Review: Geek Girl #7

Geek Girl continues to impress with this effort by Sam Johnson (Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman and The Almighties) and company.Â Picking up where the last issue left off, we get more insight into Geek Girl, her circle of friends and the entertainment scene in, admittedly surprising, happening Maine.

When last we left Geek Girl, she and her friends were preparing to enter a bar for a night out with the girls.Â As I wrote in my previous review, Geek Girl is a charming and enjoyable read.Â It is a different take on superhero stories set in, to my California mind, the unlikeliest of places…Maine.Â I’ll admit, I’ve never been to Maine and so it is intriguing to see a story like this set there replete with heroes, villains, organized crime and…as you’ll find in the scene…a happening gay/drag club scene.

For the uninitiated like myself this is the fare of Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York City.Â Johnson storms in and blows those preconceptions away, delivering a delightful look into a gay club that features a stage show of sorts centered around Festivus of all things.Â For the uninitiated, Festivus was first made popular by Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and has grown into a cult holiday in recent years.Â Featuring three traditions…the pole, the feats of strength and the airing of grievances….Johnson takes this holiday and uses it to flesh out Geek Girl and her fellow super-heroines while examining the friendship problems being a superhero has created for the titular hero.Â The whole is rollicking good fun and it made me itch for COVID to be over so I can take in another drag show in West Hollywood.Â (Always a good time)Â There are other worthy elements to the story that Johnson builds on as well but I wanted to highlight this one as it illustrates Johnson’s inventiveness, daring and charm…earning him the 5 rating for writing he will get in this review.

The art style and color by Carlos Granda (Escape From Monster Island) and Chunlin ZhaoÂ continues to grow on me and I thought there was measurable improvement in some areas.Â I noticed that the framing and camera angles of the panels was much more varied and dynamic in this issue.Â The art style is still different than what I’m traditionally used to but it is drawn to a professional standard, anatomically and stylistically consistent and it serves the story well.Â Likewise, the color continues to be vibrant and dynamic.Â My main critique this issue would be in the color blending, especially when it comes to lighting and shading on dark flesh tones.

All in all this is another enjoyable issue of Geek Girl and one I’d recommend to anyone who is a fan of super hero fare and is looking for a new take on the genre.

Geek-Girl #7 is Out Now and available in Regular, Digital and Variant editions at www.geekgirlcomics.com and www.comixology.com.

Writing – 5 of 5 Stars
Art – 4.0 of 5 Stars
Color – 3.9 of 5 Stars

Overall Score – 4.3 of 5 Stars

Writing – Sam Johnson
Art – Carlos Granda
Color – Chunlin Zhao
Letters – Paul McLaren
Publisher – Markosia

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Nemesis

Nemesis is a poet, writer and author of the upcoming novel The Long Game. He is a writer of science fiction and supernatural thrillers. Besides novels and short stories he writes for UK based ASAP Comics developing new stories for Level 8 and OPSEC. Nem is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and tries to bring those experiences into his writing.

He lives and works out of his home in Riverside, California with his wife and three children. When not writing he enjoys reviewing comic books and graphic novels for ComicCrusaders.com and living the Southern California life with his family.