This weekend My Chemical Romance’s former lead singer Gerard Way took to twitter to reveal some images of a failed pitch to Vertigo for his Batman mini-series. Way of course made famous in the comic world for his series The Umbrella Academy has been popping up more and more in the comic scene as of late with new ideas and potential movie options.
This series for Vertigo was entitles Kingdom of the Mad and the singer released publicly some concept art. The designs are “from a comic I pitched to DC the year Gab[riel Bá] and I won the Eisner” in 2008 for The Umbrella Academy, Way said on Twitter. He notes that it was approved and would have been released through Vertigo; however, he tweeted, he “Never got to write it. Sadface.” There’s some pretty cool stuff involved. It’s like something out of Tim Burton’s Batman film but with a darker twist.