CABRA CINI/GEEK-GIRL: EXODUS #1
ACTUALITY PRESS
STORY: Sam Johnson
ART: Fernando Melek
COLORS: Chunlin Zhao
LETTERS: Paul McLaren
COVER: Fernando Melek with Chunlin Zhao
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Flint Douglas with Chunlin Zhao
22pp, Color, (August 2025)
Teen+
Cabra Cini created by Sam Johnson
“Exodus” Part 1: “Girlfriend in a Coma.”
Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman is a comics character created by writer Sam Johnson. She is a former sex worker who used “voodoo magik” to free herself of her abusive pimp/boyfriend. Now, she is a hit woman addicted to voodoo. Geek-Girl is a superhero character created by Sam Johnson. She is Ruby Kaye of Acorn Ridge, Maine, a sexy and popular college coed who inadvertently becomes a superhero by donning a pair of super-tech eye glasses that gives her super-powers.
Now, the two characters have united for the comic book crossover, Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus. It is written by Johnson; drawn by Fernando Melek; colored by Chunlin Zhao; and lettered by Paul McLaren.
Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus #1 opens in a hospital in Detroit where Kristina lies in a coma. However, her soul is in Limbo from where she contacts her drug-dealer boyfriend, Jacob Trencher. Kristina reveals her part in plot with “The Rook,” ruler of “the Infinite,” against Cabra Cini. So how does that benefit Kristina and the tenuous position of her soul, especially because you can't keep a good hit woman down?
Meanwhile, over in Acorn Ridge, Maine, at the location of the headquarters of Geek-Girl's new super-team, it's training day. First, some members of the team need a superhero costume or a superhero name, and Geek-Girl needs to chat with one of her teammates.
THE LOWDOWN: Sam Johnson provided me with a PDF review copy of Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus#1. The Kickstarter campaign for this comic book has already started.
I am very late with this review, unfortunately, as it is part of a Kickstarter campaign, and there is less than a week left to back the project. The shame of my lateness is that Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus #1 is a very good read. Sam Johnson is one of the best indie writers of superhero comic books. His superhero tales are traditional in foundation, but they also have an offbeat modern sensibility. Johnson is always going in unexpected directions, in a fashion that is similar to the way Zach Cregger injected twists and turns into the script for his 2022 film, Barbarian. The difference is that Johnson hasn't introduced a killer ho living in the basement... yet.
I seriously adore the art by Fernando Melek. It is in a straightforward mode that captures the various atmospheric moods of Johnson's script. Melek subtly creates intensity in ways that the reader might miss – for instance, the general creepiness of Kristina and Jacob's conversation and of whatever bubbles beneath in pending conversation between Geek-Girl and the Minger. I think Melek has the potential to be a superstar artist.
Chunlin Zhao's colors, beautiful as always, amplifies the unique qualities of Melek's art and storytelling. Also, I toast Paul McLaren because his lettering is perfect for superhero comic books.
So, dear readers, head on over to Sam's Kickstarter. Look around and become a fan of two delightfully different female stars, Cabra Cini and Geek-Girl.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of writer Sam Johnson's Geek-Girl and Cabra Cini comics will want to both fund and read Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus.
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The Cabra Cini/Geek-Girl: Exodus Kickstarter campaign is here or: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geekgirlcomics/cabra-cini-geek-girl-exodus-complete-crossover
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