Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death Volume 1

Cons first, because there's only one: the intro by the actor who plays Klaus in the TV series is kinda...silly? Sappy? It's ok, but just ok. Pros: fantastic artwork and one of the best stories in the Umbrella Academy series so far. I think my favorite after Dallas. Getting to see more of Klaus' backstory is excellent and I deeply hope we get more of these for other characters (though Klaus is one of the best and gets less focus time in the main series, so it'll be hard to compete - maybe one for The Horror would be a killer followup). A must for fans of the comics, a maybe for fans of the show (this is much more fitting with the fair stranger world of the comics). Two great villains and some excellent side characters (The Gods of Hollywood are outstanding) round it out perfectly.

My daughter absolutely loves these books. It’s my 3rd purchase! I received a quality and very exciting comic book for my child who typically refuses to read! The artist is talented and unique. You really can’t even place a value on this as it is invaluable for us.

This story is such a wild ride start to finish. If you find Klaus even mildly interesting and love the brand of humor the umbrella aced my offers you won’t regret buying this book. Although be warned, Amazon shipped this to me without any wrapping around the cover, just loose with other items in a box so the cover now has scuff marks. Maybe buy it from somewhere else.

This is a good story except it’s kinda confusing. The plot is simple enough to understand though and I got hooked on the story and read it within a day. The cover is pretty cool too!

As Klaus was a favorite of mine in the series, I’m so glad to have a prequel spinoff! Klaus’ ability to commune with the dead has always been a struggle for him. He turns to vices to quiet the voices and pain they share, and while that is kind of understandable, dear old dad has certainly had enough. Just 18 years old, and Sir Reginald wants him gone, completely removed from the premises. And all Klaus can think to ask is, “will I still get my allowance?” Now out on his own, he heads to Hollywood where his ability to commune with dead actors keeps him from a life of turning tricks. However, his benefactor takes to enabling him—giving him powerful drugs that take him to the void (kind of like his “other place/mastering the dead” stuff from when he dies in the show)—continuing the cycle of his abuse for her own self gain. And of course, this one can’t get away that easily without its own fair share of weirdness, and features a subplot full of vampires in the Hollywood underbelly. This miniseries was awesome. Klaus was one of my favorites in the show, mostly for his tortured soul and yet lightheartedness, but I’d also love to see the rest of the Umbrellas get the same treatment. We get a little snippet of Diego and Vanya in the short, Anywhere but Here, and some prequel-style scenes with Five in the past, but a full series would make them even better. There are endless options too! What exactly was Luther doing on the moon? Why exactly is Diego called Kraken—other than him just kind of swimming in Apocalypse Suite? What happened with Allison’s daughter? A miniseries of Five surviving the future? What happened to BEN (I have a feeling this is in Plan B though)? There are so many cool things they could do. Focusing on Klaus was a great idea, he really is one of the most complex characters. For much of his life, his powers are nothing more than a hinderance, and at worst, a curse. The story allowed Gerard to deep dive into that, not just for character development and depth, but also allowing him a commentary on addiction. Klaus is numbing the pain, and not receiving the best/correct care from his family. After his father has had enough, he immediately falls in with an enabler, someone who looks supportive but is actually supplying his disease. If that wasn’t enough, there’s a chimp-vampire gangster looking for him as well in the hopes of capturing him for the use of his powers (just like the bikers in Hotel Oblivion). Without his siblings to turn to, his pain is just compounded over and over again as each face is another mask hiding selfish desires. And of course, the blood sucking vampires are a great metaphor and commentary on the greedy and dangerous nature of the film industry. A great standalone that adds so much to our understanding of Seance as a whole. Can’t wait for Plan B to drop!

I bought this book for my granddaughter for Christmas. She is thrilled with it.

It took me months for me to actually finish the book because of how lazy the art style is. It looks so empty and generic that It felt like a chore reading through it. But the story is def compelling and I’m glad I got to see more umbrella academy. If it wasn’t from it, I would’ve gave it a hard pass.

Klaus is the business!

Great Comic!

Good story and glad to add it to my collection. That being said the artist was not the same as the first 3 volumes so it took a minute to get use to the new interpretations of the characters. I prefer the original artist but I still enjoyed it.

a good addition to the series would like more of the same for the other team members

Where the main Umbrella Academy series fails in providing a balance of new and explainable story beats, tales of the umbrella academy delivers and offers a complete story of Claus' personal journey to self reliance. It's not flooded with a stream of unfinished new ideas and instead was crafted, planned and coherent.

Loved the comic it’s a great addition to the collection, couldn’t put it down, story had me hooked from the beginning. Who doesn’t love a story about everyone’s favourite drug addict/superhero 🤷‍♂️ Only complaint is there was a little mess around getting the comic delivered to me via Amazon prime but after a couple of days I finally got to read it 🙏