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Return To 'B Planet' In this Timely New Anthology

In Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, creators Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro turn a score of talented writers and artists loose in the world of their futuristic feminist dystopia comic.
<em>Bitch Planet: Triple Feature</em> Vol. 1 By Kelly Sue DeConnick,‎ Cheryl Lynn Eaton,‎ Andrew Aydin,‎ and Conley Lyons.

There's a double meaning to the question that's been emblazoned across Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's feminist comic since it debuted in 2014. DeConnick and De Landro aren't just asking the reader whether she thinks she could stay alive in a planet-sized women's prison. They're also asking whether the reader is willing to face up to the connections they make between contemporary America and the comic's universe of state-sponsored misogyny. And now, DeConnick

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