*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOTH COMIC AND SEASON ONE OF THE TV SHOW*
So, I have to admit, I was strangely surprised when I bought this.
Having watched at least seven episodes of Umbrella Academy season one, I was expecting it to be almost exactly like the show. That was only my fault, as I didn’t realize until I re-read the packaging that the Netflix series is only BASED on the comic. My bad.
However, even with the TV show still in my mind, it was an AMAZING read, and now I have to buy Volume Two. After watching the show, it was a bit of a shock to see the difference in how the characters looked, for instance: Diego is blonde in this, Allison has purple hair in this, and Klaus is so pale it looks as though he’s seen a ghost (pun intended). The personalities haven’t changed much, though, and the general plot line is the same, an apocalypse with Vanya as the instigator. Five is still an adorable little psycho, Klaus still a witty junkie, and Luther still has a hero-complex. The art is superb, it’s crisp and clear, and I just WISH I could draw that well. It would probably be a even better read with My Chemical Romance playing in the background, or even some somber violin solos.
All in all, it’s amazing whether you’re new to the Umbrella Academy or if you’ve watched the TV show, but if you’re looking for something that’s exactly like the TV show, you won’t find it. Remember that the TV show is only BASED off the comic, so of course it’s going to be different. I don’t understand the people who say “Oh, the TV show is better, this isn’t as good”, because they are both incredibly beautiful in their own way. So if you’ve watched the show before you’ve read the comic, keep that in mind, and if you haven’t seen either and are reading the comic first, remember that their will be a few significant changes in the show.
I love it, and am now holding metaphorical guns to all of my friends and trying to get them to read this. Will have to buy Volume Two now!
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The Comics That Started The Epic Netflix Show!
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Join The Academy!Start the New York Times best selling and Eisner Award winning series from the beginning. In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, "To save the world." |
Catch Up With The Show!Catch up with the source material for the hit Netflix Show which drew over 45 Million viewers. With a second season currently filming see what inspired the show people are raving about |
Get The Latest Volume!Check out the first new Umbrella Academy entry in 10 years with Hotel Oblivion. Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance, Doom Patrol) and Gabriel Bá (Two Brothers, Casanova) have earned awards and accolades on their separate projects, and finally return to their breakout 2007 hit, for the latest chapter in the bizarre lives of their former teen superhero team. |
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Get The Library Hardcover Edition Of Apocalypse SuiteCheck out the gorgeous Hardcover edition of the first volume, Apocalypse Suite. Packed full of extra stories and sketchbook sections, this is sure to please fans and bookshelves everywhere. |
Get The Library Hardcover Edition Of DallasFor the first time in over a decade check out the Hardcover edition of Dallas! In addition to collecting the original comic series this edition comes in a beautiful hardcover with extra stories and sketchbook section with notes from the creative team. |
Writer Gerard WayThe lead singer and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance, Gerard is also an accomplished writer having written the Eisner Award Winning series Umbrella Academy, as well as The Fabulous Life of The Killjoys for Dark Horse and Doom Patrol for DC Comics. |
Artist Gabriel BáMultiple Eisner Nominee and Winner Gabriel has worked on some of the biggest and best series in comics including Umbrella Academy, Two Brothers, Casanova, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The B.P.R.D, and Daytripper. |
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| Get the books behind the breakout Netflix show The Umbrella Academy! | Seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Nearly a decade after their first mission, the team disbands these disgruntled siblings must reunite just in time to save the world once again. | The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own. Trouble is--each of them is distracted by their own problems but must fend off a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK. | Now, just a few years after Hargreeves's death, his Umbrella Academy is scattered. The best-selling superhero series returns, stranger than ever--And their past is coming back to hunt them. Features an introduction by Eisner winner Jeff Lemire | This Deluxe Oversized Hardcover collects the complete first series, Apocalypse Suite, plus short stories "Mon Dieu!" and "But the Past Ain't Through with You” and an expanded 50-page sketchbook section with work by Way, Bá, James Jean, and Tony Ong. | This Deluxe Oversized Hardcover collects the complete second series, Dallas, plus short story "Anywhere but Here" and an expanded 36-page sketchbook featuring work by by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, designer Tony Ong, and Superman's pal Jim Lee. |
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Love the book but arrived damaged
My daughter was so excited to have it and read it that she won't let me return it. I don't want to give it less than 5 stars because we love the book but I was so disappointed in the condition it arrived in. These comic books are the kind of thing you want to collect and keep forever, so it really sucks. There is a stain on the front and the corner is bashed in. The stain is really weird because it arrived shrink-wrapped. Seems like it was taken off a shelf and shrink-wrapped just before shipping maybe?
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