Review Fix Exclusive: Brão Barbosa Talks Fix’It

December 2, 2017 Patrick Hickey Jr. Books & Comics 1

Review Fix chats with comic book writer and artist Brão Barbosa who discusses the creative process behind his newest work, “Fix’It.”

Review Fix: What inspired this comic?

Brão Barbosa: My relationship with my grandfather. He was an odd guy. He was almost 88 when he passed away and months before he was using his Photoshop, fixing some electronic devices… So he was very active and I learned a lot from him.

Review Fix: How is it different from your previous work?

Barbosa: At first sight, “Fix’it” is bigger than my previous works, “Jesus Rocks” and “Happy Anniversary, My Beloved”, both in size and in the number of pages. But more than that, it is a more mature and deep work. I think it’s my best work so far. I think my script is better, my drawings are better and they are working better together.

Review Fix: What makes this comic special?

Barbosa: It was a very intimate work. I gave a lot of myself producing it. But since it’s a kind of a universal story, many people have had this mentor figure at some point in life, a lot of reader have been identified with the story and taking it for themselves as a personal story.

Review Fix: What creators do you think have influenced you the most?

Barbosa: My biggest influence is Skottie Young. But there are many Brazilian artists that have a direct influence in my work as Edu Medeiros, Hiro Kawahara and Gustavo Duarte. I intend to write good stories with a good ending, with good humor in most cases. So, I direct my drawings in this direction, with fast traces, irregular brushes, and so on. Looking more for a good feeling than a perfect anatomy.

Review Fix: How do you want it to be remembered?

Barbosa: Like a time travel to these good memories, with these so special people that have changed our lives.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Barbosa: For now, I’m focusing on releasing “Fix’It.” My great effort is directed at looking for publishers to release the book abroad.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Barbosa: For Portuguese speakers, I made a podcast talking about the production process of “Fix’it”. I’ve invited many other Brazilian authors to talk about their process, so, it’s a nice way to know how to begin making comics. It’s at braobarbosa.com/reparos/makingofreparos/

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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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