That was quite unique and original and the art was extremely well done!

That was *so* much fun. Loved it.

It delivered what it promised. I have no right to be annoyed. And yet.

If you have any affection for "grindhouse" cinema, then you'll probably enjoy this series. Really the writing is stronger than most grindhouse movies but the series did manage to capture the right vibe. The first story features an invasion of bee women from Mars and the second story is a women's prison story set on a spaceship which was a cool twist on a familiar theme. The series isn't as raunchy as you would expect but there's still plenty of violence and some nudity. Overall a very entertaini...

4-star review for Bee Vixens from Marz, 2-star review for Prison Ship Antares.

Wild, but necessary.

A fun, if short, double feature of horror for those who enjoy grindhouse horror. In the first feature, "Bee Vixens From Mars," a small town is overrun by alien bees whose honey turns the women into bee creatures. In the second, "Prison Ship Antares," the sadistic captain/warden of a prison spaceship waits until she is out of communications range to start torturing her female prisoners. The first is a great tribute to classic alien monsters from space and the second a classic women's prison tale

Such a fun quick read! Super entertaining

What would summer be without a little sex and violence? Perhaps the real question is: what would summer be without A LOT of sex and violence?Well, there's no need to worry, because Alex de Campi has got your covered, which is more than can be said for the buxom babes populating the pages of this graphic novel.Collecting the first four issues of this ferocious series, we are treated to two two-part tales. And you may as well flip a coin to choose which is the more debauched and delectable.First u...

Basically, if it's not published by either Marvel or DC, it fair game for this week's Shallow Reading. A comic book based on the B movies from the seventies? After reading the awful Batman ’66, I was afraid I was going to be incredibly disappointed in another comic reworking of a media sub-genre, so I set the bar low. Very low.You have the requisite midnight double feature: “Bee Vixens from Mars” and “Prison Ship Antares”. Of the two, “Prison Ship Antares” is probably the more engaging. A space

Feminist man-hating propaganda, masquerading as exploitation.This series started out half decent. There were campy tales with guts and gore, squashed between obvious nods to low-budget cinema. Then the author started pushing her feminist agendas. HARD! More and more, it turned into a series about how women were superior to men. Then it got into the importance of accepting trans-people. And then, several of the "strong" female characters got angry because of "cultural appropriation". At the end o...

Alright, that does it. I am completely sold on this series. Not only was this an epic conclusion to the first story in the series, it also reassured me that the author is really not all that questionable. Oh, the tits and gore continue to be aplenty, but there is a little subplot with a gay couple that just assured me the author is in this for the twisted humor, and nothing is included solely for the wow/ick factor ... okay, maybe some things are ... what I am trying to say here is: the author's...

Reminded me of what a spectacular experience the Rodriguez/Tarantino film project was. This one is wacky and outrageous, entertainment served in exaggerated, even silly strokes.

This is an attempt to bring the spirit of drive-in exploitation movies to the comics, and it is only partly successful. The first story, "Bee Vixens from Mars" is terrific, taking inspiration from the actual movie "Invasion of the Bee Girls" and amping up the sleaze, gore, and t&a factors while adding some fun twists of its own. On the other hand the "Prison Ship Antares" story takes its inspiration from "Star Slammer" and doesn't really add much fun or new. A mix bag here, but worth reading for...

I enjoy the occasional 70s exploitation flick as much as the next guy (in fact probably a bit more than the next guy, I'm afraid), but I am getting tired of all this "postmodern" celebration of 70s trash, tired of the name-dropping targeted at the cooler-than-thou crowd. The Grindhouse double feature by Tarantino and Rodriguez did not do much for me, and most of the tongue-in-cheek pseudo-grindhouse fare that followed was even worse - this book included.Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight, Volume...

This is blood splattering genius! This brings back memories watching B-rated horror movies late at night with my brother when I was like ten. Our parents never paid attention to what we watched. A cursed bee hive gives more than honey to a small town. This feature gives sexy girls, honey sucking blood dripping, gut splatter. On the flip side a woman prison in space. That starts out in a shower scene. "oh I love lesbians" but the warden is offing then one by one. What will harm next. An out of th...

yeah.. not a fan of the racial slur that was used in this.

Amazing in every way <3 <3 <3 adore this. The strong Latina characters are boss af

Two books here, Bee Vixens and...damn it...oh, space prison for ladies. Jesus, I couldn't even remember it, and I read it last night.Bee Vixens:Somewhat grindhouse-y and fun. But for me, it gets a little off track when our female hero, who is a Latina cop with an eyepatch, a great grindhouse badass type who is like Clint Eastwood with a giant rack, gets into a racism argument with a giant bee from Mars? Apparently, the bee doesn't want to make her a drone because her "skin is too dark." The char...

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 2.5 of 5What did I get myself in to?!Ever since I watched the 2007 film Grindhouse (a double feature with Robert Rodriguez directing Planet Terror, and Quentin Tarantino directing Death Proof) I've been slightly (let me emphasize slightly) fascinated with the grindhouse category of film (low-budget, hack-em, slash-em exploitation films).  I was curious to see how the category (truly a film category) might transfer to the comic bo...