Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way (lahir 9 April 1977) ialah seorang penyanyi dan pemuzik serta penulis buku komik Amerika Syarikat. Beliau merupakan pengasas bersama kugiran rock My Chemical Romance sebagai penyanyi vokal utamanya dari September 2001 sehingga pembubaran ia pada Mac 2013.

Beliau turut menceburi bidang perkomikan melalui perintisan label Young Animal untuk DC Comics serta turut menulis beberapa karya tersohor: salah satu karya ini, The Umbrella Academy memenangi Anugerah Eisner.

Awal hidup dan pendidikan
Way lahir di Summit, New Jersey pada 9 April 1977 kepada Donna Lee Rush dan Donald Way. Beliau darah kacukan keturunan Itali dan Scotland. Beliau dibesarkan dan bersekolah di Belleville, New Jersey sehingga tamat pada tahun 1995.

Gerard dan adiknya Mikey ada didedahkan dengan banyak artis sepanjang hidup mereka seperti Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Danzig, Black Flag, Queen, Pulp, Blur, Morrissey dan The Smiths. Neneknya turut mengalakkan bakatnya dengan membeli gitar ketika berusia lapan tahun, dan beliau pernah terlibat dalam seberapa kugiran kecil bersama Ray Toro. Setelah penceburan awal ini dirasakan tidak membuahkan hasil, beliau memilih menumpu masuk dalam bidang seni terutamanya bidang perkomikan lalu membuat keputusan melanjutkan pelajarannya di School of Visual Arts Bandar Raya New York. Beliau lulus dengan ijazah Sarjana Muda Seni Halus tahun 1999.

Kerjaya permuzikan (2001-2013)
Beliau memulakan latihan pekerjaannya setelah menamatkan pengajiannya di studio Cartoon Network di New York. Walau bagaimanapun, penyaksian kejadian pengganasan hebat yang melanda kota itu pada 11 September 2001 segera merubah pendirian dan hala tujunya yang mula memberontak. Beliau segera menulis muzik meluahkan rasa emosi bergolak ini - lagu pertama ditulisnya "Skylines and Turnstiles" menjadi titik mula My Chemical Romance yang diasaskan bersama adiknya Mikey.

Kerjaya perkomikan (sejak 1993)
Beliau mula mencuba nasibnya mengarang buku komik pada tahun 1993 ketika berusia 16 tahun dengan menerbitkan siri On Raven's Wings terbitan Bonyard Press di bawah nama "Garry Way", namun penerbitan tersebut terhenti pada isu kedua akibat terhentinya kerjasama dengan pasukan ilustrasi diberikan penerbit itu.

Beliau mula mengarang karya keduanya The Umbrella Academy pada 2007 sebagai mengisi masa lapang ketika MCR tidak kesibukan.  . Beliau menulis cerita asasnya serta mengilustrasi cetakan asal yang diterbitkan  Dark Horse Comics dalam edisi percuma mereka pada 5 Mei 2007. Jilid pertama siri ini diterbitkan semula dengan judul Apocalypse Suite disertakan lakaran semula oleh pekomik Brazil Gabriel Bá.

Diskografi

Dengan My Chemical Romance 
 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002)
 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
 The Black Parade (2006)
 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)

Album solo 
 Hesitant Alien (2014)

Penampilan undangan
 "Jet Black New Year" (oleh Thursday, 2002 - vokal latar)
 "Devil in Mexico" (oleh Murder by Death, 2003 - vokal latar )
 "Barnabus Collins Has More Skeletons in His Closet than Vincent Price" (oleh The Oval Portrait, 2003 - vokal latar)
 "From My Cold Dead Hands" (oleh The Oval Portrait  - vokal latar, 2003)
 "Kill the Music" (oleh Every Time I Die - vokal latar, 2005)
 "Graduation Day" (oleh Head Automatica, 2006 - vokal latar)
 "In Defense of the Genre" (oleh Say Anything,  - vokal latar, 2007)
 "Safe and Sound" (oleh Kyosuke Himuro,  - vokal utama 2009)
 "My Space" (oleh Evelyn Evelyn - vokal latar, 2010)
 "Professional Griefers" (oleh Deadmau5 - vokal latar, 2012)
 "Falling in Love (Will Kill You)" (oleh Wrongchilde, 2014 - vokal utama)
 "Louder Than Your Love" (oleh Andy Black, 2016 - vokal latar)
 "Sailor in a Life Boat" (oleh Euringer, 2018 - vokal latar)

Karya penulisan

Siri komik
 On Raven's Wings #1–2 (penciller Jose Santos, inker Dana Greene, letterer T. Warren Montgomery, cover artist Rob Nemeth, Boneyard Press, 1994)
 The Umbrella Academy
 The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1–6 (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dave Stewart, letterer Nate Piekos, cover artist James Jean, Dark Horse Comics, 2007–2008)
 The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1–6 (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dave Stewart, letterer Nate Piekos, Dark Horse, 2008–2009)
 The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1–7 (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Nick Filardi, letterer Nate Piekos, Dark Horse, 2018–2019)
 The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1–6 (co-writer Shaun Simon, artist Becky Cloonan, colorist Dan Jackson, letterer Nate Piekos, Dark Horse, 2013–2014)
 Doom Patrol
 Doom Patrol (vol. 6) #1–12 (artist Nick Derington, colorist Tamra Bonvillain, letterer Todd Klein, guest artist Mike Allred, guest colorist Laura Allred, additional inker Tom Fowler, DC's Young Animal, 2016–2018)
 Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1–ongoing (co-writer Jeremy Lambert, artist James Harvey, colorists James Harvey and Sahan Rai, DC's Young Animal, 2019–ongoing)
 Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1–12 (co-writer Jon Rivera, artist Michael Avon Oeming, colorist Nick Filardi, letterer Clem Robins, DC's Young Animal, 2016–2017)

Komik pendek
 The Umbrella Academy
 "Mon Dieu!" (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dan Jackson, letterer Jason Hvam, appeared on darkhorse.com, 2006)
 "...But the Past Ain't Through with You." (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dan Jackson, letterer Nate Piekos, appeared in Free Comic Book Day 2007, Dark Horse, 2007)
 "Safe & Sound" (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dave Stewart, letterer Nate Piekos, appeared in MySpace Dark Horse Presents #1, Dark Horse, 2007)
 "Anywhere but Here" (artist Gabriel Bá, colorist Dave Stewart, letterer Nate Piekos, appeared in MySpace Dark Horse Presents #12, Dark Horse, 2008)
 "The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: Dead Satellites" (co-writer Shaun Simon, artist Becky Cloonan, colorist Dan Jackson, letterer Nate Piekos, appeared in Free Comic Book Day 2013, Dark Horse, 2013)
 "One Thing's for Sure: SP//dr Is Still Intact" (artist Jack Wyatt, colorist Ian Herring, letterer Clayton Cowles, appeared in Edge of Spider-Verse #5, Marvel Comics, 2014)
 "Untitled" (artist Philip Bond, colorist Hi-Fi, letterer Sal Cipriano, appeared in Vertigo Quarterly CMYK #3: Yellow, Vertigo, 2014)
 "DC's Young Animal Mixtape" (artist Mike Allred, colorist Laura Allred, letterer Carlos M. Mangual, appeared in DC's Young Animal Mixtape Sampler #1, DC's Young Animal, 2017)
 "Joan of Arc" (artist Marley Zarcone, colorist Hi-Fi, letterer Aditya Bidikar, appeared in Femme Magnifique, , Hi-Fi Academy Press, 2017)
 "Milk Wars" Part One (co-writer Steve Orlando, artists Aco, colorists Tamra Bonvillain and Marissa Louise, letterer Clem Robins, additional artist Hugo Petrus, appeared in JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1, DC Comics/DC's Young Animal, 2018)
 "Untitled" (artist Robert Wilson IV, colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, letterer Ryan Ferrier, appeared in The Secret Loves of Geeks, , Dark Horse, 2018)
 "Milk Wars" Part Four (co-writer Steve Orlando; artists Dale Eaglesham and Nick Derington; colorists Tamra Bonvillain and Marissa Louise; letterer Clem Robins; additional artists Sonny Liew, Ibrahim Moustafa, Michael Avon Oeming, and Marley Zarcone; appeared in Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1; DC/DC's Young Animal; 2018)
 "Edge of Spider-Geddon" Part Two (co-writer Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson, artist Alberto Alburquerque, colorist Tríona Farrell, letterer Cory Petit, additional artist Jack Wyatt, additional colorist Ian Herring, appeared in Edge of Spider-Geddon #2, Marvel, 2018)

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