Bitch Planet

It is recorded as the work of Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro. Publication is recorded by Image Comics. The recorded date of publication is 2014. The record gives 2014 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are comic and science fiction comics.

• Schedule — Monthly (loosely) • Ongoing — y • Publisher — Image Comics • Date — December 2014 to April 2017 • Issues — 10 • Genre — Feminist Dystopian • Main Char Team — Kamau Kogo (Kam) Penny Rolle Fanny Renelle • Writers — Kelly Sue DeConnick • Artists — Valentine De Landro • Letterers — Clayton Cowles • Subcat — Image Comics • Sort — Bitch Planet (comics)

DeConnick and De Landro first met at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto. DeConnick liked De Landro's work (particularly the heavy use of blacks and shades to portray character emotion) after which the two exchanged information and planned to collaborate on a Marvel comic. However, they did not find any opportunities to do so, and decided to create their own comic series instead. De Landro chose Bitch Planet over two other projects DeConnick was also writing. Most of the cover art is done by De Landro, though every third issue contains illustrations by a guest artist. DeConnick described the book's creation as being "born of a deep and abiding love for exploitation and women in prison movies of the '60s and '70s". Both creators wanted to include the intriguing and difficult aspects of women's lives in prison and to change the narrative of female oppression. DeConnick made a point to include female nudity in the comic in ways to exhibit the female body without the purpose of sexual arousal. The two creators planned to include the backstory of an inmate every third issue before discovering the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, which has a similar structure. They decided to continue with the idea and forbear watching the TV series in order to avoid its influence. Each issue of Bitch Planet ended with a segment called "Bitch Fest", containing a letter from DeConnick relating to the comic, politics, and feminist issues. The segment also contains "Bitches Be Like", which is where usually-feminist guest authors write a short passage relating to topics discussed within the issue. In addition, the segment often includes tweets from fans in a subsection titled "Itty Bitty Bitchy," as well as photos and fan art submitted by readers in the subsection "Bitch Face." The back page of every issue includes satirical comic book ads for Missed Connections, and such stereotypical products as X-ray specs, but with a feminist twist. Following the publication of Bitch Planet #10, a five-issue anthology-style limited series called Bitch Planet: Triple Feature! began, with each issue containing three stories by different writers and artists.

• Issue — Title — Writer — Artist • 1 — "Windows" — Cheryl Lynn Eaton — Maria Fröhlich • 1 — "Without and Within" — Andrew Aydin — Joanna Estep • 1 — "The Invisible Woman" — Conley Lyons — Craig Yeung (art) / Marco D’Alfonso (colors) • 2 — "What's Love got To Do With It?" — Jordan Clark — Naomi Franquiz • 2 — "This Is Good For You" — Danielle Henderson — Ro Stein/Ted Brandt • 2 — "Bits And Pieces" — Che Grayson — Sharon Lee De La Cruz • 3 — "Those People" — Alissa Sallah — Alec Valerius • 3 — "Big Game" — Dylan Meconis — Dylan Meconis • 3 — "Love, Honor & Obey" — Kit Cox — Vanesa R. Del Ray • 4 — "Life of a Sportsman" — Marc Deschamps — Mindy Lee • 4 — "Bodymod" — Sara Woolley — Sara Woolley • 4 — "To Be Free" — Vita Ayala — Rossi Gifford • 5 — "Everyone's Grandma Is A Little Bit Feminist" — Matt Fraction — Elsa Charretier • 5 — "Mirror, Mirror" — Jon Tsuei — Saskia Gutenkist • 5 — "Basic Bitch" — Bassey Nyambi / Nyambi Nyambi — Chris Visions Each issue, as with the main series, was lettered by Clayton Cowles.

The series focuses on women who have been imprisoned for being "non-compliant" in an off-planet prison called the Auxiliary Compliance Outpost. The narrative arc moves through time, presenting how the women were arrested in the first place as well as their various experiences within the prison.