Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way born April 9 1977 is an American singer songwriter musician and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and cofounder of the rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013 His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30 2014 Way is also the cofounder of DC Comics Young Animal imprint and wrote the comic miniseries The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys based on My Chemical Romances fourth studio album Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys They then went on to win the Eisner Award for their comic book series The Umbrella Academy which was later adapted into a Netflix series Additionally Way is the cocreator of comic book character Peni Parker included in SpiderMan Into the SpiderVerse In 2019 Gerard and the other members of My Chemical Romance reformed for a reunion tour that was subsequently postponed to 2022 due to COVID19