Nameless -- Issue #01

This is a comic that I'm nervous to like right off the bat. The artwork, specifically the perspective in the illustrations are amazing, stuff like I've never seen before. Although it was a classic first issue, and you really have no clue how to describe what the story is actually about, the base idea seems really awesome. I read further online about what Grant Morrison's idea was with this, and I stumbled upon something that lead me to find out that this series is supposed to be a very dark, very gruesome thriller/horror story. Not that I got that intense of a vibe from the first issue, but Morrison made a warning about the first issue giving just a slight taste of the storyline and then its going to blast off and just continue to get more and more horrible as the story goes on.

I just .. don't want to have nightmares.

Bitch Planet -- Issue #01

Modern feminist sci-fi take on women-in-prison flicks.

Hello! This is amazing!

Set in the not too distant future, there is now a planet that women, and only women, are sent to for non-compliance. Non-compliance is anything from murder, petty theft, adultery, weight, race, etc. Everything about this planet, Bitch Planet, is telling these women that it is their fault for being there, and that their existence at home was not only a threat but a sin, and therefor humanity at large is better off for them being removed from the planet. Chaos ensues and will likely continue on and on.

In just one issue, I am hooked. There is a really awesome essay at the end of the issue about why feminism matters and its connection to Bitch Planet by Danielle Henderson. I now have an extreme amount of adrenaline and find myself once again supremely glad that I was born a woman and living in the time period that I do. Thank you Kelly Sue Deconnick for being an ultimate baller.

Letter 44 -- Volume 1

It is inauguration day for the new President who learns through a letter from his predecessor a huge secret that has been kept from himself and the American people. 7 years ago, construction started in the cosmos by a group of alien beings. Unsure of what they are building, NASA sent a group of scientists out to learn more.

With construction almost complete, and the scientists nearing the spacecraft, the new president must now take over the role of responsibility not just for our nation but for the planet as a whole.

Much less political than I first thought, more sci-fi, thriller. Its super great! This is a story that I feel like most people would get down with, especially if it was a movie. Luckily though, it does exist, so we don't have to wait for it to be a movie, we can read it as a comic!