 According to singer Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, songs on two of the band's albums were partly inspired by the comic.Singer and comic book writer Gerard Way spoke about the series in a 2009 segment for the G4 web show "Fresh Ink Online", calling issue #0 "the most important comic to me in my collection" and singling out the story "Li'l Saint Anthony" for praise.He also told an interviewer that his own work changed dramatically after he was exposed to the series.