Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. Way released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, in 2014. He co-created and wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and the Eisner Award-winning comic book series The Umbrella Academy. The latter was later adapted into a Netflix series, released in 2019. Way is also the co-founder of DC Comics' Young Animal imprint. Additionally, he is the co-creator of Peni Parker, an alternative version of Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. Way was born in Summit, New Jersey, and raised in Belleville. He has Italian and Scottish ancestry.