Shaun Simon is an American comics writer. He is from Clifton, New Jersey. He wrote ''

The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys ''The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'' is a 2013 comic book limited series written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, illustrated by Becky Cloonan and published by Dark Horse Comics. The series serves as a sequel to the My Chemical Romance alb ...

'' with

Gerard Way Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, ''Hesitant Alien'', ...

, lead vocalist of

My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist ...

, for

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as well as writing ''Neverboy'', also for Dark Horse. He also wrote Collapser with

Mikey Way Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and actor. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He is also the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. Mikey ...

for

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and

The Umbrella Academy ''The Umbrella Academy'' is an American comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, '' The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite,'' was released by Dark Horse Comics betw ...

spinoff prequel series based on Klaus Hargreeves titled You Look Like Death.

Career

Shaun Simon is the former keyboardist for the

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band

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, which he founded with

Frank Iero Frank Anthony Iero, Jr. (, born October 31, 1981) is an American musician who is the rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist of the rock band My Chemical Romance and post-hardcore band Leathermouth. He is also the guitarist in the metal band L ...

and John "hambone" McGuire. Following the band's break-up in 2002, he accompanied Way's band

on tour. It was while on tour that many of the ideas for ''Killjoys'' comic book took shape. At the 2012

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, it was announced that a first look at the series would be released on 2013's

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. The series was drawn by artist

Becky Cloonan Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main '' Batman'' title for DC Comics.Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013)"Meet the F ...

and edited by Sierra Hahn. In 2015, Simon wrote ''Neverboy'', published by Dark Horse Comics. His next comic, ''Art Ops'', ran from 2015 to 2016 under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. He then wrote ''Wizard Beach'' for Boom! Studios and co-wrote ''Collapser'' with Mikey Way under the DC imprint Young Animal. In 2020, he co-wrote ''You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy'' and ''The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem'' with Gerard Way. Simon has also worked outside the comics medium and was the winner of the Predators and Editors readers poll for his flash fiction story "Snowman".Simon, Shaun (May 28, 2010)
"SNOWMAN"
Every Day Fiction.

References

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