Most Popular Books by Gerard Way

"To put it as clearly as possible . . . there is something wrong with you and we are going to fix it." Better Living Industries works to reeducate Korse and is met with deadly consequences just as the Girl learns lessons from her forgotten past. The big battle is brewing in the sands of the desert as the Killjoys march on Battery City! * From Gerard Way, creator of The Umbrella Academy! * One of Wired magazine''s and IGN''s Most Anticipated Comics of 2013! "Buy into the hype. Killjoys . . . is killin'' it."Newsarama

Our first arc concludes! The Doom Patrol is back together, and their mission to take out the Vectra brings them in contact with another old friend. Secrets will be uncovered, blows will be struck and, whether they win or lose, Casey Brinke''s existence will be altered forever. And yours just might be, too!

The spirit of Grant Morrison''s groundbreaking DOOM PATROL is captured in this debut series starring the cult-favorite misfits as a part of Gerard Way''s new Young Animal imprint. Flex Mentallo, Robotman, Rebis, Crazy Jane, and more are back to twist minds and take control. This new take on a classic embraces and reimagines the Morrison run''s signature surrealism and irreverence. Incorporating bold, experimental art and a brash tone to match a new generation of readers, Gerard Way''s DOOM PATROL establishes radical new beginnings, breaks new ground, and honors the warped team dynamic of the world''s strangest heroes. This abstract and unexpected ensemble series nods at the Doom Patrol''s roots by continuing to break the barriers of the traditional superhero genre. Collects issues #1-6. DOOM PATROL is the flagship title of Young Animal--a four-book grassroots mature reader imprint, creatively spearheaded by Gerard Way, bridging the gap between the DCU and Vertigo, and focusing on the juxtaposition between visual and thematic storytelling.

Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that’s ER meets Doctor Who on acid. Loo is a nurse at the most bizarre care-center in the universe. The staff are not entirely human, and the cases downright unearthly. Aliens, ghosts, superheroes, and more creatures plague its hallways as both doctors and patients and the hospital itself seems to be somewhat self-aware. Loo believes that despite a recent failure at her job she’s been given some sort of higher calling in this mysterious place, and decides to rise to the challenge. Along the way she must fight her way through corrupt staff members, powerful theme park cults, and her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold.

Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that’s Derek meets Doctor Who... with memory loss! As Loo’s traumatic past is finally revealed, all hell breaks loose as the Gardens continue to crumble, patients die, and a bizarre hostile amusement park cult begin to take over. • Six issue series.

While the Umbrella Academy reconnects over the death of their father, a displaced sibling finds her next fix in music. The influence of music transforms the lost member of the team; the family that rejected her will realize just how profoundly they underestimated their powerless sister. Conceived and written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, _The Umbrella Academy_ features interior art by Eisner Award-winning artist Gabriel B�� (_De:Tales_), colors by Eisner Award-winning colorist Dave Stewart, and covers by multiple Eisner Award-winning painter James Jean (_Fables_). Interior art by Eisner winner Gabriel B��, featured as one of _Entertainment Weekly_''s Top 100 cartoonists. "An ultraviolet psychedelic sherbet bomb of wit and ideas. The superheroes of the 21st century are here at last."Grant Morrison

Gerard Way! Klaus travels into the Void in search of the dead wife of the vampire chimp boss. While he''s there, Klaus''s author friend provides dangerous insight about want-to-be-starlet, Vivian. Vivian bombs a rehearsal, but it''s the cast and crew that really suffer.

Gerard Way! With funding from the Hollywood Gods, Klaus directs his new film, starring ageing starlet Vivian Clarke, in a longshot attempt to rein in her evil, while finding some peace for his doomed author friend. But the real ace in hole may be the vampire chimp lord who''s put a price on Klaus''s head.

Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that’s Derek meets Doctor Who... in six psychotic episodes! Loo and the care center staff are troubled when they discover the living gardens they reside on is dying. As she desperately hunts for a cure a mysterious spy employed by a bizarre amusement park gets in her way to keep the gardens from healing. Six issue series.

Grant Morrison''s classic misfit team—the Doom Patrol—is reintroduced by Eisner Award-winning writer and rock star Gerard Way! The Doom Patrol will go on an epic road trip around the solar system, facing off against the unusual and bizarre including the fanatical fitness fiends of planet Orbius and the Marathon Eternal. Big changes are coming for these unusual heroes, including Robotman coming to terms with his new life as a human. Front man to My Chemical Romance and the author of The Umbrella Academy, Gerard Way is no stranger to strangeness. He''s taken the Doom Patrol from within a gyro to the edges of the universe, and you can''t wait to see where he''ll take them next! Doom Patrol by Gerard Way and Nick Derington: The Deluxe Edition explores the fringes of a universe created by one of our generation''s most unimaginable minds! This collection includes Doom Patrol #1-12 (2016-2018) and tales from Doom Patrol Vol. 2: Nada, Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1-7!

In _The Umbrella Academy: Dallas_ #4, Number Five and the Rumor have accepted a terrible mission, and after enduring torture and a brush with nuclear Armageddon, the rest of the surviving Umbrella Academy have to put aside their infighting to try to find their brother and sister, racing through history to do so. The Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series kicks into high gear as Gerard Way and Gabriel B�� head into taboo territory in the surreal political thriller _Dallas_. 2008 Eisner Award winnerBest Limited Series, Best Colorist, and Best Cover Artist! 2008 Harvey Award winnerBest New Series! "Way, B��, Stewart, and Piekos have achieved something rare in comics."IndiePulp.com "Gerard Way is an innovative, vibrant new writer of comics who has created an exciting, original world. _The Umbrella Academy_ feels like serialized 1930s pulp fiction, even as it reads like sci-fi."PinkRaygun.com

With the Umbrella Academy exiled in the Hotel Oblivion, the Sparrows have taken over the city with a strong hand, making sure everyone knows who''s in control now. While Rumor tries to figure out how to beat them, Five and Kraken are done listening to her ideas and prefer going back to the battlefield. Calhoun makes a pitch to the President of the United States on how to deal with this superhero situation, but there''s an election coming and they can''t rush their next move. Where does Vanya fit in on all this? What about those visions? Who''s Deever talking to? Lovely questions with answers coming in every issue. • A brand-new Umbrella Academy series directly following the events of Hotel Oblivion. • Six issue series.

"Stupid children, they''ll never learn." It all ends here, boys and girls, so Killjoys, make some noise! The Phoenix Witch rises, Destroya lives, and Korse is on the loose! If Battery City isn''t razed to the ground by the end of this issue, then we''re all dead. Check your BLI-issued heart monitors and make sure you have a pulse. If you do, you need this raucous finale! * The final chapter of the _Danger Days_ saga by My Chemical Romance. "Welcome back, Gerardwe needed more comic books like this."Multiversity

Cartoonists and professional geeks tell their intimate, heartbreaking, and inspiring stories about love, sex and, dating in this comics and prose anthology, a follow-up to 2016 best-seller The Secret Loves of Geek Girls. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (Hag-Seed), Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy), Dana Simpson (Phoebe and Her Unicorn), Cecil Castellucci (Soupy Leaves Home), Gabby Rivera (America), Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet), Amy Chu (Poison Ivy), Sfé R. Monster (Beyond: A queer comics anthology), Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), and many more.

A violent, inhuman police force is hot on Killjoys leader Mike Miligram''s trail as he speeds down the highway on his way to recruit his brainwashed team. One member has become an unassuming middle school teacher, and begins to find strange evidence of how far their enemy''s reach is and their control on reality. From Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. The original inspiration for My Chemical Romance''s Danger Days!

The atoms are buzzing. The daydreams crowd sentient streets, and the creative team has been warned, “Turn back now or suffer the mighty consequence of sheer, psycho-maniacal mayhem.” Generation-arsonists unite—this is DOOM PATROL, and the God of the Super Heroes is bleeding on the floor. A blenderized reimagining of the ultimate series of the strange, DOOM PATROL combines elements from classic runs, new directions, and things that could not be. Our entry point is Casey Brinke, a young EMT on the graveyard shift to abstract enlightenment, with a past so odd that she’s not entirely sure what is real and what is not. Along with her partner, Sam Reynolds, the pair blaze a path through the city and its denizens, finding the only quiet that exists at 3am is the chaos of the brain. When the pair answer a hit-and-run call, they find themselves face to face with a familiar figure: Cliff Steele, AKA Robotman. “It gets weirder from here,” writer Gerard Way had to say about the book, with artist Nick Derington gripping tightly on the wheel of the ambulance. The pair’s only communication? Shouting out of the open windows while at high velocity. Who needs a new roommate? Who names a cat “Lotion”? And when do we get to see all those muscles?

Hazel and Cha Cha—the bizarre assassins who first appear in Umbrella Academy: Dallas and blew audiences away in the Netflix series—track down a rogue time agent and cross paths with a plot to discredit Christmas! The first Umbrella Academy spinoff!

Edge Of Spider-Geddon #1-4 And Superior Octopus #1. Every world has its spider! Spider-Punk is back and better than ever, tackling his home dimensionu0092s problems with arachnid attitude! And witness the next chapter in the life of Peni Parker, A.K.A. the fan-favorite SP//dr! But the amazing, spectacular alternate-reality heroes donu0092t stop there! In one universe, when Uncle Ben is shot in a mugging, Peter Parkeru0092s radioactive blood donation turns Ben into a Spider-Hero too! And then thereu0092s the Earth where industrialist Norman Osborn received the arachnid bite u0097 and changed the world as a very different Spider-Man! But whatu0092s Superior to a spider? An Octopus! And you wonu0092t believe what Otto Octavius, in his new body, is up to as the savior of San Francisco! Experience the stories that set the stage for the Spidey event of the year: Spider-Geddon!

Philippe C. The City wow... I have never been so amazed in my life. the mothers of agony seem like dirtball hoodlum scum, so I was very sceptical when a friend recommended them for psychic advice. their place of business leaves a lot to be desired, in a terrible neighborhood, but its the results that matter and man did they deliver! their psychic seems like hes done a lot of drugs, but as soon as we sat down in their private frankly kind of frightening room, it was like my dead father was right there beside me again! he knew things only my father could know, including the dirt I needed on my sister to lock her out of the trust. if I could give the mothers of agony a 10 star review I would. Was this review helpful?

In _The Umbrella Academy: Dallas_ #5, the S̩ance, Spaceboy, and the Kraken race through time to solve the mystery of Number Five''s past, and find themselves thrown into the turmoil of war, assassination, and strange visitations into their own childhoods. This imaginative series nears the conclusion of its second story arc, _Dallas_, in which the history of the United States is radically rewritten, and not a thing is changed. _Apocalypse Suite_, the first arc of _The Umbrella Academy_, has won the following awards: 2008 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series! 2008 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist! 2008 Harvey Award for Best New Series! 2008 Scream Award for Best Comic Book Artist!

The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, now on Season 3! The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it''s a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is—each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice—the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some shady dealings at the dog track and the Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres…all leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK! • Chosen as BookExpo America''s 2009 Hot Graphic Novel for Libraries and Teens! • The first volume of The Umbrella Academy has sold over 45,000 copies! • "It''s the X-Men for cool people."—Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman) • 2009 Eisner Award nominations (The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite): Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá: Best Graphic Album Gabriel Bá: Best Cover Artist, Best Penciller/Inker James Jean: Best Cover Artist Dave Stewart: Best Coloring • A New York Times bestseller!

Ce Making Of est le parfait compagnon de la série Umbrella Academy, après le succès de son adaptation TV sur Netflix. Replongez-vous avec délice dans l''univers de cette famille dysfonctionnelle de super-héros ! Ce beau livre est l''occasion de plonger dans le développement et la production de la série TV aussi bien que de la BD ! Des centaines de visuels et de commentaires exclusifs par les créateurs permettront aux fans - aussi bien de la série TV que des comics - de voir de quelle manière l''univers de Gerard Way et Gabriel Ba a été transcrit avec le succès que l''on sait sur le petit écran.

“MILK WARS” part one! Welcome to the un-event of the year! Kicking off a line-wide adventure, DC’s Young Animal collides with the DC Universe to bring you a different kind of crossover. The Doom Patrol has discovered that an interdimensional corporation called RetCo has been stealing stories, reconfiguring them and repackaging them for new markets. Our gang of misfit heroes have felt the touch of this nefarious company, and it has already started to change them. Even scarier, though, is how deeply RetCo has embedded itself into current continuity, using the radioactive milk of psychic cows to quell the more dangerous impulses of the Justice League and turn them into heroes safe for the masses. And to kick this off, RetCo has gone all the way to the top. Meet Milkman Man, heretofore unknown final son of Krypton, who was sent to our planet to save him from the destruction of his homeworld, only to be adopted by an evil dairy farmer and raised to love all things dairy! Co-plotted by Steve Orlando and Gerard Way, with art by ACO (MIDNIGHTER), this extra-sized special starts “Milk Wars” with a splash! Plus, who is Eternity Girl, and how does she connect to this whole scheme? A special four-part back-up feature by Magdalene Visaggio (Kim and Kim) and Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye) begins here.

The world is going haywire, and it’s up to the Doom Patrol to save it from going to S#!%. Weird things continue to happen that only the Chief can (attempt to) explain. Plus, tap dancing, and secret origins revealed!

The heroes face a mortal showdown with Perseus and the villains from Oblivion, as a new threat arises, deepening the mystery of the Umbrella Academy. Netflix live-action series premiers February 2019!

When Klaus channels the ghost of a renowned actor at a Hollywood party, his retired paramour realizes he might be exactly what she needs to regain the limelight—and gives him a taste of real magic. Meanwhile, the vampire-chimp drug-lord takes a red-eye to Hollywood to search for the Umbrella-brat who stole his stash . . . Seance gets his own miniseries!

The Fabulous Killjoys, once a group of teenage exterminators determined to save reality, have lost their way—and their memories. After a period of mental confinement, former Killjoys leader Mike Milligram gets de-programmed and hits the road to bring the gang back together for a final showdown against an evil pharmaceutical corporation, their monstrous hitman, and savage gang rivals. From Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. The original inspiration for My Chemical Romances Danger Days!

In 1987, Anthrax unleashed a heavy metal & pop culture touchstone with the release of their historic Among the Living album! Now Anthrax & Z2 invite you to explore the album like never before with this original anthology graphic novel! Each song on the album is given an original story by an amazing creative team, along with extra content and the introduction of the new NOTMAN designed by Greg Nicetero (Walking Dead)! Come on this dark journey into the ‘87 underground in America with these esteemed creators...

At the height of their popularity and adventuring, the Umbrella Academy had no idea their leader, Reginald Hargreeves, had created an off-world prison to house their worst opponents. Now, a few years after his death, Hargreeves''s inhuman plan has gone terribly wrong, and the Umbrella Academy are not ready for Earth''s nastiest villains...Netflix live action series premiers February 15, 2019 "A triumphant return for Way and Bá." –Newsarama

All hail the Supreme Shape! Gerard Way and the World’s Strangest Superheroes return in an all-new series that takes them beyond the borders of time and space! Featuring artwork by acclaimed cartoonist James Harvey, this issue finds the Doom Patrol facing off against the fanatical fitness fiends of planet Orbius and the Marathon Eternal! Meanwhile, Cliff Steele, formerly known as Robotman, must come to terms with his new body of flesh and bone...yet the real test turns out to be something far more frightening: his mom.

“Absolutely recommended for readers in search of something a bit off and highly experimental.” —Vice “Manages that delicate task of honoring the franchise’s roots while looking ahead to the future.” —IGN “Good and freakin’ weird, just like it’s supposed to be.” —io9 “It’s wild, it’s crazy and I love every second of it!” —Comicosity Who is Eddie Zilch, and what exactly is he selling? Of all the questions the Doom Patrol has faced in its long and hallucinogenic history, these may prove to be the weirdest yet. A mysterious consumer product that “makes everything better” is threatening to turn the comfortably odd existence of Robotman, Flex Mentallo, Crazy Jane, Negative Man and Casey Brinke inside out—along with the rest of the world! Not even the return of the Chief himself, Niles Caulder, can stop people from swallowing Zilch’s pitch. But someone had better do something—because one of the Doom Patrol’s oldest enemies is on the comeback trail, with an entire new Brotherhood of Nada in tow. The secrets of Lotion the Cat and Terry None are also about to be revealed, and an insidious plot to turn the Doom Patrol into something normal is in play. Will Cliff, Casey and company be able to stop the madness—before the madness stops? Find out in Doom Patrol Vol. 2: Nada—a multidimensional milestone in the celebrated saga of the World’s Strangest Heroes, made fresh for you by the Eisner Award-winning creator of The Umbrella Academy and My Chemical Romance co-founder Gerard Way and acclaimed artists Nick Derington, Tom Fowler, Michael Allred and Dan McDaid! Collects issues #7-12.

Cave Carson has done it all: survived countless adventures below the EarthÕs surface, met the love of his life, and gotten a cybernetic eye...somehow. After he and his wife, Eileen, sent their only daughter Chloe off to college, Cave was ready to become just another mundane member of the surface world. That is, until Eileen got sick. Newly widowed, Cave tries to piece his life back together when a knock on the door of his secret underground lab pulls him back into a past that he and Eileen thought they had left buried deep within the Earth. Adding to his troubles, Cave must determine if his recent hallucinations and visions are the work of his mind or his mysterious cybernetic eye. (Spoiler: ItÕs the eye.) Written by Gerard Way (DOOM PATROL, Umbrella Academy) and Jon Rivera (Heartbreak), and illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming (Powers), this is an absurdist action-adventure story unlike any other!

The secret of Terry None (maybe)! The return of old enemies (usually)! Casey eats S**t (again)! Strange babies (possibly)! Ungrateful cats (predictably)! Robotman punches stuff (of course)! Negative Man goes dark (potentially)! New life and anti-life (because)! All of this and none of it happens as reality begins to transform for the Doom Patrol. The stage is being set for the stage to be reset and you''re not going to want to miss the ambulance or you''ll never get to the theater on time.

En un año insólito para la humanidad nacieron 43 niños “extraordinarios”. Todos de madres solteras, sin aparentes muestras de embarazo y en los lugares más extraños. Solo siete de esos niños fueron salvados de su fatal destino y educados por el magnate Sir Reginal Hargreeves para controlar sus bizarros poderes. Ante tal acción, los medios de comunicación no pudieron dejar de preguntarse el porqué de todo esto, a lo que Hargreeves respondió que era para salvar el mundo. Gerard Way y Gabriel Bá se alían para dar lugar a una nueva generación de superhéroes, lejos de cualquier otra cosa que hayamos visto o incluso llegado a imaginar. Un soplo de aire fresco que no ha dejado indiferente a nadie. - Gerard Way, el guionista de The Umbrella Academy, es también el cantante y líder del grupo musical de My Chemical Romance. - Gabriel Bá es un nuevo talento emergente, quien a partir de The Umbrella Academy ha empezado a trabajar para editoriales como DC. En palabras de los autores... “Lo que fuimos labrando durante el curso de los seis primeros números fue una identidad. Como vosotros, no estábamos seguros de quien era The Umbrella Academy hasta que hicimos el viaje nosotros mismos.” – Gerard Way “Es exactamente lo que es Dallas: una historia sobre América.” – Gerard Way hablando sobre The Umbrella Academy: Dallas. “Doy las gracias al Cielo por ser el dibujante de esta serie.” – Gabriel Bá Los medios dicen... “Los X-Men para la gente cool.” – Grant Morrison “The Umbrella Academy es de esos pocos y escasos cómics que, simplemente, me hacen feliz.” – Neil Gaiman “Ideas nuevas, diálogos ácidos y un magnífico y único dibujo.” – Comic Book Resources “The Umbrella Academy es hoy en día el mejor cómic que puedes encontrar en las librerías.” –IGN.com Premios - Premio Eisner 2008 a la Mejor serie limitada - Premio Harvey 2008 a la Mejor serie nueva - Premio Book Expo America 2009 a la Mejor novela gráfica para bibliotecas y adolescentes - Premio Scream 2008 al Mejor artista de cómic - Catalogado como una de las Mejores Novelas Gráficas de 2008 por Library Journal - Nombrado como una de las Mejores Novelas Gráficas para jóvenes por YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) - Nombrado como uno de los mejores 100 cómics de 2008 por Comic Book Resources

Casey Brinke has stepped through to the other side-but where exactly is that? Given all the bizarre, unexplainable things that have come into her life over the last couple of days-robot men and talking ambulances and a guy who literally thrives on negative energy-surely this new and surprising world she has uncovered canÕt be any weirder. Right?

DC’s classic Silver Age hero is revived in CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE VOL. 1: GOING UNDERGROUND, the first chapter of a trailblazing new saga from artist Michael Avon Oeming (Powers) and writers Jonathan Rivera and My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, the visionary founder of DC’s Young Animal imprint! Cave Carson was once the world’s greatest underground adventurer-but that was a long time ago. When he settled down with his wife, Eileen, to raise their daughter, Chloe, he traded the controls of his vehicle, the Mighty Mole Mark 1, for a desk and keyboard. Since then, Cave has led a quiet life-even with the constant distraction of his otherworldly cybernetic eye. But when a sudden illness claims Eileen’s life, Cave’s tranquil existence is shatteredsh and he and Chloe soon find themselves hurtling down a terrifying tunnel of danger, discovery, mayhem and madness. At the bottom of that tunnel lie secrets buried for decades-secrets that hold the key to thwarting a conspiracy that threatens to consume the surface and subterranean worlds alike. But will Cave and his intrepid team of super-spelunkers be able to overcome this new generation of evil-or is there less to this hero than meets the eye? Collects issues #1-6.

Klaus''s contact with the dead comes in handy when his former movie star friend needs help wowing a casting director. Beneath Hollywood, we catch up with Shivers, the vampire-chimp drug lord, in his vampire amusement park, where he continues his search for the Umbrella Brat who stole his stash, while Klaus''s aging paramour distracts him with booze . . . and relish. Seance gets his own miniseries!

Gerard Way''s Young Animal flagship title continues its monumental run here with DOOM PATROL VOL. 2! Flex Mentallo, Robotman, Rebis, Crazy Jane and more are back to twist minds and take control. The most prevailing question in Vol. 2? What is S**t, and why is everyone eating it? Cliff doesn''t like it, but Casey can''t get enough. Sure, Cliff doesn''t like a lot of stuff, but that doesn''t mean he''s wrong to be suspicious this time around. Meanwhile, we find out where Lotion the cat got off to, and how his journey has changed him. Life on the streets has made him an entirely different animal! The spirit of Grant Morrison''s groundbreaking DOOM PATROL is captured in this debut series starring the cult-favorite misfits as a part of Gerard Way''s new Young Animal imprint. Collects issues #7-12. DOOM PATROL is the flagship title of Young Animal--a four-book grassroots mature reader imprint, creatively spearheaded by Gerard Way, bridging the gap between the DCU and Vertigo, and focusing on the juxtaposition between visual and thematic storytelling.