Bitch Planet vol 1: Extraordinary Machine

Bitch Planet vol 1: Extraordinary Machine, by Kelly Sue DeConnick, 156 pages

In this dystopian graphic novel, women who are deemed non-compliant (ie: "too fat, too thin, too loud, too shy, too religious, too secular, too prudish, too sexual, too queer, too black, too brown, too whatever-it-is-they'll-judge-you-for-today," according to the back of the book) are punished by being sent to what amounts to a prison planet. But the game may be changing when a deal is struck to have the a ragtag group of women from "Bitch Planet" participate in a popular but dangerous game viewed on Earth; is this their chance to break the patriarchy? Or die trying?

I really enjoyed this- there are strong female characters- of all sizes, shapes, colors and orientations; and there are these really awesome faux-back pages from magazines, with ads for things like Agreenex- the pill you take to get rid of annoying thoughts, feelings, or inconvenient opinions ("Be the you HE likes").  This was a really strong start and I'm looking forward to seeing what direction this goes.