Status
Available
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Publication
Image Comics (2017), 144 pages
Description
Eleanor's gambit: The "PRESIDENT BITCH" arc concludes. BITCH PLANET will return in August.
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LibraryThing member ecataldi
This series more than intrigues me. It's dark unique, and relevant. I was even impressed that the book opened up with a trigger warning about an upcoming sexual assault scene, color me impressed. This book picks up right where volume one left off with Meiko's death and goes into her backstory and
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the important role that her father will soon have in the rebellion. Everything goes to hell and things are about to get even more violent then usual! Show Less
LibraryThing member andreablythe
Continuing the story of a prison world, nicknamed Bitch Planet, houses women who fail to conform to society standards for beauty, motherhood, etc., volume two kicks off with a flashback that provides insight into the life of Meiko Maki. One of my minor complaints about the first volume was that I
Apparently, there are only two volumes of the series so far, so I can't really keep reading from here at this time, which is disappointing.
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didn't know enough about her, and this flashback helped. The story then proceeds from the events in volume one, with the prisoners meeting daily met with brutality and continuing to find their own forms of resistance, as well as introducing other who are participating in the resisting against the men in charge. I was definitely more invested in the story this time around as I got to know the characters more and have more layers of the world unveiled. Apparently, there are only two volumes of the series so far, so I can't really keep reading from here at this time, which is disappointing.
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LibraryThing member greeniezona
This book is so intense. So full of women backed into corners of shitty situations. So full of men who only see women as possessions, or trophies, or barely sentient sex dolls they can rub up against. The system of oppression is so heavy-handed and so complete that the violence that comes is
But there is nothing about this series that is black and white. This book is full of complications. A man who joins the revolution. Plenty of women willing to take part in the oppression of others. The conflict when the trans-women are suddenly mixed with the rest of the population. I'm eager to see how that last bit plays out in future volumes, as well as getting more back story on ex-leader turned political prisoner Eleanor Doane.
Very solid second installment.
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actually a relief.But there is nothing about this series that is black and white. This book is full of complications. A man who joins the revolution. Plenty of women willing to take part in the oppression of others. The conflict when the trans-women are suddenly mixed with the rest of the population. I'm eager to see how that last bit plays out in future volumes, as well as getting more back story on ex-leader turned political prisoner Eleanor Doane.
Very solid second installment.
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LibraryThing member StormRaven
President Bitch is a brutal, intense, and amazing installment in a series that was already brutal, intense, and amazing. Set in the same patriarchal dystopian nightmare world as the first volume, where women who have been deemed "Non-Compliant" by virtue of being not submissive enough, or
With the stage thus set, President Bitch sets about expanding the world and increasing the depth of the story. This volume opens up with what amounts to a flashback involving Meiko Maki, the woman killed at the end of the first volume, and how she ended up an N.C. condemned to Bitch Planet. This sequence is harrowing - showing the length that parents will go to try to give their daughters a better life than the one allowed by the Patriarchs, and also showing the inherent corruption in the system that permits a man with a creepy fetish for young Asian girls to try to pressure those parents into handing one of their daughters over to him. The ultimate act that puts Meiko into prison is brutal and vicious, and entirely appropriate given the provocations that led to it. But what is striking about this portion of the book is the array of little background details about the world that crop up[, from a mother being refused access to her daughter in a hospital, to the implications made about what is considered appropriate (and inappropriate) education for girls. Every aspect of the book serves to give the reader a view into the lives of the people who live in the dystopian society of the book, and the picture is stark and bleak.
[More forthcoming]
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insufficiently attentive to their husband's needs, or being interested in women, or just being unattractive or obese, are shipped off to a prison planet dubbed "Bitch Planet" where they are supposed to be reeducated into good little women. In reality, the women in the "Bitch Planet" prison system are treated brutally, and in the first volume, some were assembled into a sports team intended to compete against male teams as an political exhibition, but instead everything went wrong for them and one member of the team ended up dead.With the stage thus set, President Bitch sets about expanding the world and increasing the depth of the story. This volume opens up with what amounts to a flashback involving Meiko Maki, the woman killed at the end of the first volume, and how she ended up an N.C. condemned to Bitch Planet. This sequence is harrowing - showing the length that parents will go to try to give their daughters a better life than the one allowed by the Patriarchs, and also showing the inherent corruption in the system that permits a man with a creepy fetish for young Asian girls to try to pressure those parents into handing one of their daughters over to him. The ultimate act that puts Meiko into prison is brutal and vicious, and entirely appropriate given the provocations that led to it. But what is striking about this portion of the book is the array of little background details about the world that crop up[, from a mother being refused access to her daughter in a hospital, to the implications made about what is considered appropriate (and inappropriate) education for girls. Every aspect of the book serves to give the reader a view into the lives of the people who live in the dystopian society of the book, and the picture is stark and bleak.
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LibraryThing member lavaturtle
Wow. This volume is even stronger than the previous one. Several storylines are handled deftly, and saying a lot in relatively few panels: Meiko's backstory, the introduction of the trans women on the prison planet, and the choices Meiko's father ends up making. I'm intrigued by the titular
Also, the end notes, where the creators discuss some of their artistic choices, are totally worth reading.
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character and her supporters that make an appearance towards the end of the volume.Also, the end notes, where the creators discuss some of their artistic choices, are totally worth reading.
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LibraryThing member CaroPi
I love the second volume! Introduce some new characters and show more background to the story. I can´t wait for Volume 3. It shows how women should take control again of their life and in the current situation of politics (that I will not discuss deeply here) in today's world is an example to
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LibraryThing member Stevil2001
Sometimes you can jump into the middle of an ongoing comic series; sometimes you're clearly not meant to. This was one of the latter times. President Bitch collects issues #6-10 of Bitch Planet, a series about a prison planet for women in a dystopian future where women can be jailed for
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"noncompliance" at the drop of a hat. The book makes no attempt to introduce characters and concepts for people who haven't read book one, and I found myself struggling to follow along, but enjoying it when I could figure it out. There's some sharp satire here, and Valentine De Landro (who I knew from a poor fill-in on Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane) is an excellent artist, with a good sense of page design. Show Less
LibraryThing member Fence
Great stuff, although I am not a very visual reader, so sometimes graphics don't work as well for me as I hope. I'd love to read a novel adaptation.
LibraryThing member LibroLindsay
Dang it. I love this series.
Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — Graphic Story — 2018)
British Fantasy Award (Nominee — 2018)
Original language
English
Original publication date
2017
Physical description
144 p.; 6.62 inches
ISBN
1632157179 / 9781632157171