Gerard Way opens up on writing The Umbrella Academy during My Chemical Romance’s early years

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Gerard Way has opened up on how he developed The Umbrella Academy to keep his love of comic books alive during My Chemical Romance‘s breakthrough years.The series, which debuted in 2007, tells the story of a dysfunctional family of adopted siblings who have all been blessed with different superpowers.It was subsequently adapted into a hit Netflix show in 2019, with a second season set to debut this Friday (July 31).Appearing on a special Dark Horse All-Stars panel at last weekend’s virtual Comic-Con, Way discussed how he had been writing comics since he was a teenager.“A lot of people at the time, right before Umbrella came out, knew me as a singer in a band,” he explained.“But I had this long history with comics, and kind of making my own.