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CCI: Gerard Way Part 2: “Killjoys”
The Dark Horse panel at Comic-Con International featured the announcement of a second comic book series for My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way, who has already made a name for himself in comics with the Eisner Award-winning “Umbrella Academy.” Way’s new series, co-written by Shaun Simon and illustrated by Becky Cloonan, will be called “Killjoys” and debut sometime in 2010. Beyond that, details are scarce, but CBR did get some interesting info from Way in the second part of our Comic-Con interview.
“One of the cool things about ‘Umbrella Academy’ was it kind of got a fair shot as soon as it came out in that, nobody knew what to expect,” Way said. “I kind of like that, I don’t want to give everything away about ‘Killjoys,’ I want to give it a fair shot.”
Posted by Celyn on July 27, 2009 • Filed under: Killjoys • Comments: 1
SDCC 09: Dark Horse & Gerard Way Loves Comics Too!
Gerard Way was the surprise guest at the Dark Horse: We Love Comics Too! panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Saturday, and announced a new comic called The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
The panel included DH Managing Editor Scott Allie, Publisher Mike Richardson and Public Relations Director Jeremy Atkins, who introduced other creators and representatives in the audience as their projects were announced.
Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance and writer of the Eisner Award winning The Umbrella Academy, announced a new series he’d be writing called The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
Way will work with co-writer Shaun Simon and artist Becky Cloonan (DEMO, PIXU0 on the comic, which is completely unrelated to Umbrella Academy. The Killjoys book will be a mature readers title set in the ’90s in modern America.
“It’s simply about a guy who wants his Ramones records back,” Way said to laughs from the audience. “It deals with so many things.”
Way said that, in search of his Ramones records, the character goes on a “violent six-issue odyssey.”
Posted by Celyn on July 25, 2009 • Filed under: Killjoys • Comments: 0
In Studio Video!
Ray has been posting some videos from the studio where MCR are recording the new video – check them out!
Hey guys, here’s our first attempt at some in studio video…This is me and G doing some backups….
The video has been ripped and will be in the archive asap. I have also finally managed to get my hands on another new domain for the site, so in a few days you will also be able to find us via gerard-way.com – woo!
Gerard Way has enjoyed such success with his Dark Horse series “The Umbrella Academy” that it’s almost no longer necessary to mention that he also happens to be a rock star. Together with artist Gabriel Ba, the My Chemical Romance frontman won an Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2008 for their first miniseries, subtitled “Apocalypse Suite,” and the follow up “Dallas” has been enthusiastically received by fans and critics. Dark Horse announced Friday at Comic-Con International that Way and Ba are now working on a third series, titled “Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion,” and Way will announce another project at Saturday’s panel. CBR News caught up with Way to discuss both projects. Our discussion of “Umbrella Academy” series 3 is right here, and be sure to check back tomorrow for part two of the interview.
“Like series 2, series 3 of ‘Umbrella Academy’ is going to pick up a bit after we left off,” Way said. “But it’s going to start off with a flashback and we’re going to get to see one of the old characters from the Free Comic Book Day story, Murder Magician. Basically, we’re going to see what Hargreeves did with all these villains over the years.
“I really like this series, I’ve had this one in my head for a long time,” the writer continued. Though Way noted that his stories often shift in the telling, he does have a strong sense of how the events in “Hotel Oblivion” play out. “This time, I’m thinking it is going to deal with other characters than the Umbrella Academy, at least for half of it. You’re going to see the other side of things,” Way told CBR. The core cast, however, will continue on with their lives. “Obviously, Spaceboy’s left again, we’ll deal with that, and everybody’s in kind of a whole different state of disrepair. Although I’d like to see the family get a little bit functional at this point. You’re going to see Rumor take a very different attitude toward Vanya now, for a lot of reasons, number one being her own guilt. That story is now going to develop.”
