The Umbrella Academy. The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá.
The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite,[7] was released by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue making its premiere on September 19, 2007.[1] It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion, and a proposed fourth series, are in development.[8] Main story[edit] The main protagonists of the comic are the titular team, who are described as a "dysfunctional family of superheroes. " Influences[edit] Characters[edit] The Academy[edit] The Monocle (Sir Reginald Hargreeves)[edit] An alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist. . #00.01 Spaceboy (Luther Hargreeves)[edit] The leader of The Umbrella Academy. . #00.02 The Kraken (Diego Hargreeves)[edit] #00.03 The Rumor (Allison Hargreeves)[edit] Described as narcissistic. Scott Pilgrim. A film adaptation of the series titled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World starring actor Michael Cera in the title role was released in August 2010.
A videogame of the same name developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade was released the same month. Development[edit] O'Malley wanted to write a shōnen-style comic book series, but initially he had only read one series, Ranma 1/2; in the early 2000s North America did not yet have a significant Japanese comic book industry. O'Malley gained inspiration from the book Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga by Koji Aihara and Kentaro Takekuma. In 2002 O'Malley's roommate, who worked in a comic book store, brought the book to him while O'Malley was working on Lost at Sea and was planning Scott Pilgrim. O'Malley stated that he wanted to create a "hybrid" work that received inspiration from American and Japanese comics, and that he "wanted to reach towards the japanese [sic] comics from my own starting point Plot summary [edit] Will Eisner. William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur.
He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor, and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Biography[edit] Family background[edit] Eisner's father Shmuel "Samuel" Eisner was born March 6, 1886, in Kollmei, Austria-Hungary, and was one of eleven children. Eisner's mother, Fannie Ingber, was born to Jewish parents from Romania April 25, 1891, on a ship bound for the US. Early life[edit]