the fuse

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[...]

Month after month, they launched quality comics such as Deadly Class, Minimum Wage, Egos, The Fuse, Undertow, Revenger, Apocalypse Al, Mercenary Sea, One Hit Wonder, Real Heroes, Sovereign, Starlight, Noah, Tales Of Honor, Southern Bastards, The Field, Shutter, Dream Police, Self Obsessed, Genesis, Shotgun Wedding, MPH, C.O.W.L., Madame Frankenstein, Nailbiter, Rise Of The Magi, Trees, Outcast,[...]

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 […]

Secondly, I really enjoyed The Fuse issue 2 and here are three reasons why, all of them tied to my deep abiding love for slightly eccentric cop shows.1.     EuropeDietrich’s quiet, precise, slightly unsettling approach to the job gets the tiniest hint of an origin here He’s a big city cop who’s moved to the new[...]

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[...]

The Fuse launches this week from Image Comics, and a first glance at it on the shelves is going to inspire readers to take a closer look, and if you are one of those readers, you will most likely thank your lucky stars that you did It has one of *those* covers that's an excellent[...]

Oh, dear.LETTERS PAGELetters, we have them! But we want more! We are insatiable! Write us at letters@theumbral.com and you too can get a flippant and/or sarcastic reply in print!THE FUSEIn case you’re the kind of person who skips past the ads, I encourage you to go look again[...]

A new Image comic. Probbaly for March. From the Wasteland team of Anthony Johnston and Justin Greenwood. There's a website. It will probably be updated soon. And it looks like something from space. More news at Thought Bubble… or before?