Bitch Planet #9 Review

Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick / Artist: Valentine Delandro / Image Comics This latest issue of Bitch Planet dropped a bit before before Election Day and….I have no long drawn out speech or lecture for you in regards to the state of our country or why you should vote or who you should vote for. I only ask you to consider which candidates, if elected, would make the events of Bitch Planet an actual reality based on what they have said and done during this awful election period. Truly my feelings about the election and etc before reading this issue: [divider type=”space_thin”] There’s SO MUCH happening this issue. SPOILER ALERT there’s a prison riot in this issue. But are you really surprised? Are you? There’s been riots and rallies and unease happening all around the country (and world if you want to go there) for different reasons. There are fists flying and blood. There is sisterhood and coming together. There is not just one instance of toppling the patriarchy here. There’s no Jimmy Kimmel around to jokingly question if it will affect him. There’s a chain of events that keep spreading that show us the mindset of the prison: it’s not just a place of prisoners and captors. It’s not just a place where “reform” is supposed to happen. In most cases prisons just become places to survive. (Also it can be a mindset that folks take with them when they leave prison too, just fyi.)

But ironically, this prison, this planet prison colony is not just a place of rage and fear. In the late…