Dark Horse is putting its Myspace Presents, comics into a Paperback ( I think thats what this is).
The first six issues of MySpace Dark Horse Presents includes Joss Whedon’s complete rock’n'roll saga Sugarshock!, a fun-filled story about a quirky girl named Dandelion, and her love of music (and hatred of Vikings); Mike Mignola’s haunting holiday tale, lushly illustrated by Guy Davis, “The Christmas Spirit”; a lost Umbrella Academy chapter written by Gerard Way about our favorite curmudgeon, The Kraken; and a four-part story dedicated to Eric Powell’s The Goon. This volume also includes a wide range of established comics talent, and stories from newcomers who saw their professional debut in MySpace Dark Horse Presents.
* Also features the talents of:
Mike Mignola
Gerard Way
Eric Powell
And more!
This will be available for in store purchase on Sept. 18, 2008.
You can preorder NOW by clicking HERE
$15.96
Dark Horse just announced the following Saturday Schedule for Comic-con…
THIS is the SIGNING schedule for the Dark Horse Booth!
SATURDAY, JULY 26:
10:00 – 11:00 Stan Sakai: Usagi Yojimbo
11:00 – 12:00 Larry Marder: Beanworld
11:00 – 12:00 David Malki: Wondermark
12:00 – 1:00 Nicholas Gurewitch: Perry Bible Fellowship
1:30 – 3:00 Bruce Campbell: My Name Is Bruce
(*ticketed event, see Dark Horse employee for details.)
3:00 – 4:00 John Landis: Groundbreaking filmmaker
4:00 – 5:30 Gerard Way, Gabriel Ba, and Dave Stewart: Umbrella Academy(*ticketed event, see Dark Horse employee for details.)
6:00 – 7:00 Bryan Talbot: Celebrating 30 years of Luther Arkwright!
6:00 – 7:00 Matt & Shawn Fillbach: Roadkill
He is also slated to speak with Grant Morrison earlier in the day. CLICK HERE to see those times.
By Jesse Schedeen
Occasionally pop culture celebrities will dabble in the world of comic books. Even Mr. T had his own series for a while, and we wouldn’t have learned the virtues of drinking our milk without it. On the whole, these celebrity-penned books are forgettable and wind up in the bargain bins at your local comic shop.One recent and notable exception was Umbrella Academy. This mini-series was written by Gerard Way, the lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance. The book followed seven former child superheroes as they deal with life as adults and the death of their adopted father. The series sported a zany, Grant Morrison-esque feel that was well complemented by the stylistic visuals of Gabriel Ba. All six issues met with critical praise, including from our own Review Crew.
With the trade paperback now appearing on store shelves, we figured it was as good a time as any to give Way a call and find out how this strange series was born. Way told us about his early influences, his original dream of becoming a comic book artist, and how he eventually brought Umbrella Academy to Dark Horse. He also reveals some early details about the Umbrella sequels (yes, sequels). If you loved the original, 2008 will be the start of a beautiful friendship with the members of Umbrella Academy.
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If you have tickets to the Comic-Con on Saturday, July 26th check out Room 2 at 12pm.
Dark Horse’s director of publicity will be in Room 2 giving the 411 on what is going to be happening in the next series of The Umbrella Academy.
Also dont miss Gerard Way and Grant Morrison in room 6B at 1:15 – 3:15.
It also states that during this time there will be “special guests” and that you won’t want to be anywhere else. We suspect that this is when Gerard will be speaking in this as well. If you have more info on this let us know by emailing us at mychemicalfreak@yahoo.com . Also if you do attend we would like your FULL review if you would like to give it. We will feature you here and your story!
Thanks doomcookie for the info
No not Fuse, Vh1 or MTV. On Directv channel G4!
They are doing live coverage of COMIC-CON 2008 in San Diego on July 24th and 25th. Its rumored Gerard might be partaking in another speech one of those days, but isn’t confirmed.
He IS speaking on the 26th, but they aren’t covering that day (GRRRRRRR).
So tune into G4 and possibly catch a glimpse!
Channel 354 on Directv
Channel 191 on DishNetwork
Thanks Mcrime for the tip!
San Diego’s Comic-con is being called San Diego Monster-Con by promoters, advertisers and vendors alike.
With comic writers the likes of Nicolas Cage and his son Weston, as well as ours truely, Gerard; the Comic-Con is being attended in record numbers.
Some think this is good, others think this is bad. Either way, Saturday, July 26, Gerard and Doom Patrol’s Grant Morrison speak in a panel entitled “Born Under a Black Sun.”
The official site says it’s completely sold out on this day. We aren’t aware if Gerard will be there for the entire Comic-con or just that one day.
CLICK HERE for the Official Comic-Con site.
Preview of Gerard’s Paperback Graphic Novel “The Umbrella Academy: Appocalypse Suite”
from Vulture.
CLICK HERE to see the new Myspace Dark Horse Presents online comic by GERARD WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tips? Questions? Photos?
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Warning: This interview is very long.
By Jeff Johncox for Comics Corner
Comics Corner – How did you get involved with Dark Horse and in making the “Umbrella Academy?”
Way: Well, I had really missed comics since starting the band and I guess I really wanted, in the beginning, we just really never stopped (playing). Once it took off and it was really exciting, I realized I hadn’t written or drawn anything comicwise, or bookwise, or anything. I hadn’t had a chance to be creative in that regard and I really missed it.
I started Grant Morrison’s “Doom Patrol,” because it started coming out in trades, and I was on tour and had just gotten sober and I had all of this free time. So I said “f— it, I’m going to write a comic.”
CC – Grant Morrison had a nice quote for you on the cover of the second issue. Have you always been a big fan of his?
Way: I have always been a big fan. Grant is great because if you get into cool comics, somebody shows you basically “Watchmen,” that’s the first one they show you. Then you get into Frank Miller and then your world opens up. From that point you can go one of two ways. You can still stick around mainstream superhero books or go into indies. Ultimately, you can find someone like Grant who is totally uncategorizable, if that’s a f—ing word. He’s somebody that’s right up the middle. He’s doing this very postmodern stuff. It doesn’t matter if it’s superheroes, it doesn’t matter if it’s hired assassins. It doesn’t matter … anything.
CC – I went the Warren Ellis route after Frank Miller
Way: Right. That makes sense, too. Because he’s another one of those guys, it’s more of the Vertigo type way.
That’s where I went. I got into (Neil) Gaiman and I got into Grant.
Grant ended up being my favorite author because he’s so willing to take risks. He’s so daring. He’ll take these characters and do anything he wants with them. You know, and he has a love for superheroes where a lot of people were either being cheeky with superheroes and doing parody or they were doing them so bland it was becoming a parody of itself anyway.
Grant, who has a true love of the silver age, had all these crazy ideas.
CLICK HERE to read the rest of the interview…
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Ok long ago and far far away…
Ok I’m being stupid. It’s no doubt by now you have seen the news about The Umbrella Academy becoming a movie.
We reported a few months ago (CLICK HERE TO READ) that Dark Horse had signed a deal with Universal to turn some of its comics into movies. At the time Richardson (dark horse head honcho) said that there was interest in TUA for a movie but their first projects with Universal were already underway.
Now at some sort of awards show, Richardson revisits the idea of The Umbrella Academy becoming a movie (CLICK HERE to watch the interview). Apparently it will happen eventually. There is no mention of when or if Universal has signed on, its a vague explanation to say the least.
I said it and I will say it again. I have always thought TUA would make a great movie!
