Umbrella Academy, The

The Umbrella Academy is an American comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, was released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007 and February 20, 2008. It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. After a hiatus the series returned in 2018 with The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion released between October 3, 2018 and June 12, 2019. A proposed fourth series is in development to be released in 2020. On February 15, 2019 a television adaptation premiered on Netflix. In June 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced that they had partnered with Studio71, creator of The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls and Joking Hazard, to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy, that will launch on Kickstarter in early 2020.