Faith, Vol 1: Hollywood & Vine

author: Jody Houser
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2016/07/30
date added: 2016/07/30
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
I remember seeing the hype for 'Faith, Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine' a few months ago at Emerald City Comic Con. The imagery alone seemed like an intriguing idea. A larger figured super hero to appeal to those with body image issues.

The character is a spin-off character from another series, so there is some pre-history before this issue starts. What you need to know is that Faith was once part of a team of "psiots," or super powered beings. She was once romantically linked to one of the members of that team, but he is now an ex. My review copy was the first two full issues and some pencilled panels from the third issue. Faith works as a reporter for a website that tries to get click-throughs for ad dollars, and works for a boss that doesn't like her (probably because of how she looks). Faith investigates an attack on other psiots, but at the same time, her boss wants her to do a smear campaign on her ex and his reality television show.

I found it all about average. I get the appeal of the character, but I think I wanted more than what I saw in two issues. Maybe that happens in the later issues of this volume, but in two issues, there wasn't much to get me overly excited. Still, superheroes should come in all shapes and sizes (and everything else), so this is certainly a promising concept.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Valiant Entertainment LLC, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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