My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way recently spoke with Comic Book Resources about the upcoming second season of his acclaimed comic series The Umbrella Academy. Published through Dark Horse, the recently concluded first season of stories featured artwork by Gabriel Ba and covers by James Jean (Fables). Way discusses plans to have the comic continue with a planned 5 to 7 issues a year and addresses rumors that the work had been optioned for film. You can read the whole interview at CBR.

Gerard Way will appear at this weekend's San Diego Comic Con at a joint panel with superstar Scottish writer Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, Seven Soldiers, currently Final Crisis). Their Saturday panel is billed:

Born Under a Black Sun-- Grant Morrison (The Invisibles) and Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) discuss death, death, and everything: comics, culture, the war on youth, and how you can fight back. This panel will change your life!

The Punknews community recently discussed series 1 of the Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite.