The Activity Hits Publisher’s Weekly

As an occasional military consultant for this comic, I have a few quotes in the article! -Jack

When the deadly raid against Osama Bin Laden’s fortress was announced to the world, the truth behind the secretive group responsible, Seal Team Six, was kept secret. But inside the Special Forces community there’s a group even more secret than Seal Team Six; it’s called the Intelligence Support Activity, the ISA. And for the first time, this clandestine group is getting its chance in the sun in a new comic book series from Image titled The Activity.
Created by writer Nathan Edmondson and artist Mitch Gerads, The Activity is a comic series in the vein of Tom Clancy if he was a hardcore Call of Duty gamer, mixing heavily researched military specifics with action-oriented storytelling ideal for the comics medium. A collection of the first six issues came out in June.
The Activity features a real-life, and truly secret Special Operations group in high-action, globe-trotting missions, most fiction, but some based in reality,” explains Edmondson, who also wrote the spy/noir series Who Is Jake Ellis?.”In real life the Intelligence Support Activity has a goal of being the “eyes and ears” of the Special Operations community—serving, for example, groups like Delta Force (who are more recently called “Combat Application Group.”). “
“There is much speculation, however, that within the ISA is a contingent that focuses on more ‘hot’ engagements: snatch and grab jobs, assassinations, battlefield preparation,” explains Edmonson. “The Activity’s Team Omaha is a fictionalized representation of that idea. But whether within the ISA or not, what our team does in The Activity are things that groups in our Special Operations do, absolutely, in real life.”

Edmondson and Gerard open up the world of the ISA and The Activity in the first story-arc through the introduction of a new recruit into Team Omaha, nicknamed Fiddler. The team quickly find themselves on the road, with missions crisscrossing the globe. The book features stories about current conflict zones without pulling any punches or making up fictionalized nations.

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4 responses to “The Activity Hits Publisher’s Weekly

  1. Julia Hugo Rachel

    I used to run around buying Silver Surfer for all the guys. Now, Thanks To Jack, I’ll be out buying The Activity, For Me!

  2. John

    Very good comments Jack. You are breaking through.

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