Umbrella Academy

Both the story and art of the Umbrella Academy are unimaginative. I had read excellent reviews about the second volume on Amazon, but decided to pick up the initial volume first. Maybe if I had read the second I would have been impressed, but I wasn't.

Umbrella Academy takes the basic premise of superheroes and twists it. A host of children are all born at a certain time, most of whom die. Sir Reginald Hargreeves collects the children and raises them to be a force against evil. However, none of the children turn out to have superpowers and are leaden like we are all by petty worries. Honestly, though, I just didn't care about any of the characters, all of whom are stock and flat.

This series is endorsed heavily by Grant Morrison another graphic novel writer who is touted heavily, but who also leaves me cold.