Band Of Brollies

Umbrella Academy creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá are returning to comics with new series Plan B

- WORDS: STEPHEN JEWELL

WHILE THE TV SHOW HAS NOW concluded, creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá are returning to The Umbrella Academy for the first time since 2019’s Hotel Oblivion with new Dark Horse Comics miniseries Plan B. As its title suggests, the six-parter takes the adopted superhero siblings in a different direction to their on-screen counterparts.

“After we finished Hotel Oblivion, we never stopped working on the comics,” Bá tells Red Alert. “We've been working on this story for the last five years and we’re truly excited that it’s finally seeing the light of day. The television show helped bring a new audience to our story, and it’s great being able to tell it in comics again, the way it was originally envisioned.”

Having collaborated with the My Chemical Romance singer since 2008's inaugural volume,