The machines took the world. One soldier who lost everything is going back in. Mud Freestone: The Mad Dog, a five-issue limited series.
The series
™After the death of his entire platoon, an overly aggressive Navy SEAL teams up with a socially awkward savant to stop a narcissistic cyborg killing machine, or else machines will replace humans.
™Print ships from Charleston, SC · US shipping from $4.90
Rated 15+ (Parental Advisory): action violence, some blood, mild language
The full run · five-issue limited series
New issue · 24 full-color pages
"You either going to be a Mad Dog or a Dead Dog."
A survivor's voice breaks through the radio static, and Mud Freestone, codename Mad Dog, answers the call. But Holder's Cyberbots are listening to every line of communication. The last time Mud heard those words, his whole platoon died. This time, he fights for them.
Print ships from Charleston, SC · US shipping from $4.90
Character files
An overly aggressive Navy SEAL who lost his entire platoon. He made a promise to keep the mission alive.
A narcissistic cyborg who rules Earth from an augmented command room and controls the digital grid.
Subject was last seen beside the Mad Dog. Full file unlocks with issue three.
Live action · New Orleans 2024
We took the Mad Dog off the page, with a crew that has serious film and TV credits. Costume design by Eulyn Colette Hufkie (The Walking Dead, 24: Legacy, Mayans M.C.), make-up and hair by Carla Brenholtz (Jurassic World, The Magnificent Seven), shot on location in New Orleans in 2024.
The World
Holder controls the digital grid. Few are left to fight this tyrant. One mortal must make a stand, to blot out his past and save humanity. His name is Mud. He is the Mad Dog.
The prequel
Created & written by Matthew Rogers Harrison
Illustrated & colored by Victor Medina
HOLDER's machines are hunting what's left of humanity. Green Beret commander R.A, codename ROCKY, leads her team behind enemy lines to find the DAGGER PROTOCOL, the one weapon that can stop him, buried deep in the Appalachians. Before the MAD DOG, there was R.A.
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About the publisher
Rush to the Front is an independent comic publisher based in Charleston, South Carolina, founded by writer Matthew Rogers Harrison. We build original stories with working comic professionals and put them in readers' hands in print, digital and on the convention floor.
Our first series, Mud Freestone: The Mad Dog, is a five-issue limited series. Its prequel, R.A, a three-issue limited series set in the same universe, is in production.
Mud started as a screenplay. After eight revisions, Matthew flipped the usual path and turned it into a comic, now drawn by Emmy-winning illustrator Nassos Vakalis.
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HOLDER's machines wiped out his platoon. Now Navy SEAL MUD FREESTONE, the MAD DOG, is going back in. His only ally: a socially awkward savant getting weapon plans from an alien on Mars. The mission: stop Holder before the machines replace us. FIND A WAY TO WIN.
