Bitch Planet Triple Feature #3 Review

Writers: Kit Fox, Dylan Meconis, Alissa Sallah/ Artists: Dylan Meconis, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Alec Valerius / Image Comics Another round of Bitch Planet Triple Features, another web of stories to get lost in! Written by Alissa Sallah and illustrated by Alec Valerius, “Those People” is a comic short that, like most of these Triple Feature stories, hits too close to home. We’re introduced to a young man in military garb who is hyping himself up for a big mission. He joined to take out those who deserve it, the worst types–rapists, murderers and the like. It will be a difficult mission and career but he’s tasking himself for the job. He’s built up these ideas of hero worship and patriotism…yet he’s still nervous, and wet behind the ears.

The art is gritty, alarming and stark–a really good fit for the story. Kudos to Valerius for that: it is explosive when it needs to be. It’s a good fit as it is disturbing as the news that almost daily tells of the actions of ICE, who are snatching up folks and breaking into residences and homes. In the last pages, when the smoke clears we are left looking at those people and how their lives are forever changed, how the truth is twisted to fit the narrative and it is not a easy read. Not an easy read yet my favorite of all three stories here. “Big Game”, written and illustrated by Dylan Meconis (with lettering by Clayton Cowles), is an oddity. It’s such a…dare I say normal, setting? Two Deputy/Rangers types, one older and one much younge…