Staff Pick
The Bitch Planet saga continues. The worm turns. There's more to noncompliance than you might have thought. Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro are making the most original, the most fun, the most make-you-want-to-do-something comic book out there! Recommended By Doug C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
A few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman's failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords results in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy. But what happened on Earth that this new world order came to pass in the first place? Return to the grim corridors of Auxiliary Compliance Outpost #2, to uncover the first clues to the history of the world as we know it… and meet PRESIDENT BITCH. Collects BITCH PLANET #6-10.
About the Author
Kelly Sue DeConnick has written for Image Comics, Boom, Oni, Humanoids, Dark Horse, IDW, DC, Vertigo, and Marvel. Today, she is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers' rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western, PRETTY DEADLY; the latter was co-created with artist Emma Ríos. DeConnick's most recent venture, the sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Matt Fraction, and their two children.