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UPDATE: October 13, 2012 @ 7:08 p.m. Though we were once told that Killjoys began as a project stemming from authors Shaun Simon and Gerard Way "growing up being in the van," much has changed since its inception. A far cry from the '90s-inspired, American comic-book feel they had originally intended , the Killjoys of now, according to Gerard Way, Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan in an interview with Newsarama that was streamed live, is more inspired by the Killjoys world MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE created with their videos for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys . ("...the comic informed the album, and then the album refined the idea and what the comic would become." - Gerard Way) According to Way, it is "basically the 3rd" Killjoys video they would have made had they not run out of money, and it's an "expansion on the record." When Way received a sketch from Cloonan of "The Girl" in the Danger Days videos, g...

Here's an outline of what's been going on in the My Chemical Romance world since my previous "MCR digest" post on September 2. ---- September 9 Mysterious Killjoys Twitter account, @GaryLevko , tweeted the following: Information leak. Valid sourceconfirming #Killjoys at #NYCC BLI to intercept and disarm before word gets out. Engage Scarecrow unit. — Gary Levko (@GaryLevko) September 9, 2012 Killjoy panel at this year's New York Comic Con? Sounds like it! I'll keep an eye open for more details as they come! September 7 Speaking of Killjoys, comic book artist Vasilis Lolos recently talked briefly about the MCR side of the Killjoys project with Comic Book Resources . Here's the excerpt where he discussed working with MCR on Killjoys : "...The only beacon of light was the My Chemical Romance Killjoys/Danger Days project, where they flew me over to Los Angeles to chat and develop art designs and storyboards. It was the best. I got a ne...