Written By: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art By: Valentine De Landro
Colors: Cris Peter
Published By: Image
This brand new comic from Image bursts out of the pages and straight into your gut! Set in the future, Bitch Planet takes an unflinching look at our current society’s social norms concerning feminism while throwing the reader into an immersive , futuristic world. Bitch Planet is a women’s prison planet where women who’ve committed crimes, real or perceived, are sent. The issue opens with a scene of violence and tension as the reader watches a new batch of inmates entering the planet. We’re introduced to the back story of Mariah, and her husband’s involvement in her appearance at the prison. The reader is also given glimpses of the idea that there is a Death Race style of show that is integrated with Bitch Planet both in the cover art and in the last pages of this issue.
The cover art blends beautifully to the days of 60s and 70s science fiction while also maintaining a modern day grittiness. There is only one variant cover in this release, and I find that refreshing in a recent sea of variant covers and with readers scrambling to collect them. I also sincerely doubt that many different covers could convey the same powerful message in it as this cover has.
The art in this series is classic and timeless, and I feel that it perfectly offsets the very serious undertones of this comic. There is nudity in this series, and the artists are unapologetic about it however, it is not nudity drawn for the sake of a sexy character, or as a female character’s only way to be seen as soft. The nudity fits within the story appropriately and treats the human form with respect instead of objectification. As a female comic enthusiast, this is a welcomed change to the typical soft core porn style of nudity generally drawn.
