Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death #1

Tales From the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death #1

by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Gabriel Bá (Cover Art)

Gerard Way! Shaun Simon! Gabriel Ba! The first Umbrella Academy spin off series! When 18-year-old Seance gets himself kicked out of the Umbrella Academy, and his allowance discontinued by Hargreeves, he takes to a place where his ghoulish talents will be appreciated—Hollywood. After a magical high on a vampire-drug-lord's stash, Klaus needs help, and doesn't have his siblings there to save him. Seance gets his own miniseries! From Gerard Way and Shaun Simon of the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 16, 2020

About the author

Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who served as frontman, lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance from the time of its formation in 2001 until its breakup in 2013. He is the author of the Eisner Award-winning comic book series The Umbrella Academy (now a Netflix original series) and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. In January 2014, he announced via Twitter that he and artist Gabriel Ba will begin work on Umbrella Academy Volumes 3 & 4 in late 2014/early 2015. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. Way lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Lindsey (bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence) and their daughter, Bandit.

Reviews

[Rachel Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh off of completing each of the three volumes of Umbrella Academy, I jumped at the chance to pre-order the initial issue of this arc because Klaus is the one character I resonate so strongly with in terms of "not quite fitting in yet still being part of a group." The introduction I had to the series left me with questions about what happened in the interim between the adoption of the seven children and very hands-off parenting by Sir Reginald Hargreeves and where we meet our heroes in Apocalypse Suite. Clearly there was some dysfunction there and Klaus seemed to have it in spades so what gives? Well, I am pleased to say that You Look Like Death's initial issue began to answer some of my lingering questions so I am hoping that the rest of the arc continues to build on such a great start.

[Galina Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

really fun

i think its a great extention to klaus's story. he didnt get a lot of background in the main umbrella academy books. so this was really cool to see what happened before those events.

[lifeisjustablurblog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointed - didn’t grab me and I’m mad that Gabriel Ba didn’t do the art - just the cover

[Matthew K Packard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent start to a story that could be interesting.

Decent start to a story that could be interesting. I like that focus on just one of the family characters.

[Evie · Rating 2 out of 5]

To no fair to this book I got it in one of the blind book things, not realizing it was umbrella academy.
I don’t dislike the Umbrella Academy I’ve just never read it so the story while kinda interesting didn’t grab me as much.
But the art was good- I liked the style and the colors especially- and my favorite illustration from it was the #6 variant at the end by Jenny Frison

[Leandro Cassetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creo que un comic de The Umbrella Academy es sinonimo de pasarsela bien.