#Shaun Simon

[goodmorningbatterycity]

"Remember to get those headphones on, Folks. As we say here in Battery City, 'What you can hear, can't hurt you.'"

#danger days #my chemical romance #better living industries #mcr #bli #true lives of the fabulous killjoys #tlotfk #killjoys #ddttlotfk #battery city #shaun simon #becky cloonan #gerard way #mod post #fake propaganda

[myheadphonesareneverloudenough]

new gerard way comics??? oh my fucking god nature is healing.

#i’m losing my mind #gerard way #my chemical romance #j screams #shaun simon #dark horse comics

[abrandnewshadow]

Bands who endorsed Pencey Prep from their 2001 website.

bands pencey prep liked!

SUPERDRAG? too cool.

#frank iero #pencey prep #saves the day #the get up kids #blink 182 #tom delonge #misfits #hot rod circuit #my chemical romance #john mcguire #shaun simon #frank iero and the patience #frank iero and the cellabration #death spells #heartbreak is forever #but nothing lasts forever #i am a graveyard #heartbreak in stereo #eyeball records

[chemnections]

from the article for gerard’s new comic series

(03/21/24)

so many repeat themes. we have a nurse in a care home, aliens (basically lizard people paranoia) and ghosts and super hero’s recovering from psychotic breaks. doesn’t sound autobiographical at all 🙄

fighting corruption (music industry), cults (fans), and personal demons and trauma.

okay.

but i am glad he is continuing to write. wonder when he wrote this. while wearing the nurse costume? smells like a self insert.

#gerard way #shaun simon #chris weston #paranoid gardens #appreciate the brother from another basement

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

#the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #gerard way #shaun simon #dark horse comics #indie comics #poll

[xxthnksfrthvenomxx]

HOLY MOLY OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMHKMHOGMOGMHMHKGKDHAJKSLALXKCJMXLX

#gerard way #Shaun Simon #paranoid gardens

[killjoyhistory]

The Mystery of DD

Since a lot of newer fans weren’t around to experience the mystery of the DD era as it was unfolding, I wanted to try to describe it so people can understand what it was like to be an MCR fan in 2010.

A Bizarre Mystery

It all began on September 4th, 2010, when MCR’s website suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a mysterious transmitter. No one had any idea this was coming, and no explanation was offered. You could click the dials to see different screens (test patterns, a nuclear fallout symbol, etc.), and hear distorted sounds. At one point, fans believed that they could hear an unreleased MCR song on one of the stations, buried under static and distortion. Later on, the transmitter started playing mysterious videos that hinted at a post-apocalyptic universe.

Not long after the transmitter appeared, the DrDeathDefying Twitter account was discovered after he tweeted a fan. NewsAGoGo and AgentCherriCola were discovered soon after, with the rest of the accounts coming later. The accounts posted a bizarre mixture of strange pictures, futuristic slang, references to apocalyptic events, fan interactions, and eerie ramblings. You could determine a loose background and storyline from the Twitter accounts, but they were so vague that no one was quite sure what was going on. All we knew was that the characters seemed to be part of a nightmarish, post-apocalyptic universe that took place in the near future. But we had no idea how this related to MCR, or why they’d gone in this direction for their next album.

The Return of MCR.com

The website did return on September 8th, with a new photo and blog post from Frank. But the blog post offered no explanation, and the speculation was far from over. The transmitter was still accessible on a separate page on MCR’s website. As the Twitter accounts continued to post their bizarre ramblings, people made connections to everything from movies to past MCR eras to the supposed “2012 Mayan Apocalypse.” At that point, their next album could have been about anything.

Looking back at Danger Days now, it’s pretty clear what was going on. But at the time, we had no idea where this era was heading. Keep in mind that our only sources of information were the Twitter accounts and the transmitter–no comics, no music videos, no interviews. The era could have been about anything. For this reason, fans scrutinized every scrap of information–pictures, tweets, transmissions–down to the smallest detail.

A World of Theories

The blog girlautomatic is a great place to read the old theories. Here’s an example from one of her posts:

Here’s my new theory:

Dr. Death Defying is part of a group called the Philly Jackals, likely a gang that either travels around on motorcycles or cars or both. Whether the group actually comes out of Philadelphia, assuming Philadelphia (or even the other states) still even exists as we know them to exist, is debatable.

The name Dr. Death Defying is an alias s/he either adopted or was given upon joining up with the Philly Jackals.

Slaughtermatic Sounds is both their logo and their motto.

The car in the picture Frank posted and the raygun Dr. Death Defying tweeted a picture of belong to him/her.

Which could possibly mean that the Lady referred to in this tweet is said car. It also probably means that last night’s tweet about being low on batteries is also about his car, but that might be a bit of a stretch. Also? I’m not sure I’d want to get on the Doctor’s bad side, if this is all correct. Motor gangs are serious business. It at least casts this tweet in a different light, though, and really makes me wonder if this tweet about nitro is referring to the dangers of drag racing, and if this tweet is about traveling on the open road.

This might look strange to fans today, but at the time, no scrap of information was insignificant. Whole blog posts were written about one or two tweets. People studied the blank transmitter screen, trying to see vague shadows or reflections in the image. They traced pictures posted on Twitter to their original sources, then studied the sources. To fans, it was basically a giant puzzle–but we had no idea where it was heading, or if there were even a solution to find.

People also tried to figure out who ran these Twitter accounts. We know now that Shaun Simon ran most of them, with Gerard Way and Jon Rivera handling DrDeathDefying. But at the time, several fans (including me) just kind of assumed that the members of MCR ran the accounts. A popular theory was that Gerard ran DrDeathDefying and Frank ran NewsAGoGo (a few tweets shared Frank’s typing style.) However, some people did suspect that Shaun Simon was involved, as the characters tended to tweet about things that he mentioned on his personal Twitter.

The End of an Era

Eventually the “Art Is The Weapon“ video was released, and the interviews and music videos that followed cleared up a lot of the mystery. But the characters continued to tweet, some of them posting well into 2013. We’re now familiar with the Danger Days universe, but the hint of mystery and intrigue still lingers. Many questions were never answered, while some concepts and ideas were scrapped altogether. Even if we get more content in the future, parts of DD will always remain a mystery to us–and I think that’s one reason that it continues to capture people’s imaginations.

An interesting note–thinking back on the transmitter and the Twitter accounts, it felt like we’d analyzed these pieces of information for months. But while I was researching this blog post, I realized that MCR’s website returned after only four days, and "Art Is The Weapon” was released only a few weeks later. I guess the analysis and scrutiny was so in-depth that it seemed to last much longer!

#killjoys #my chemical romance #mcr #gerard way #shaun simon #mcr website #twitter #articles

[downthetubes]

Dark Horse reveals Chris Weston's latest project, "Paranoid Gardens", with writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon

Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, the writing team behind Tales from The Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death, are back and bringing eerie vibes to a brand-new, surreal comic series, Paranoid Gardens, with art by Chris Weston, published by Dark Horse

This summer, Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, the writing team behind Tales from The Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem, are back and bringing eerie vibes to a brand-new, surreal comic series, Paranoid Gardens. This six-issue comic will be written by Way and Simon with art by Chris Weston (Judge Dredd, Ministry of Space), colours by Dave…

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#Chris Weston #Dark Horse Comics #Dave Stewart #Gerard Way #Motohiro Hayakawa #Nate Piekos #Paranoid Gardens #Shaun Simon

[callmeblake]

Pencey Prep - …trying to escape the inevitable. (2000) (sources 1, 2, 3)

1.The Secret Goldfish

2.Eighth Grade (sung by Frank)

Two song EP front, reverse front, back, and audio of the files.

#pencey prep #frank iero #...trying to escape the inevitable. #tim hagevik #bruno rocha #shaun simon #john naclerio #john mcguire #neil sabatino #100% D.I. fuckin' Y. #8th grade #eighth grade #the secret goldfish

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Paranoid Gardens #1 by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Chris Weston and Dave Stewart. Cover by Weston. Variant cover by Motohiro. Out in July.

"Writers Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy) and Shaun Simon (The Fabulous Killjoys), join forces with Illustrator Chris Weston (The Filth), colorist Dave Stewart (Hellboy), and letterer Nate Piekos (Black Hammer) to present an all-new surreal comic book experience that's ER meets Doctor Who on acid. Loo is a nurse at the most bizarre care-center in the universe. The staff are not entirely human, and the cases downright unearthly. Aliens, ghosts, superheroes, and more creatures plague its hallways as both doctors and patients and the hospital itself seems to be somewhat self-aware. Loo believes that despite a recent failure at her job she's been given some sort of higher calling in this mysterious place, and decides to rise to the challenge. Along the way she must fight her way through corrupt staff members, powerful theme park cults, and her own personal demons and trauma to meet this challenge and discover what secrets the gardens hold."

#paranoid gardens #dark horse comics #gerard way #shaun simon #chris weston #dave stewart #motohiro #variant cover #comics

[empty-pools-vacant-alleyways]

SO PSYCHEDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!

#gerard way #shaun simon #comic books #paranoid gardens #dark horse

[goodmorningbatterycity]

BLI Tokyo Flashwatch. "The limited- edition watch is called the Seikatsu Koujou Kyokusen and is custom-made for Better Living Industries in association with Tokyoflash Japan."

#my chemical romance #mcr #gerard way #shaun simon #becky cloonan #my chem #danger days #true lives of the fabulous killjoys #tlotfk #better living industries #battery city #mod post

[chaoticwholesome]

Rereading the 2013 Killjoys comics again for the kazillionth time. is it weird there's a bit where they briefly confirm that Blue is not entirely a robot (therefore can bleed/survive past the city lines) and then kinda never elaborate on that?

#it's great for plot threads but man i wish even the issues' backmatter had given more of a hint as to why that was? #sidenote. i wish the backmatter from the issues was included in the actual collected volume. adds spice and story #danger days #killjoys #mcr #the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #gerard way #shaun simon #can can posts!

[abrandnewshadow]

Skate & Surf Festival Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, April 14, 2001

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#on this day in history #pencey prep #frank iero #iero #mcr #my chemical romance #shaun simon #john mcquire #neil sabatino #tim hagevik #2001 pencey prep website #eyeball records #i brought you my bullets you brought me your love #heartbreak is forever #but nothing lasts forever #heartbreak in stereo #lloyd dobbler

[chemnections]

paranoid gardens. . . wonder what could have inspired that huh. (03/21/24)

#gerard way #shaun simon #paranoid gardens #chris weston

[acrolius]

I'm making a cosplay which is all fine and dandy until I see this handkerchief. Gerard, does Mike Milligram have a piss kink??? whose idea was this

I guess he is the colors of the pan flag

but who is he flagging

#the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #hanky code #mike milligram #gerard way #leonardo romero #shaun simon #pansexual #cosplay