Months after Kevin did a post on My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way and his comic The Umbrella Academy, we’re still getting comments from his fans. Now that the comic is available on MySpace, I bet they’re really happy.
Way told MTV:
“The biggest idea with the comic for me was, number one, writing a comic,” he explained. “I’ve been wanting to write one. It’s fun. I think I can say something I can’t necessarily say with my music. But also, I wanted to get people into comic shops, people who normally wouldn’t [go], because I love the medium.
“A lot of books had a very big impact on me, and they kind of shaped my lyrics, the band’s aesthetic, everything,” he continued. “There’s a song called ‘The Ghost of You’ on [2004's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge], which is named after a perfume ad in the ‘Watchmen’ [graphic-novel series]. Comics have been such a big part of me and the band for such a long time, and I just want people to check out comics.”
Pictured above: Way promotes Sugarshock, the fun web comic by Whedon and Moon that’s also appearing in Dark Horse Presents, in San Diego … you can read more about The Umbrella Academy and the long time you’ll be waiting for a new My Chemical Romance album over at MTV.com.
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:29 am
Just a note- the book’s actually called [i]The Umbrella Academy[/i].
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Gerard’s enthusiasm for comics is so awesome.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:27 am
what sucks though is that a lot of people will only buy it because it has his name on it…
It would be better appreciated by non-MCR fans who would probably get it more and not bum off it because Gerard Way wrote it.