Gerard Way on the End of the World
"I've continued to think about what we would do at the end of the world if we knew we only had a little time left," said Way.
It's been nearly two decades since the soft-spoken Way started the platinum-selling emo band My Chemical Romance. In that time, he has evolved from a sweaty, intoxicated 20-something to a sober, costumed arena rocker to a semi-reclusive comic book writer.
Through it all, he has remained obsessed with end-of-world scenarios, though his meditations these days are more introspective than performative. Way's award-winningcomic (with illustrations by Gabriel Bá), about a dysfunctional family of superheroes circa 1977, is in its third series, with a fourth in development. On February 15, Netflix released an equally acclaimed adaptation, with 10 episodes starring Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige and Tom Hopper.
