Gerard Way, The Umbrella Academy & Emo Comics

About this episode

Brian and Lizzie discuss the intersection of emo music and comic books, focusing on Gerard Way's graphic novels and early 2000s scene history.

Brian and Lizzie record live from C2E2 to discuss the intersection of emo music and comic books, focusing on Gerard Way's graphic novels and early 2000s scene history.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Lizzie

Topics covered

• emo music
• comic books
• Gerard Way
• graphic novels
• early 2000s scene history

Keywords

• emo
• Gerard Way
• The Umbrella Academy
• comic books
• graphic novels
• C2E2
• early 2000s

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: C2E2

Books & works: The Umbrella Academy

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