SDCC 09: Dark Horse & Gerard Way Loves Comics Too!.
By Vaneta Rogers
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Gerard Way was the surprise guest at the Dark Horse: We Love Comics Too! panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Saturday, and announced a new comic called The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
The panel included DH Managing Editor Scott Allie, Publisher Mike Richardson and Public Relations Director Jeremy Atkins, who introduced other creators and representatives in the audience as their projects were announced.
Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance and writer of the Eisner Award winning The Umbrella Academy, announced a new series he'd be writing called The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
Way will work with co-writer Shaun Simon and artist Becky Cloonan (DEMO, PIXU0 on the comic, which is completely unrelated to Umbrella Academy. The Killjoys book will be a mature readers title set in the '90s in modern America.
"It's simply about a guy who wants his Ramones records back," Way said to laughs from the audience. "It deals with so many things."
Way said that, in search of his Ramones records, the character goes on a "violent six-issue odyssey."
The publisher also announced next volume of The Umbrella Academy called “Hotel Oblivion."
"I'm more excited about Hotel Oblivion than any of the series so far," Way said of this new third volume of Umbrella Academy. "If you notice it gets weirder and more introspective in series 2. My goal for this series is to have the least amount of the Umbrella Academy team in there... There's a lot of new crazy stuff in this book, and I'm excited about it."
Another surprise was Jim Shooter, who is going to be in charge of reviving properties like Classic Media Doctor, Solar: Man of Atom, Mighty Samson, Turok: Son of Stone, and Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D.
"We're going to start from scratch and reinvent them," Richardson said.
Shooter said he's excited to get back to some of these characters and put a fresh, new spin on them. "As you know, I have a long history with these characters," he said, referring to his time spent as publisher of Valiant. "I'm going to give it my best shot. With Mike's help, all things are possible."
Other projects announced during the panel:
- Dark Horse will be continuing its relationship with CLAMP and releasing the manga title Chobits, which was previously published in the U.S. by TOKYOPOP. MPD Psycho will also be coming to Dark Horse.
- Dark Horse is developing several films as part of its relationship with Universal Studios. Among the titles being developed are Umbrella Academy, Fear Agent, Criminal Macabre, Freaks of the Heartland, Arch Enemies, and The Secret. There is also a movie being made of the Dark Horse published manga Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
