Review Fix Exclusive: Jody Houser Talks Faith #1 And More

Review Fix chats with writer Jody Houser on Valiant’s new Faith series, discussing what makes it unique in the company’s already intriguing lineup of monthly books.

About Faith:

Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert – a psionically gifted “psiot” discovered by the Harbinger Foundation – has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she’s always known she can be – complete with a mild-mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it would… When she’s not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of Angels’ own leading superhero – the sky-soaring Zephyr!

Review Fix: What comics did you read as a kid? How do you think they inspired this one?

Jody Houser: I primarily read superhero books, which is the exact same thing that Faith herself read as a kid. I think it was the dream of being a superhero that inspired as much as the stories themselves, which helped me with my take on Faith. My favorite book as a kid was Catwoman, and while Selina Kyle is a very different character than Faith, I tried to bring some of the anything-goes fun that I loved in that series to this book.

Review Fix: What series that you’ve worked on previously do you think has had the biggest effect on your creative process?

Houser: Writing Orphan Black last year was my first time working on a monthly book, and it really taught me how to work under time restraints. I think one of the most important things to learn if you want to work on a monthly book is how to tailor your creative process, whatever it is, to work on a tight schedule.

Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy Faith the most?

Houser: I think anyone who has a love of superheroes and geek culture will enjoy FAITH. It’s full of almost as many geeky references as I make on a daily basis. Above all, it’s meant to be a fun superhero story.

Review Fix: Bottom line- why is the Faith series special?

Houser: Faith is really one of us. She’s the life-long geek who always wanted to be a superhero and now actually has the chance to help save to world. FAITH will focus on her finding out just how great of a superhero she can be.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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