A fan-favorite comic book hero and writer are soaring to comic book success.

At Emerald City Comicon we talked with rising star Jody Houser following huge news:

Just before the Seattle event Valiant Entertainment announced Faith, her four-part limited series was becoming an ongoing title then Houser was announced as writer of a new book in a DC Comics imprint.

It’s the superstar rise of Valiant’s Faith that’s earning Houser huge attention from fans and the industry.

Faith Herbert is the breakout character from the pages of Harbinger who launched into solo stardom this past January. The sold-out Faith #1 is going to be reprinted for a fifth time and the limited series becomes an ongoing book in July. The plus size superhero continues to win new readers and mainstream attention making her a pop culture phenomenon.

The double shot of exciting career news comes as fans packed panels at the Seattle event to hear the writer talk about Faith, body diversity in books and her “first year in comics” as one panel was dubbed. I asked her about the old saying, how many years does it take to become an overnight sensation? Continue reading JODY HOUSER on FAITH At ECCC