What The Hell Is Netflix's The Umbrella Academy?

Netflix's latest original series, Umbrella Academy, has finally arrived, bringing with it buckets of trippy, surrealist superhero hijinks. But the world of the Academy is actually more than just a bizarre 10 episode series to be binged from your living room--it's actually a cult classic superhero comic from Gerard Way (yes, as in the guy from My Chemical Romance) and artist Gabriel Ba.Sure, it may not possess the weight of history that something like the Marvel Cinematic Universe has behind it,