Happy New Year guys! I have big plans for this site in the next few weeks, including a revamp of the entire site, as well as finally getting to work on the media section! For now, we have some pics of Gerard at the Umbrella Academy signing he did at Golden Apple Comics on November 28 – thanks to Luciana for the donation of pictures!
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Public Appearances – 2008 – Nov. 28: Golden Apple Comics “Dallas” Signing
‘We’ve made concepts for three albums now, so I think this one … I want to go into it not thinking about a definite story,’ frontman Gerard Way says.
Well, at least now we know what the new My Chemical Romance album won’t sound like.
A few months back, when we spoke to MCR bassist Mikey Way about the “Batman” story he was writing for DC Comics, he mentioned that he and his bandmates had begun work in earnest on the follow-up to 2006’s Welcome to the Black Parade, but, while they’re all writing songs, he had no idea what the album would end up sounding like.
“So if, say, we wrote some songs that sound like Rick Springfield, a week later they’ve all turned into Children of Bodom songs,” he explained. “I know it’s going to be great — I just don’t know what it’s going to sound like. We’re going to be just as surprised as everyone else, believe me.”
Umbrella Academy is the best comic on the stands right now. It’s true. And you don’t even have to dig deep to behold its magnificence: UA: Dallas #2 has what might be the greatest opening page I’ve seen in eight years. From start to finish, this issue is exquisite. I said it dozens of times about the first Umbrella Academy, but if you’re even on this website reading about comics, you really should be picking up this title.
The overarching story of Dallas seems to be that the members of the Academy all hate each other and are being threatened by a secret evil. If that sounds vaguely similar to the first go-round, that’s because it is. But it’s the details of Gerard Way’s masterpiece that make it so phenomenal you’ll want to read it a second time immediately after you finish it. The Kraken, ever Way’s Batman pastiche, is a more on-the-nose humorous reference this issue; the Rumor going silent has ironically put her in the position of dark horse candidate (no pun intended) for breakout star of the mini; the goofy-headed villains are endless entertainment; and the scene with Number Five that inspired the cover of this issue… let’s just say it’s genius. I’ll admit I have no idea where things are going for the most part, but it doesn’t matter. I’m willing to let Way take me on his wild ride if it’s always this entertaining.
Gabriel Ba is no doubt a significant draw for most comic fans, and his art is predictably fantastic in issue #2. Dave Stewart’s coloring deserves some mention as well – whether it’s washed out, bleak, or colorfully twisted, each scene is colored perfectly. I feel bad sometimes because it’s not often that I really give a colorist credit for his true effect on a comic, but Stewart has alerted me to it here.
So yes. Umbrella Academy. Buy it. If you love Grant Morrison’s off-the-wall tendencies and high concepts, but are currently put off by the fact that Final Crisis and Batman don’t make sense, Umbrella Academy: Dallas is where you belong.
- Source: IGN.com
There’s been a rumor going around that Watchmen had filmed a scene on the 19th at the intersection of Broadway and West 8th Street in Los Angeles.
According to eyewitnesses the scene was quite elaborate and included more than 250 angry extras rushing out of a building and into the street before someone was chased by police dogs and arrested. Some exterior dialog was also shot.
So what’s the story? Well, our sources at Warner Bros. confirmed that, yes, the filming is in fact for Watchmen, but it’s not for re-shoots for the film, or for any DVD extras.
It turns out that the shoot was for the music video of My Chemical Romance’s version of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” — the song being used for the Watchmen film’s closing credits.
That’s not all. It also seems the the music video’s director is none other than Watchmen movie helmer Zack Snyder.
The building that sits at that L.A. intersection is 802 South Broadway, which has been used as a location for several movies including The Prestige, Mulholland Drive and Mambo Kings.
- Source: WatchmenComicMovie.com
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