Gerard Way's Batman: Kingdom Of The Mad Is The Greatest Comic Never Made

[@humantrash1478]

He actually studied art before he created MCR with his brother and then later other members There's interviews where he just draws or he's going around in a store looking at comics and talking about recommendations He also made a lot of art for the hand :))

[@VampMoneyCollective]

Yeah! And he literally worked at Cartoon Network before starting the band

[@theb.e.m.pool77show]

There’s an upside down bird on Mikey’s metal

[@kkaassist]

this comic is my personal holy grail of never created media i've kept it in the back of my mind since they've initially tweeted about it, this concept haunts me and i think it would've been great - i feel like they would've handled this topic with respect even if it feels really out there - but then again, so does much of mcr's discography also call me crazy but i can't help but think gee - maybe indirectly - came up with this because of the band's time living and coming up with the black parade at the paramour mansion. i'm like 70% sure one of them explicitly compared the "haunted" house to an asylum in an interview before but anyway, that was when the way siblings' problems with mental health took a bad turn (which this time included hallucinations ect) and maybe that's the key to the idea of a batman comic (at least it seems like) taking place mostly in arkham asylum ? idk if this is a stretch. but anyway, i don't think this one will ever see the light of day, mostly because it's from circa 2008 and it's definitely not a time anyone in the band likes revisiting, they've moved on (as much at it was funny when gee wore a twilight tshirt on stage one time and called battinson hot) sidenote, the idea of mikey being gerard's robin is a great mental image (i'm picturing the 60s show version cause it's the funniest and also gee cosplayed it with his daughter once already) whoa can you tell by this long-ass comment that i'm obsessed with gerard way,,,,,,picture me like an emo version of the conspiracy theory board guy meme

[@xxkerosenexkidxx]

This art is so sick and the ideas are pretty awesome. The concepts of the characters are so interesting and creative. Sucks that it didn't come out but it's cool that it almost did.

[@Xchester901]

Wish Gerard way did end up making kingdom of the mad

[@rdzu834]

A Black Label Batman story written and illustrated by Gerard Way sounds awesome.

[@ladybug-w7l]

I genuinely love alternative universes to known stablish stories and Batman has amazing range for this type of story, a shame this was never released

[@BenWitya]

FINALLY. A NICHE VIDEO ESSAY ABOUT A NICHE CROSS BETWEEN MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS. SUBSCRIBED LOVE YOUR STUFF

[@twaviee3967]

good video gerard i mean noah

[@Pollymacho]

Woah this concept is so out there it looks sick, would have loved for this to be an official book. Awesome job Noah!

[@mialikestomakestuff]

Something about the Mikey Badge/Robin Badge thing: I think on Mikey's badge there's a bird that looks like it's falling... maybe there's a connection to that as well?

[@majordisaster]

I really wish this got made or will get made, it's just so insane and out there that it's right up my alley.

[@bulletbob512]

bro wait, thats actually a map of gotham on the inside of batman's cape

[@ravenkroft9278]

Awesome video! Thanks for covering all the details. I've been digging into this version of batman for awhile and it was nice to hear new things about it! One interesting thing about the Riddler design is that I think Gerard may have been referencing the Rene Magritte painting "The Lovers" not "The Son of Man." He cited "The Lovers" as inspiration for the cover art of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, and the mask he has looks a lot like the loosely draped, weird fabric on "The Lovers" faces. Either way, I'd give a lot to see that Riddler, and all the other iterations of these characters, come to life! Hopefully he returns to it one day.

[@anasianemo]

Gerard Way, Batman and Persona 5 music. ✨ bringing it all together

[@MrRocketization]

I just wanted to give some credit to Noah McAlister, the construction of this video is just so easy to digest its awesome! Keep up the videos please!!!!

[@Mary-sl5ig]

Fascinating, thank you. (As a fan of both MCR & TUA.)

[@josepablodeleon6073]

Literally if Tim Burton created Batman. Hopefully gets made as a Black Label book

[@_yuhkami]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH TY FOR MAKINH THIS I AM NOW FANGIRLING OVER GERARD BATMAN

[@paval1s69]

Damn, that's incredibly cool. But honestly, I think making the Riddler one of, or the only, character that wears colourfull clothing, might be interesting. It makes him stand out more, and you can have him, for example, watching. Like: A busy street and on some balcony half covered sit's the Riddler and the only way you can see him is because he had more colour than others. Also, I said that before once ore twice already, but great job on your videos! Love to see you grow a bigger audience

[@bigmanontheinternet3824]

Damn this was a really good video though. I really have to get into batman and just comics in general.

[@bigmanontheinternet3824]

@@noahmcalister My friend and I went to the library not long ago and I got the dark knight returns on my shelf waiting to read it soon. The rest of your suggestions I will definitely write down. I got a massive list of comics going. He also told me the new 52 was good so seeing the court of the owls as part of it is great.

[@bigmanontheinternet3824]

@@noahmcalister I'm lucky cuz my friend has been requesting good comics/manga there for years now, and because of him they've got a stockpile for me to choose from. I'll put down animal man, swamp thing and the wonder woman book into my list too, it seems like you know what your talking about lol. Thanks!

[@hopekeeley2122]

This is really intriguing but I’m not sure id dig the whole batman has powers and is crazy angle. Maybe it would work better as a dark parody/commentary on the batman idea, sort of like how the umbrella academy was a commentary on children superteams ala x men.

[@abysswaves]

absolutely WONDERFUL video goes completely indepth on everything kotm related,, i hope this videos creates a wider audience for the comic concept!! also you mention you dont know bruces age but there is one tweet that mentions him being 30 when alfred and the homeless knights adopt him!

[@abysswaves]

jokers cat always getting ignored 😔 also for riddler i also think magrittes other paintings have influence on his mask not just the bowler hat, as theres a couple of painting with cloth covering peoples heads, the lovers for example

[@abysswaves]

@@noahmcalister hastily thrown together list of tweets, also have you seen the new batman comic coming out city of madness, it has the same sort of theme and the creator even made kotm fanart in the past! docs.google.com/document/d/114IrM1BK3cv_aKzZ4t2J-J12rpAECvvIwfmNHG__I_o/edit

[@JoshuaLandsberg-w2n]

Batman's emblem is made by the gun that killed his parents.

[@violetskiy854]

MAN 2008!?? ohh i hope its picked up eventually

[@motherwar3698]

2:56 because he's gerard way >:3 he loves to do stuff like that

[@Rafael-2105]

every day I pray that Gee gets around to releasing this potential masterpiece

[@b.Kuijpers.]

Uh I believe that the design of the ridler is inspired by the character 'Hush' which in at least animation DC is a pseudonym of The Riddler

[@raynebowmo2223]

I think that the jokers mask looks a lot like the draculoid masks from danger days

[@acrosstheweeze96]

I got my hands on one of the Gerard-designed Joker figurines and it’s my favourite (and only) overpriced figurine I’ve ever bought tbh it’s been on my nightstand for like 4 years

[@em.lavender]

brilliant vid :)

[@cannonball2264]

bro you’ve got some craaaazy vocal fry going on😭😭😭😭

[@bigmanontheinternet3824]

I think the medal mikey has on his costume might have something to do with mama?? Since that song is about war. Thats what i think at least. The story for the black parade is really cryptic lol.

[@bigmanontheinternet3824]

@@noahmcalister So true. I think if no one told me it was a concept album I would have listened to it a-hundred times without knowing lol

[@seanp25]

I think Mikey has it because he died in wwII in the ghost of you video music video

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

I Hope It Will Be Rael One Day

[@flappyjackbandergast4393]

Very well presented got yaself a sub

[@joshuataylor7443]

You mean full face mask because he does have mask.

[@guszilla6806]

Yeah...vertigo printed everything good DC has ..lmao

[@Halfdeadhottie]

Thank u for telling me gerard made peni parker my world is complete now