My Chemical Romance frontman and creator of Netflix’s hit series “Umbrella Academy,” Gerard Way has teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to launch brand new horror comic “Paranoid Gardens” set for a July release.
“Paranoid Gardens” synopsis reads: “Loo is a nurse at the most bizarre care center around. The staff are not entirely human, and the cases are downright unearthly. Aliens, ghosts, superheroes and more creatures plague its hallways as doctors and patients and the hospital itself seem to be somewhat self-aware. Loo believes that despite a recent failure at her job she’s been given some sort of higher calling in this mysterious place and decides to rise to the challenge. Along the way, she must fight her way through corrupt staff members, powerful theme park cults and her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold.”
Way is working with his co-writer Shaun Simon on the comic, and Chris Weston will be illustrator. Issue #1 will feature a die-cut cover with art by Weston and a variant cover by renowned illustrator Motohiro Hayakawa. Successive issue variants will feature artwork by Glenn Fabry, James Stokoe, Tradd Moore, Alice Darrow, and David Mack.
Way said:
I’m excited to be back with my incredibly handsome and talented brother-from-another-basement Shaun Simon penning a story that’s really special to us, and honored the masterful Chris Weston joined us to create a visually powerful and emotionally tangible physical object that is this comic.
I’m now more complete getting to share something we’ve wanted to for a very long time, and working with this fantastic group of individuals in the process.
Checkout the artwork by Hayakawa, below!
