antony johnston Archives

Antony Johnston, co-creator of The Coldest City/Atomic Blonde, Three Days in Europe, Wasteland, Umbral comics and author of the Dog Sitter Detective books, and who I used to spend Thursday evenings in the pub with, has sold the rights to his new interactive crime novel Can You Solve the Murder? in auction between five bidding publishing houses[...]

Antony Johnston confirmes his attendance at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend But this is the last time he'll be doing such a thing… on his newsletter, he dropped the news. Yes, I'll have a table at this year's Thought Bubble, in the new venue of the Harrogate Convention Centre. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME[...]

Can you feel the chill? The Coldest City is a graphic novel by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart, published in 2013 by Oni Press and intended to be the first in a series of books all set in Berlin during the Cold War. Well, Charlize Theron is attached to a movie adaptation of that book[...]

I was pleasantly surprised to see that comic book writer extraordinaire Antony Johnston shared some wisdom with his followers today. He tweeted: Traditional annual re-link to JUST WRITE, my piece on why NaNoWriMo is a good thing: https://t.co/YrYywMRhnA — Antony Johnston (@AntonyJohnston) November 2, 2015 Of course I read the post, and loved it[...]

Creators Bryan Edward Hill (Postal), Antony Johnston (Codename: Baboushka), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Declan Shalvey (Injection), and Jim Zub (Wayward) graced the stage to share their perspectives on the worlds in their own books. Some of the creators, like Jim Zub and Declan Shalvey, write books that take place in real locations They both emphasized how important it[...]

Focus Features is moving forward with a film adaptation of the Oni graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart The film will star Charlize Theron and be directed by John Wick's David Leitch & Chad Stahelski from a script by Kurt Johnstad. The story is about a super spy (Theron) who, after an underground[...]

The Fuse #11 arrives this Wednesday, March 25th, taking on the fifth part of the "Gridlock" storyline, written by Antony Johnston, with art by Justin Greenwood This cop drama set on a city-like space station has always found its own groove, focusing on the character-driven, and introducing us to strange new realities that feel, on[...]

My latest binge read catch up came from Image Comics, entitled The Fuse, written by Antony Johnston, with art by Justin Greenwood, colors by Shari Chankhamma, and letters by Ed Brisson I started with The Fuse Vol 1: The Russia Shift, which collects issues #1-6 of the series What captured my attention right from the[...]

The prolific Antony Johnston joined us to discuss his work on The Fuse, Wasteland, The Courtyard, and many more gems from his expansive portfolio. This week we're reading Sam's pick and our first manga entry in the book club, Pluto vol 1 by Naomi Urasawa, based on the Astro Boy works by Osamu Tezuka. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meubLiz0gRU[/youtube] You can download us if you're on the go[...]

Writer of The Fuse and Umbral from Image Comics, Antony Johnston, will be having a grand signing on August 30th at Forbidden Planet Megastore, London, from 3 to 4PM He will be celebrating the release of The Fuse: Volume One: The Russia Shift and Umbral: Volume One: Out of the Shadows. For The Fuse, there will[...]

By David Dissanayake Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten's fantastic series Umbral from Image Comics begins its second arc in today's issue #7.  I've been a big supporter of this creative duo since Wasteland, one of the first ongoing series I started following on a regular basis. Worldbuilders of the highest order, the Johnston/Mitten duo bring that rare[...]

It's nearly here–the second arc of Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten's Image Series Umbral, arriving this comic book day to great anticipation titled "Killing the Sunrise" And because he's a lovely fellow, Antony Johnston has sent Bleeding Cool our very own teaser image that's all ours It's swirly, and purple, and rather fantastic.  And here[...]

It's great work and now's the perfect time to pick it up. The Fuse issue 2 is published by Image, written by Antony Johnston, illustrated by Justin Greenwood, colored by Shari Chankhamma and lettered by Ed Brisson It's available now Alasdair Stuart is a freelance journalist who lists John Munch, Henry Rollins and Ford Prefect amongst[...]

I loved every panel, but here the 5 things I was especially fond of. 1.     'Space is proper fucked up.' I love a good bit of profanity and writer Antony Johnston deploys it like an absolute champ here It serves three purposes here too The first is to give the book a welcome dash of humor, the[...]

As you might recall, we did a hefty interview with writer Antony Johnston just ahead of the launch of the new series The Fuse from Image Comics, and Johnston filled us in on the genre-mixing going on in this labor of love from he and artist Justin Greenwood, drawing on cop shows, crime procedurals, and[...]

Although in this case, of course, what's behind the curtain has very large teeth and know exactly where you live… As ever these are reprinted from writer Antony Johnston's tumblr with his permission As ever we recommend reading the issue right before or just after reading this and, as ever, Umbral continues to be huge fun[...]

In one panel, writer Antony Johnston and Mitten show that both the leads are keeping secrets, from us, and each other The hints about Dalone's nature, and Rascal's past, roll off one another in an even exchange of verbal jabs Neither fully trusts the other, neither is fully ready to admit that so they acknowledge[...]

The Fuse seems to bypass all those pitfalls in an effortless way and when you're done reading the comic, then you ask yourself, "How on earth did they manage to do that?" Writer Antony Johnston and artist Justin Greenwood seem at first to have a degree of creative chemistry that's precocious, but investigation reveals that previous[...]

Antony Johnston (no relation) has a new Image comic book out, Umbral He's also been looking at the numbers coming in On Tumblr, he writes, For Umbral #1, 70% of our orders came from less than 30% of Diamond accounts That's every store that ordered 10 or more copies. If you move that threshold up to 20 copies,[...]

By Alasdair Stuart Here we are again, with Antony Johnston's writer's notes for Umbral Issue #2 featuring new cast members, new locations and just the tiniest hint of magic As ever, these were originally published on Antony's Tumblr and are reprinted here with his permission. Antony Johnston: WRITER'S NOTES: UMBRAL #2 If you missed the notes for issue[...]

I'm really fond of it, as you may have noticed. It's a great book and writer Antony Johnston has been producing writer's notes for each issue We're very happy to reproduce them here Do please check out his tumblr too as it's full of good stuff. Anyway, here are the notes for issue 1: WRITER'S NOTES: UMBRAL #1 Antony[...]

Antony Johnston, Christopher Mitten, John Rauch and Thomas Mauer's new fantasy series is brutal, dirty-fingernailed fantasy of a sort that doesn't get enough press Following Rascal, a female thief who sees something horrific begin its invasion of her kingdom and her friends, the book is Invasion of the Bodysnatchers by way of fantasy, steampunk and[...]

As welcome as this would probably be as a film treatment, this first issue alone strongly suggests that there are things that comics can simply do better, and should. Umbral is out this week from Image, a "dark fantasy" according to ads, and its "scribe" is Antony Johnston, "Illuminator" is Christopher Mitten, "Painter" is John Rauch,[...]

  Alasdair Stuart writes; Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten produced, in Wasteland, one of the definitive works of post-apocalyptic fiction in modern comics It's a stunning achievement and one worth seeking out now more than ever Umbral is Johnston and Mitten's next project, where they're joined by John Rauch and Thomas Mauer It looks set to do[...]

Alejandra Bodden writes; The panel consisted of Ron Richards (Director of Business Development at Image Comics) as the moderator, and panelists: Tim Seeley (REVIVAL), Antony Johnston (UMBRAL), Joshua Williamson (Ghosted), artist Wes Craig (DEADLY CLASS), Glen Brunswick (REALITY CHECK), Ales Kot (ZERO), and Kieron Gillen (THREE). To start, Richards asked the panelists how their ideas began[...]

Alan Moore and Facundo Percio’s Fashion Beast #5 arrives in stores today, half-way through this complex tale that was nearly lost to the sands of time!

  Alan Moore's long-lost story picks up steam at this half-way point, weaving a tale unlike any other in comics today! Here is a sneak preview of

Antony Johnston reveals the internal fight between ego and humility in every creator… or at least he thinks he does I could do it so, so much better, obviously. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/54790363[/vimeo] Filmed at Thought Bubble Antony Johnston reveals the internal fight between ego and humility in every creator… or at least he thinks he does[...]

Alan Moore’s Fashion Beast #4 arrives in stores today, delivering his long-lost tale after nearly thirty years! There is no nuclear winter in the seasons

4 out of 5 stars Comic Book Resources "...an inventive, tightly-written and enjoyable comic." "...there's a lot that can be praised..." 5 out of 5