Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #6, February 2008, written by Gerard Way, penciled by Gabriel Ba
Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1, September 2007, written by Gerard Way, penciled by Gabriel Ba
Note to all professionals out there: become successful in the medium you want to work in forever. Because for instance, if you rise to fame in a band with a very distinct and possibly divisive sound, certain music snobs might not take note when you write a comic book. And then they might not believe it when people say that the comic book is good. Then they might not read it until three years after it comes out and then be surprised when it’s good. Really good.
Okay, truth time, the above example was a heavily veiled reference to my relationship with My Chemical Romance and now Umbrella Academy. Because as much as I might not care about “Na na na na na na na na na na” or whatever, I think I care about this.
One issue in and I already feel immersed in a fully realized world, one that is defined as much by the Colin Meloy-esque wordiage verbosity as it is by Gabriel Ba’s dark and quirky angular cartooning. It hits the ground running and gives a lot of info in what is a relatively quick read.
I’m on board.
My Score: 8.7
