The UMBRELLA ACADEMY “APOCALYPSE SUITE” portfolios are now up in the shop!

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The portfolio includes 8.5" x 11" ea (Set of 3)
1 exclusive FOIL sticker Giclee Print
Artist Edition of 50
Illustrated Envelope
Signed & Numbered

I also made a new enamel pin, sticker, and art for the envelope. I wanted this to look as fancy as possible.

PLATE 3

The “Typewriter” piece was also fun to do but I was freaking out at this point. The art director referenced the Nick Cave poster I had designed and wanted basically that. Easy. But I didn’t make it easy. ( I never do…) I knew that he didn’t want me to replace Nick’s head with Gerard’s and call it day. So I had to come up with another way of drawing something I had already done without copying myself. So I threw EVERYTHING in there. Hence the Easter Eggs. The only similarity is that I wanted to draw Gerard typing as if he were playing the piano. Same as what I did for the Nick Cave poster. Plus they’re both wearing suits.

Here are a few of the Easter Eggs I hid in there:

• The #typewriter is an Adler Universal 39. The same machine that Jack Torrance uses in the movie The Shining.
• I “hid” 3 books on Gerard’s desk. ALL published by Dark Horse! Pretty sneaky I know.
1 “The Umbrella Academy” (obviously)
2 The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys (sorta obvious). I did one of the covers for that mini-series and also an art print that you should pick up nudge nudge wink wink! Gerard Way wrote the book and Becky Cloonan (the coolest person alive) drew it.
3 Don’t Hold Your Breath (not obvious). In 2010 Dark Horse published a book on me and my artwork. I recently heard it was soon to be on permanent display in the Smithsonian. It’s true! And dogs can’t look up! (I’m sure it’s actually in the bargain bin.)
• You can find the full list on my blog HERE