We’re suckers for a superhero story – and especially those featured in today’s movies and TV shows. From Marvel’s incredible Avengers and Defenders respectively, to DC’s Justice League (some of those recent instalments have been alright, okay…), the transitions from comic book to our screens are done better than ever these days. And you can count The Umbrella Academy in that bracket now, too. The action scenes are classy AF, and the heroes themselves look like total badasses (oh yeah, and there’s a truly excellent talking chimpanzee, too). More importantly, though, there’s substance in there. “Umbrella Academy brings things to light,” Gerard nods. “Like, we know what a domineering, super-rich, successful leader that puts everybody through really hard things, and is kind of rough on them, we know what that type of character is, and what the intelligent leader is. So we can raise questions, like, ‘Hey, isn’t this really screwed up that this person does this?’ Which is something you don’t get with mainstream books.”