Posts Tagged ‘Gerard Way’

March 2, 2009 1

This is a review to the fourth issue of The Umbrella Academy

By Scott Cederlund in Review, comics

Monkey children. Dead fathers standing against a background of a mushroom cloud. Broken televators. Secret organizations involved in the assassination of JFK. “What happens when you die?  I mean… what’s on the other side?” “There’s nothing.  Nothing at all.” These are just a few of my favorite things from The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #4. What [...]

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December 1, 2008 1

Don’t go outside without an umbrella– a review of Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1

By Scott Cederlund in Review, comics

Umbrella Academy Dallas #1 begins the day after.  Well, it may not be the day but it is soon after the events of Apocalypse Suite, the reunion of the childhood team and adopted family after years apart when their surrogate father died and one of them went crazy.  As reunions go, it probably wasn’t the [...]

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November 5, 2008 0

Are we really fighting another monument? Quick thoughts on Gabriel Ba’s artwork

By Scott Cederlund in comics

CBR has a nice post up about the upcoming The Umbrella Academy 2: Dallas, featuring some great Gabriel Ba artwork.  Ba, along with his brother Fabio Moon, may be one of my favorite artists currently working.  The above image is some kind of freakish mix of Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Art Adams and Jim Lee, [...]

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