The Making of The Umbrella Academy

by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Steve Blackman (Foreword)

Go behind the scenes of The Umbrella Academy, one of Netflix's most watched shows with a second season debuting July 31st 2020!

Dive into the development and production of the first season of the Netflix original series, The Umbrella Academy, with a collection that features hundreds of behind-the-scenes images and exclusive commentary from the creative team. Discover how Netflix's live-action adaption successfully translated Gerard Way and Gabriel B�'s original vision for their comic to the small screen.

Whether you're a diehard alumni of the comics or a freshman to the Netflix series, this fantastic tome is one that will not want to miss this vividly designed hardcover volume exposing the idiosyncratic wit and dysfunctional dynamism of Netflix's family of superheroic savants.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Film

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 14, 2020

About the author

Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who served as frontman, lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance from the time of its formation in 2001 until its breakup in 2013. He is the author of the Eisner Award-winning comic book series The Umbrella Academy (now a Netflix original series) and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. In January 2014, he announced via Twitter that he and artist Gabriel Ba will begin work on Umbrella Academy Volumes 3 & 4 in late 2014/early 2015. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. Way lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Lindsey (bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence) and their daughter, Bandit.

Reviews

[Raven · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it interesting and fun to read but it’s mostly pictures and has very brief descriptions on the characters and the settings, I wish it was a lot more detailed and went deeper into how the show was made and what inspired certain decisions pertaining to the set, or interviews with the cast and/or crew etc. and less addressing what the reader/viewer already knows. I would still recommend considering as a fan of this show I very much enjoyed reading it but I just wish it had more detail.

[Sophie]

Very pretty and nicely laid out, but it's really more of an art book than I was expecting.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool tie in book from the Netflix show

[katie fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

sick epic awesome i read it all in one sitting

[carl caesar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro de arte de la serie The Umbrella Academy de Netflix que explica algunas cosas sobre el Making of de la serie.

Si bien el libro revela aspectos interesantes sobre la realización de la serie, resulta especialmente interesante las comparativas del cómic y la serie, creo que profundiza poco y le falta algo más de información. Desde el concepto de los personajes, vestuario o conceptualización general de las localizaciones donde este libro se queda algo corto mostrando sin más lo que hay sin hacer un repaso general del proceso o de los descartes.

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

So fun to get to see some of the extra behind the scenes work on a production I have actually been part of and worked on myself. I've always seen the set photographer around snapping pics here and there and wondering when and where those pictures would turn up.

I really hope that a second book is made for the second season.

[S.E. Martens · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book. The production art is gorgeous. I appreciated getting to see clearer pictures of the various props and posters created by the art department to flesh out the world of the series. I enjoy the retro-future quasi 1950s style they play with. The set paintings and photos are stunning - there is so much detail and atmosphere and you really feel the love that went into it.

I am disappointed that there were no interviews - I would have loved to see some interviews with cast and crew. There's barely any text in this book at all - the edition I have doesn't even have the forward by Gerard Way that's listed on GoodReads - but it's a nice artbook and I enjoyed looking through it.

[Silke · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pictures are gorgeous and informative. However, having recently read a similar style book about Good Omens, I can’t help but negatively compare this book against that one. In the Good Omens book you get sooo much information, not only photos, but also interviews with cast and crew.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a coffee table book, which isn't a bad thing. The details they put in the scenery are very cool to see, but I really would have liked more information on the making of the show, converting it from a comic, and why they made some of the decisions they did.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finalmente peguei de novo esse livro, e me fez lembrar como Umbrella Academy é BOM. E o trabalho da produção é fenomenal.

Só foi um pouco estranho, hoje em dia, ler as referências ao Elliot Page por seu nome antigo.

[Kristen (kaymaldo) · Rating 2 out of 5]

The behind the scenes photos and art were cool but wish there was more in-depth details and interviews. I would’ve loved to see them really deep dive into the first season.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was much more entertaining than I’ll ever admit.

[Vinnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mostly images, but I enjoy concept sketches and architectural drawings.

[Caleb Bollenbacher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointingly sparse :(

[Colin Sinclair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short in terms of text, and therefore somewhat lacking in depth, but the pre-production sketches and behind the scenes photographs etc are all excellent.

[amy hoffman · Rating 3 out of 5]

taking my umbrella academy enrichment very seriously as you can see

[Memma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Agree with a lot of the other reviews, it's very pretty but I really would have liked more content to the book. Clearly you can see a lot of work went into making the show and there is so many tiny design details - I wish more had been written about that and the design choices! Would have been great for the costuming or set design teams to have written a bit about their choices and the work instead of just having the images.

[Maciej · Rating 4 out of 5]

Album „The Making of The Umbrella Academy” autorstwa Gerarda Way’a to książka, która z pewnością przyciągnie uwagę fanów zarówno komiksu, jak i serialu Netflixa. To starannie wydany album, pełen pięknych ilustracji i zdjęć z produkcji, które oddają atmosferę i styl retro-futurystyczny, charakterystyczny dla produkcji. Znajdziemy tu szczegółowe obrazy rekwizytów, plakatów oraz niesamowicie dopracowanych scenografii, które budują unikalny klimat tego uniwersum.

Choć wizualna strona książki jest imponująca, zawodzi pod względem treści merytorycznej. Opisy są bardzo skąpe, a brak wywiadów z obsadą czy ekipą produkcyjną pozostawia pewien niedosyt. Książka skupia się głównie na tym, co widzowie już znają z ekranu ale i wchodzi w głąb procesu twórczego, zdradzając ciekawostki zza kulis i pokazuje grafiki koncepcyjne do każdego elementu pierwszego sezonu.

Porównując album „The Making of The Umbrella Academy” z podobnymi publikacjami dotyczącymi innych produkcji, takich jak „Good Omens”, można odczuć pewien brak. Inne książki tego typu często oferują znacznie więcej treści, w tym wywiady z twórcami, szczegółowe opisy decyzji produkcyjnych i procesów adaptacyjnych, czego tutaj brakuje. Na szczęście grafik, porównań i rysunków jest ogrom co trochę rekompensuje zawód spowodowany treścią.

„The Making of The Umbrella Academy” to wspaniała pozycja dla tych, którzy cenią sobie stronę wizualną i chcą zanurzyć się w estetyce serialu. Jednak osoby szukające głębszego wglądu w kulisy produkcji mogą poczuć się rozczarowane. To raczej piękny album na stolik kawowy niż szczegółowe kompendium wiedzy o powstawaniu serialu. Mimo to, dla fanów „The Umbrella Academy” będzie to miła pamiątka, która przypomni im, jak wyjątkowe jest to uniwersum.

[Bára · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book