[2] In 2012, Houser wrote "Everwell", with artists Fiona Staples and Adriana Blake, for the Kickstarter funded anthology Womanthology: Heroic.

[8] NPR's review stated that "Houser has accomplished something deceptively simple: she's made Faith a fun character to spend time with.

[9] Karen Walsh, for GeekMom in 2016, wrote that "Houser’s voice and her range place her on the precipice of comic writing popularity.

[20] The series and its title character, Violet Paige, was conceived by Young Animal curator Gerard Way and illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards.

[20] Reviewing the first issue for IGN, Jesse Schedeen wrote that "Mother Panic felt distinctive from the Batman family and surreal".

[27] During this time, she also wrote the six issue mini-series Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (2019) with artist Adriana Melo which was part of the Year of the Villain event.

[32] Charlie Hall, reviewing TIE Fighter for Polygon, wrote "it's penned by Eisner nominated writer Jody Houser, who somehow made the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comic adaptation leaps and bounds more appetizing than the film itself.

She also managed to reign in Timothy Zahn’s meandering reboot of the Grand Admiral Thrawn character with a series of clear, concise comics.

[40][41] Upon the conclusion of the series, Jamie Lovett, for ComicBook.com, wrote: "Star Trek: Year Five is a remarkable achievement for a licensed comic.

[3] ICv2 highlighted that Houser was on two best seller charts in June 2023 for her licensed work – #6 on "Circana BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels" for Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins – Mollymauk Tealeaf (May 2023) and #16 on "Circana BookScan Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels" for Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons (July 2021).