The surreal source material by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba is fascinating in its own right.
All superheroes start from somewhere, and it’s usually the same place.
For one thing, the show and the comic only have so much in common.
A selection of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ comic covers.Dark Horse Comics (5)
But the divergences have increased over the subsequent seasons.
Take Hazel and Cha-Cha, for instance.
Hazel and Cha-Cha’s ridiculous tangents and jokes are pure Way, too.
Superheroes and supervillains collide in ‘The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion’ comic.Dark Horse Comics
Ba populates most pages with simian bystanders in a way that would stretch any special-effects budget.
