords will result in exile to themeanest penal planet in the galaxy. When the newest crop of fresh femmes arrive,can they work together to stay alive or will hidden agendas, crooked guards, andthe deadliest sport on (or off!) Earth take them to theirmaker?
Though Bitch Planet had been recommended to me by several of my reader friends, I never picked it up. Something about the title, the clear aggressiveness of the premise put me off. Not another book where women are the downtrodden cast-off subjects, I thought. Sometimes I just want to read about what women can do, not what they cannot.
And although Bitch Planet is a patriarchal dystopia on steroids, the characters shine as a bright light. Much of what happens in the book will make you angry; but simultaneously it gives us characters to root for and to love. Encased in a wonderfully dynamic panelling and storytelling, Bitch Planet won me over with its wry humour and intersectional feminism.
If like me you were put off by the cover or the premise, pick it up anyway. This comic is worth looking into.
