Bitch Planet #6 Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick Art by Taki Soma Cover by Valentine De Landro Colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick Letters by Clayton Cowles Published by Image Comics on January 6, 2016
It’s been four months wait since we last got a Bitch Planet fix. Despite that length of time, issue #6 does not disappoint. In fact, it amplifies the sound and fury of issue #5, offering ironic contrast to the characters of the present narrative by flashing back to the time of their innocence before the Protectorate squashed their dreams of building a better world. Guest artist Taki Soma brings a delicacy of line to the story, emphasizing that hope is a thing with feathers, but also hollow, fragile bones.
Issue #6 relates Meiko Maki’s backstory and kicks off with a stark content warning for sexual assault. I revisit it here since I will be talking about the events of the issue,...
It’s been four months wait since we last got a Bitch Planet fix. Despite that length of time, issue #6 does not disappoint. In fact, it amplifies the sound and fury of issue #5, offering ironic contrast to the characters of the present narrative by flashing back to the time of their innocence before the Protectorate squashed their dreams of building a better world. Guest artist Taki Soma brings a delicacy of line to the story, emphasizing that hope is a thing with feathers, but also hollow, fragile bones.
Issue #6 relates Meiko Maki’s backstory and kicks off with a stark content warning for sexual assault. I revisit it here since I will be talking about the events of the issue,...
- 1/6/2016
- by Erin Perry
- SoundOnSight
Nagisa Oshima’s second feature film is a prime example of the Japanese New Wave that emerged in the late fifties in Japan, whose chief characteristic was the exploration of themes that were untouched, up to that point. In this particular movie, Oshima focuses on adolescent delinquency, the sexual revolution, and the failures of the post-war generation. Furthermore, it was his first commercial success and the one that introduced him to the rest of the world.
Makoto, a high school student has the habit, along with her friends, to ask for car rides from middle-aged men. During one of those, a lecherous individual tries to rape her; however, a university student, Kiyoshi saves her by beating the assaulter and the two of them initiate, shortly after, a romantic relationship.
Nevertheless, the affair is onerous from beginning, chiefly due to Kiyoshi’s cruelty, that results in torturing her and practices that...
Makoto, a high school student has the habit, along with her friends, to ask for car rides from middle-aged men. During one of those, a lecherous individual tries to rape her; however, a university student, Kiyoshi saves her by beating the assaulter and the two of them initiate, shortly after, a romantic relationship.
Nevertheless, the affair is onerous from beginning, chiefly due to Kiyoshi’s cruelty, that results in torturing her and practices that...
- 11/20/2015
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In Cell by Cell, I look deeply into the panels of an issue, appreciating and analyzing the story and artistic composition.
Pages 9-10 Overview
With the turn of a page, the issue takes us back to the conversation between Father Josephson and Makoto “Mack” Maki. Gone are the assistant and the video screen. Tonally this scene is more intimate and more subdued. Emphasis has to be on the emotional shifts, and they are subtle. Maki keeps his internal thoughts and emotions tightly guarded, and Valentine De Landro has to subtly show them and cannot risk distraction.
These pages show a literary communion. Josephson’s goal, by sharing drinks, is to bring them together in service of his plans for the Aco team and the financial betterment of the Duemila conference. However, at every panel break, we see the tension of the communion. Maki doesn’t want to be involved, and...
Pages 9-10 Overview
With the turn of a page, the issue takes us back to the conversation between Father Josephson and Makoto “Mack” Maki. Gone are the assistant and the video screen. Tonally this scene is more intimate and more subdued. Emphasis has to be on the emotional shifts, and they are subtle. Maki keeps his internal thoughts and emotions tightly guarded, and Valentine De Landro has to subtly show them and cannot risk distraction.
These pages show a literary communion. Josephson’s goal, by sharing drinks, is to bring them together in service of his plans for the Aco team and the financial betterment of the Duemila conference. However, at every panel break, we see the tension of the communion. Maki doesn’t want to be involved, and...
- 11/9/2015
- by Erin Perry
- SoundOnSight
In Cell by Cell, I look deeply into the panels of an issue, appreciating and analyzing the story and artistic composition.
Page 3-4
We step back from the screen to see who is watching: Father Josephson. He has a conversation with his wife before meeting with Makoto Maki who will later be revealed as Meiko’s father.
Of note on this two-page spread is the color transition repeated in the background of most panels. Blue on top, pink on bottom. The gradient is tempered with a gray to make it more subtle, but the connotative effect reinforces the hegemonic power divide that is the backbone of the series. Blue, the color of boys, on top of pink, the color of girls. Men are in power, even in the background color.
Cell 1 continues world-building the Feed. The meteorologist, a pretty, big-busted woman in a strapless pink dress, predicts record-breaking heat...
Page 3-4
We step back from the screen to see who is watching: Father Josephson. He has a conversation with his wife before meeting with Makoto Maki who will later be revealed as Meiko’s father.
Of note on this two-page spread is the color transition repeated in the background of most panels. Blue on top, pink on bottom. The gradient is tempered with a gray to make it more subtle, but the connotative effect reinforces the hegemonic power divide that is the backbone of the series. Blue, the color of boys, on top of pink, the color of girls. Men are in power, even in the background color.
Cell 1 continues world-building the Feed. The meteorologist, a pretty, big-busted woman in a strapless pink dress, predicts record-breaking heat...
- 10/26/2015
- by Erin Perry
- SoundOnSight
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