Gerard Way
Gerard Way
Gerard Arthur Wayis an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. He also wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 April 1977
CitySummit, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know if I could [do a TV show]. I would if it had nothing to do with the comic. It would be really weird and maybe not feature any of The Umbrella Academy characters.
The plan was that I was going to do comics, and then the music just cam up in my life and was a detour.
Now I have notebooks that are filled up, mostly with Doom Patrol, but also angry letters to myself mixed in with the comic.
I was talking to Cecil [Castellucci], who writes Shade, and I was saying to her, and she was saying the same thing, that I'm not even the same person who wrote the first issue of Doom Patrol, and that was six months ago. I'm a totally different person now, already. It's weird to look back at stuff, but it's an honor that there's a legacy of people who still keep it in their heads. It's really cool!
There's Doom Patrol, which is the world's strangest superheroes, and they're making their return.
I don't like to write a script unless I know who the artist is. A lot of people can do it without that, and that's cool, but I like to look at the art.
When I did The Umbrella Academy, I studied Gabriel Bá's art. I said, "Oh, this is what he likes to do here. Maybe I can push him to do a little more of this." You can play to those strengths. It's a different scenario with each artist.
I feel like I'm guiding the teams and we're all making this together. It feels more free-spirited and less structured, but we have our deadlines and that's important. We have an editorial team, but we're having fun. I get to guide them.
Because one day I'll leave you a phantom to lead you in the summer to join the black parade
I drink juice when I'm killin' cause it's f**king delicious!
There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.
Don't piss your life away with suicide...it's a bullshit way out.
It erases everything I hate about myself. Nothing can hurt me. I feel completely invincible. I feel like everyone else on that stage is invincible and we're capable of anything. There's no stopping us.
'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.