"Bitch Planet is an ongoing American comic book created by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Valentine De Landro. The series is a feminist send-up of the exploitation film genre that takes place in a dystopian reality where non-compliant women are sent to an off-planet prison." -- Bitch Planet's Wiki Page
The Virginia LIbrary Association (VLA) has announced the winners of their first ever Graphic Novel Diversity Awards. The prize celebrates diversity in comics form, and for the first year, ten publishers submitted 22 titles (published in 2015) in two categories: Adult and Youth. Winner receives $500 from the VLA Diversity and Inclusion Forum, and will be recognized at the 25th Annual Scholarship…
Bitch Planet explores gender dynamics and agency (women having it/not having it) and completely dismisses the male gaze in our opinion.
It also serves a great example of what intersectional feminism looks like, from Kelly Sue doing the research about transgender folks by actual talking to them before writing the latest issue of BP (there’s a tumblr post that we want to link to but just can’t find at the moment), to having an actual Japanese female artist, Taki Soma do the art for Issue #6 which focused on a Japanese female character (AND back essay also written by Japanese vagina mold artist Rokudenashiko!) And there have been Black Women galore on the pages of the comic and after the pages with written commentary.
At the end of each issue are essays written mostly by women, there are tweets and photos and letters written by fans who, are mostly women. Bitch Planet also serves as a safe space for women (female identifying persons, etc) and especially to those belonging to more than one marginalized group. Bitch Planet should be credited for this and for also for the social issues it touches upon like the high numbers of incarcerated women of color in the prison systems and such.
So to answer your original question ”What is your collective opinions on Kelly Sue’s BP?” , We’re fans and recommend it. Pick up a copy and see where it takes you.
Full Title:Bitch Planet #8: President Bitch written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Valentine DeLandro (colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, lettering by Clayton Cowles)
Sentence Summary: With Meiko’s father on Bitch Planet to design the Megaton facility and a former nemesis incarcerated with Kamau, motivations are revealed, opportunities taken, and revelations made.
Quick Review: If you ever doubted that DeConnick and de Landro were committed to telling the story of all NC women, this issues assuages those fears, and does so with powerful writing, charged art, and brilliant storytelling. Absolutely worth the wait.
Update: On Monday, breast cancer survivor Paulette Leaphart completed her 1,034-mile-long, topless walk from Biloxi, Mississippi, to Washington, D.C. At the end of her 60-day journey, which so happened to be her 50th birthday, Leaphart stood on the steps of the Capitol building, and said, “Thank you, God,” according to ESPN. She was accompanied by her 8-year-old daughter Madeline.
Frogsmouth athletic-wear, owned by TXRD Holy Roller Ell B Bach has recently released officially licensed Bitch Planet workout tops. The model is Cherry Bomb Rolla Parks.
You can pick up the Bitch Planet athletic-wear here. 100% derby girl owned and operated.
Have you ever noticed that the present we’ve got isn’t the one we were promised in all those shows and stories about “the distant year 2000″ we watched and read growing up? (And I don’t just mean because we aren’t all flitting around on jetpacks, although admittedly that lack is a bummer.) Have you ever looked at the future that’s coming around the corner and thought it doesn’t look like the one you wanted to see? Have you ever thought about a worst-case scenario for that future, and had the chilling realization that it’s not as outlandish a possibility as you’d like it to be? Have you ever looked at the world and just felt pissed-off that it’s not better than it is?
If you have then you’re undoubtedly a fan of speculative science fiction. And if you are – or heck, even if you’re not, but you still look outside the window and wonder about the future of the world we live in – then damn have I got a great comic book for you to read:
[for mature readers only; adult content including violence, nudity, language]
- the amazing Kelly Sue DeConnick, answering a letter asking “How can I stop doing stuff that isn’t writing?” in Bitch Planet Issue #8. (via sbyzmcpherson)
I made a cross-stitch for Bitch Planet. The pattern is availableon my etsy, for people who want to make it, or if you want me to make it, Contact me. :)
I plan on donating 20% of all proceeds to charities focusing on women’s issues and domestic violence (quarterly, unless it actually becomes popular enough to justify monthly.)
If you’re new to Black Nerd Problems, just take my word for it that that we’re big fans of Image Comics’ Bitch Planet written by Kelly Sue Deconnick and illustrated by Valentine DeLandro. The blaxploitation vibes meet social commentary tale of feminist tone is one that we, as a site has covered extensively and a comic that I have reviewed and written about infurther detail as well.
I happened across these photos of sisters Hybrie and Faybra in Bitch Planet cosplay photos online and sought them out because one: I love cosplay and BP very much. Two: BP cosplay is rare and lastly, three: the times I’ve seen black womenfolk cosplaying as BP characters is rarer. I can count the ones I’ve seen and it’s less than two handfuls. I’ve always considered my fellow non-compliant readers to be cut from a different cloth and now I’ve finally received a chance to interview some. Enjoy! –Carrie
I am bold, daring and fearless, I make no effort to stand out from the crowd, this sort of thing comes naturally to me. I am the pattern on a plain canvas from which excitement springs. I am guilty of being different and make no effort to change. I am basically like Neo from the Matrix.
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