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Gee finally posted on Instagram after some time and we got a little sneak peak into the Killjoys spin-off: National Anthem (*insert G note here*)
Anyways, as Gerard himself said, the style we see on the cover is pretty different from what the actual comic looks like, and dare I say it looks sensational already. Expectations are really high, but we wouldn't have it any other way: we got a great story teller, amazing artists and a crew that all together made it work.
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Did he just... you know... make an MCR reference? Throwback?
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WHY AM I FREAKING OUT????? TODAY WE ALSO GOT TUA SEASON 2 AAAAAAHHHH COME ONNNNN UNIVERSE MY HEART CAN'T HANDLE TOO MUCH.
Source: Altpress
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 Simon promise to challenge everything you think you know about their beloved band of renegades in an all-new story.
The Killjoys will, once again, make some noise in a six-part comic book series, The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem. The first issue will be released on Oct. 14 through Dark Horse Comics. Based on the original idea that inspired the Danger Days album, it will focus on former Killjoy leader, Mike Milligram.
“In 2010, MCR released a concept record, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys,” Way and Simon revealed, exclusively to Alternative Press. “The record was inspired by a story that only existed in our minds. In 2013, we wrote a comic book series based on that concept record while the original story lay dormant. Now, in 2020, the story that inspired it all will be told: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem.
“There is no dystopian future—no wasteland to hide out in. Set in the 1990s and 2000s, National Anthem is a completely different story with a whole different set of rules. Mike Milligram and his gang of teenage exterminators operate in the Unseen where they bend reality to keep the real world’s status quo safe. But everything is about to change when the doors of the Unseen are closed and Mike and his Killjoys are thrust into the real world and forced to grow up and get real jobs. Screens, phones and a stagnant malaise become the new normal. When Mike’s TV breaks and his Ramones records seem to have been erased, he starts to wake up. Mike Milligram sets off on a journey to pull the curtains down on a cover-up that could change the course of history, past, present and future.”
Way and Simon wrote National Anthem alongside illustrator Leonardo Romero, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy).
The first issue will feature a cover by Romero, as seen above, along with two variant covers. One variant will feature an illustration from former Killjoys artist, and longtime Way collaborator, Becky Cloonan. The other alternate cover is by Paul Rentler, whose lo-fi photocopy design work has been previously featured through Way’s DC Comics imprint, DC’s Young Animal. You can see both variants below with Cloonan’s on the left and Rentler’s on the right.
Let’s face it, 2020 has been bleak. But if there’s one thing that can cure our quarantine blues, it’s most certainly a return of the Killjoys. Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced the reissue of the original series in a hardcover edition freshly titled Killjoys: California.
Adorned with a stark, blood-dripping Draculoid cover, this forthcoming reissue was everything we thought our little bulletproof hearts needed. But Way and Simon’s return to the original concept that inspired MCR’s 2010 record promises a fresh take on the material that we have yet to see or can begin to imagine.
The idea of Killjoys sans dystopia, working day jobs and watching their morale decay in the realm of the working stiff as they attempt to unveil a hidden truth feels like The Matrix by way of Descendents lyrics. This is definitely new territory for the Killjoys–and you better believe that we’re down for the ride.
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randomly thought of a killjoy name you can't tell me xeno menace doesn't sound cool af
getting ready to slay the fucking world on three hours of sleep that i'll get & enormous amounts of caffeine while wearing a denim jacket i painted to look like party poison's!
rip party poison you would've loved cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack
Currently reading the "True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys" comics as I got my hands on them at the bookstore (finally!!!) and GOSH the amount of inspiration I'm getting is crazy. The thing that makes the Killjoys and just Danger Days in general so cool/amazing is the fact that its so universal. Anyone can pick up a lasergun (metaphorically) and fight for what they believe in. Anyone can turn on the radio and listen to the world burning around them then laugh and turn the dial and hear their favorite song playing. Anyone can mourn and love and party and anger. As a LGBTQ+ teenager in America, with friends who are queer, poc, disabled, children of immigrants, and so many other things that are constantly being attacked and debated, there's something comforting (??) in knowing that change can happen, and that I can do something to help enact it, even if it's just donating $5 to a GoFundMe or hopping on a weekend train to the city and taking part in peaceful protests and rallies for the things I believe in.
in short... I am scared. But it's amazing how art can comfort, isn't it?
S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W is amazing. Anyone who disagrees can fight me
My favorite of all of Gerard Way’s OCs, it’s Party Poison!
I just started getting into the MCR lore, and I started with Danger Days, and oh my goodness gracious I am thoroughly addicted. Also, I did a version with a background, but I wasn’t super happy with how it came out, but I’ll share anyway:
Anyway, yeah. Go Killjoys!!
REEALLLLLL!!!!! also the first time that i heard the song i wasnt that "shoked" or surprised by 7 seconds of """"moaning"""", i noticed it once i got more into the fandom and saw what people tought of it.
Tbh i've heard much worse in music and DESTROYA has such beautiful lyrics, to me its a very revolutionary song: it refers deeply to anyone that feels alone and Ostrichized by the people around them, people who feel like they arent welcomed anywhere on this earth and only have themselves, its an anthem about individuality, rising and being stronger, as strong as you need to be to confront this world and what it thinks about you, to destroy the obstacles people and the world put you Through.
So i find it very inspirational, and sweet!! Its like the song is saying "Ehy, you are stronger than them, and remember, you are never alone.
Find people like you and arise together to fight your common enemies and who wants to erase you" at least thats my interpretation!! But i think i should listen to it another time to be sure, Sorry if there are any grammatical errors lol, im kinda in a rush, hope someone will agree to this!!!( ˘ ³˘)♥
I will never forgive the mcr fandom for reducing destroya down to the haha funny moaning song. Like did you listen to her???
