doniewhalberg, I added volumes 1 & 2 of The Activity to my Amazon basket after hearing you mention that series. I really liked the preview, so I expect I'll like it. They seem like a great choice for a new Punisher book.
They are really good. My only gripes areeee the release schedule totally dried up for awhile, and I have no idea what the punisher job will do to the series, likely put it on hiatus. Annnnd while there are vague plot threads linked through the series, it is far more on the one and done trajectory than anything else, which is cool, but harder to invest in (that is a very personal thing though, I like there to be a *point* to a series, and it took me awhile to accept that with this series).
I say these things though to be honest and not set you up for something they are not. Those things said, the series is absolutely brilliant. Clever, informative, intense. the good thing is Edmondson and Gerads are completely capable of making a one and done work pacing wise and putting across a theme or *point* in one issue. Gerads art and particularly his colors are amazing. The colors on the series take it into the next level.
Overall, I really really do recommend the series (especially how cheap the trades are, why not) and both my *gripes* are effectively negated by having two whole trades to rampage through at your own pace. I believe they will shock people with the punisher. Whether it'll get sales, I don't know, but I expect it to be very high up critics lists if they can keep a mnothly schedule. I'd say that has been the number one issue with the activity's momentum as a great new book and getting the attention it deserves.
, I just meant collecting the issues.