Hello friends, I hope you’re all having a good Monday. Today I’m going to be posting my review of the first volume of The Umbrella Academy: The Apocalypse Suite by: Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba.
The Umbrella Academy Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite by: Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba: Around the world, women who were never pregnant spontaneously gave birth to babies. Out of the forty-three born, Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven and created a family of superheroes to help save the world and called them the Umbrella Academy. This was fast-paced and full of action. The reader found themselves flipping pages to find out what would happen next. Although, the reader didn’t want to flip too fast because they wanted to take in the art as it was really well done. The plot was fascinating, it was different and totally engrossed the reader. The characters were all so unique and intriguing. The reader wished that we got a little deeper with the characters but for the first volume this was definitely a start to getting to know and understand them. The way this ended left a big cliff hanger for what is to come and the reader can’t wait to dive into the next volume.
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Great review! I recently started the TV show and I love it!! I might pick up the book once I’m done 🥰
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I love it too!
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Thank you!
I’d definitely recommend the comics, they’re really good; the TV show takes the comics to a really cool level with the music and everything! 😃
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I also nominated you for an award!
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Oh thank you! I’ll check out your blog 🙂
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Is this a graphic novel? The artwork on the front cover is very interesting. Really catches the eye
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Yes it is!
All of the covers (there are 3 volumes currently) and they’re all really interesting with a pop of colour!
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Wow! Cool!!!
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I really love the TV show and looking forward to read this comic, great review!!
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Thank you!
The TV show is so good! I love what they’ve done with it.
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I’ve heard great things about this one, but I’m usually not a big fan of graphic novels. What’s the art like inside? Similar to the cover? (i.e. clean and simple?)
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I wouldn’t say that it’s as minimalist as the cover, but the art is really bright and fun to look at. I’d still recommend it because the story is so fast paced and so much going on, you don’t realize it’s over until your there!
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I’m one of many who started the show, fell in love and now really wants to read the books! I’m interested how they adapted the characters? Here was my thoughts on the show: https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2020/08/30/cinema-sunday-umbrella-academy-vs-monty-python/
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The show is amazing! I watched the first season before re-reading this volume because I forgot how good the comics were.
I’ll be sure to check your post out.
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