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Klaus Being Klaus Puts the ‘Graphic’ in Graphic Novel
Thoughts on You Look Like Death: Tales From the Umbrella Academy, Vol 1
Volume 1 of You Look Like Death: Tales From the Umbrella Academy is a The Umbrella Academy (TUA) prequel spin-off series featuring my beloved Queen Klaus Hargreeves.
(Although… only the TV version is confirmed to be Queer — writer/creator Gerard Way needs to get on that,)
The foreword was written by Robert Sheehan, who plays Klaus brilliantly in the Netflix series, and Gerard actually dedicated the book to Robert, which was super-cool.
I always think I remember how much more Klaus’ powers are advanced in the comics vs the TV series…
But I never actually remember the extent of his comics powers — it’s actually kind of terrifying how powerful Comics!Klaus is.
Comics!Klaus is the same but different to TV!Klaus — like, they’re clearly the same character, but with sharper edges in some places, and smoother ones in others.
Plus Comics!Klaus lives in a world where vampire chimp druglords are a thing so… somehow the comics have always been this batsh** — the TV show…