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Some thoughts while re-reading The Umbrella Academy, Volume 1: The Apocalypse Suite
I bought The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion (Volume 3) with a voucher my brother got me for my birthday a couple of years ago.
…Since I also watch the Netflix series with my brother’s spare device allowance, he unknowingly brings a lot of TUA into my life! 😅
I knew there must be some reason we keep him around!
(If you’ve never had a brother-sister relationship, that probably sounds harsh, but honestly it’s just the way brothers and sisters are!)
In preparation of the tasty precious that is Hotel Oblivion, I re-read the previous two books, starting with Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite.
…And I can’t get over how same-but-different it is to the TV series!
For a start, the bare-bones of the characters are there, but there’s less character development.
Apocalypse Suite is more like an introduction to these people (Yes, our introduction is the apocalypse — welcome to The Umbrella Academy!)
A lot of the character-development stuff I remember from the comics is actually from Volume 2: Dallas.
I think the reason that the character development is a lot slower in comics-form is because there’s only so much you can convey in the space allowed — an actor might be able to cover in 3 seconds what it would take a whole page or more for the artists and writers to show.
It really is as simple as the difference in the medium (nope, not this type — not the ghosts type either, although that’s in TUA too!)
But Apocalypse Suite is still TOTALLY AWESOME!
(…I’ve loved Umbrella Academy since I was a teenager with a Gerard Way obssession, can you tell…?! 😅)
