Bitch Planet #1 did a fantastic job of establishing setting: a dystopian, authoritarian world where compliance is paramount. The creative team haven’t been resting on their laurels though, and even though Bitch Planet #2 turns its attention more to getting the plot rolling in earnest, the symbolism established in the first issue continues …
The press blurb for Bitch Planet #1 describes it as a ” highly anticipated women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff.” Nothing about that is false – that’s exactly what Bitch Planet is, on the surface – but it sells the book short, to some extent. Bitch Planet is certainly a “women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff”, but it’s so much …
