the true lives of the fabulous killjoys

In July 2020, Gerard Way made a promise to everyone who had ever ink-stained their hands with Killjoys comics. With The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem, Way and co-creator Shaun Simon guaranteed a Killjoys story unlike anything we’d seen before. And holy moly, motor babies—they certainly delivered in issue one.  Ten of […]

You know the old saying: “With great television comes great source material.” Or something like that. Fact is, comic books and graphic novels have proven to be incredible source material for TV, especially in recent years. From producer Greg Berlanti’s reign of heroism on The CW (everything from The Flash to Riverdale) to the runaway […]

My Chemical Romance killed off the Killjoys in spectacular fashion on their Danger Days album. But death didn’t stop co-writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon from returning to Battery City in 2013. The comic book sequel miniseries, The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, picked up where the MCR record left off. Now, Way and […]

My Chemical Romance are back together. More people are listening to their music, buying their merch and chatting about the emo warlocks. Thus, it only makes sense to re-release the Gerard Way-penned tie-in comic to their hit album Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. If you’re a true MCR stan, Gerard Way […]

The vibrant vigor of three-chord punk songs has always paired well with dynamic four-color comic book art and the topical overlap between the two mediums is undeniable. Both comics and punk rock often deal with themes of alienation, revenge, romance and taking a stand against a higher authority. In honor of Free Comic Book Day, […]

A new teaser video for issue one of The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, out today via Dark Horse Comics, featuring My Chemical Romance's “S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W” has been revealed by MTV Geek. Watch the teaser, below, and head to MTV Geek for the full interview with Gerard Way:    Get More: MTV Shows The True Lives […]

“I turned back into a pumpkin,” Gerard Way used a reverse Cinderella metaphor to describe his next step in music in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “What I'm doing is super organic and completely pure, and I'm positive the longer I continue doing it, it will stay that way,” Way said. “It's connected […]

Bleeding Cool have posted a preview of the first issue of The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, the comic co-authored by former My Chemical Romance frontman and Eisner-winning comic book writer, Gerard Way. Though originally something different entirely, the upcoming Dark Horse comic series will be a continuation of MCR's final album, Danger Days: The True […]

Dark Horse Comics have revealed more information about the upcoming The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys comic. The comic, co-authored by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Shaun Simon and illustrated by Becky Cloonan, will see its issue one release on June 12, 2013, following a May Free Comic Book Day preview. View the first issue in the series' […]