Halloween Special!
Many of you might not have heard of this story. The front man of modern rock band My Chemical Romance is actually a former cartoonist - in fact, that was his dream as a young man. As a singer and songwriter, he still often, in his spare time, create awesome cartoons of the dreadful (emo) stories in his head.
Don't be mistaken, this doesn't mean that they are not enjoyable. His debut comic, The Umbrella Academy, features a group of seven disbanded superheroes who re-unit after death, re-train, and save the world (much like fantastic 4 or the league of extraordinary gentlemen) . Yes Gerard! We needed something with "death" sooner or later. "Death" is always such a useful catchphrase. The heroes are all seemingly lively, hard to say if they will be original though (all forms of super power have been exploited in the past..). The leader of the gang is Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a renown scientist and inventor. The main antagonist is the Conductor of The Black Orchestra. I'm really liking these names; Gerard has a natural talent with language.
An art school graduate might give it all to start another MCR, but Gerard's passion for art still resides despite his grand success in music (impressive.. celebrities writing comics...). His new comic will fuel the struggling comic industry and quench the thirst of many MCR fans. It will be interesting to see how well his comic will do when it comes out later this year or early next year. Gee, why wait until the madness, preorder one today! 
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