"The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" Set to Release!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*gasp*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! 

I am WAY too excited about this. I literally screamed when I got this press release.

"What gives, Ashleigh? Why suddenly with the fangirlness?" 

Danger Days (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) is possibly my favorite album of all time. I'll write a review on it later, but trust me...it means a LOT to me. People say that certain music speaks to certain times in life...this is my album. This is the album that gave me hope when everything else seemed hopeless. I know it sounds dramatic, but it snapped me awake. It may have saved my life...

Now that all that mush is out of the way...did I mention that this album is AMAZING?!?!
It flows...its beautiful. It's a piece of artwork in itself. And then...to take it...and represent it and tell its story? In a visual format? THAT is something that turns me fangirl in an instant. I don't let on much...but I'm an art teacher. I dabble in making art myself sometimes. ;) My heart pounds at the idea of being able to hold a representation of everything this album is to me. 

Now I realize...this is loosely based on the album...but still based upon it. I'm excited to see what's reflected, what's totally new, and how it looks. In my mind, I see it becoming a classic...a staple in "must read" lists. 

Enough of me...below's the official press release.  

THE WAIT IS OVER! THE TRUE LIVES OF

THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS LAUNCHES IN

JUNE 2013!

MILWAUKIE, OR, DECEMBER 17­—In 2009, when Dark Horse first announced a new project from Grammy-nominated frontman turned Eisner-winning comics writer Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy), the response from music and comics fans alike was overwhelming. Now, Dark Horse is thrilled to announce that Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan’s highly anticipated sci-fi epic will finally see publication in 2013!

Welcome to Battery City, where the disease is the cure!

In My Chemical Romance’s critically acclaimed album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the Killjoys fought against the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries. It cost them their lives, save for one—the mysterious Girl. Today, the followers of the original Killjoys languish in the desert while BLI systematically strips citizens of their individuality. As the fight for freedom fades, it’s left to the Girl to take up the mantle and bring down the fearsome BLI or else join the mindless ranks of Bat City!

“The original idea for the comic informed the record,” said Gerard Way. “The record helped refine the idea, and then Becky had done a drawing of the Girl for the single ‘The Only Hope for Me Is You’ and I saw it and thought, this is the comic. It’s basically the last video, it’s the last part of the Killjoys story, while at the same time being totally its own thing.”

“I think we have created a broad range of characters here,” said cowriter Shaun Simon. “A lonely teenage girl hiding from her past in the desert. A couple of android call girls wanting nothing more than to be together. An aging assassin with a secret that could destroy his life . . . Even though these characters are living in a bizarre sci-fi world, their struggles are the same we face in our own.”

“The world of the Killjoys is full of visual opposites—from sprawling deserts to urban junkyards—and a cast of characters to match,” said artist Becky Cloonan. “It’s been a challenge to encompass all of this in my art, but woven into the world building is a human spark that lights this story on fire and gives me so much to draw from.”

As announced at New York Comic Con, an early look into this world will be published as part of Free Comic Book Day 2013, with the first issue hitting stands the following month on June 6!