But, okay, you know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Flying cars, robot maids, food pills, teleportation, jet packs, moving sidewalks, ray guns, hover boards, space vacations, and moon bases.

It's hard to know how to start telling this story. And it's all my fault-well, me and to a lesser extent my father and, yeah, I guess a little bit Penelope. But it never should've turned out like this. That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have. If you're still itching for more to read like The Umbrella Academy, check out the 15 books I've picked out for you below.So, the thing is, I come from the world we were supposed to have. Way is also the author of Doom Patrol, and co-author of Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, both of which are published under his DC Comics imprint, Young Animal. A fourth series is reportedly in development at this time. A third series, The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion, premiered in October 2018. It's a new medium for me and I'd like to do more of this.'' In addition to writing the original Umbrella Academy comic, Way penned a follow-up, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, in 2008. Speaking with Forbes earlier this month, Way said that he 'learned a lot from' working with Netflix on the adaptation, and that he 'started to think to myself, 'Yeah, this is something I could do. After Hargreeves' death, the remaining siblings reconnect, somewhat reluctantly, and Number Five returns from the world's post-apocalyptic future to warn his brothers and sisters about the coming doom. The Horror - died tragically, and the rest eventually went their separate ways. Not all of them survived, however, as the unnamed Number Five disappeared after his time-traveling talents went awry, and Number Six - a.k.a. Not to worry, though, because I've got 15 books like The Umbrella Academy for you to read after you marathon it.īased on Way's 2007 comic book series of the same name, The Umbrella Academy centers on a tiny family of seven, superpowered siblings, all adopted by a wealthy eccentric named Hargreeves, who encouraged them to develop their abilities. Netflix's adaptation of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way's comic book series, The Umbrella Academy, has taken the Internet by storm, but with only 10 episodes in its inaugural season, the superpowered fun doesn't last nearly as long as viewers might want.

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