scrooge3 's review for:

Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch by Valentine De Landro, Taki Soma, Kelly Sue DeConnick

4.0

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This dystopian satire may be hard for some to read. It doesn't shy away from graphic sex and violence. In fact, there is a warning before Issue #6 that some may find a sexual assault contained therein to be disturbing (I thought some of the violence in later issues was as, or more, disturbing). As the second volume of an ongoing series, I think it is pretty well self-contained, but it certainly helped having read the first volume. The ending is wide open, and I can imagine that the story is far from over. The central message of gender discrimination is amplified with the introduction of several transgender characters. The artwork by Valentine de Landro is straightforward without being gross or titillating.