BACKSTAGERS (2016)

"James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal, The Woods) teams up with artist Rian Sygh (Munchkin, Stolen Forest) for an incredible yet earnest story about finding a place to fit in when you're kinda an outcast. When Jory transfers to the private, all-boys school St. Genesius's, he figures joining the stage crew would involve a lot of just fetching props and getting splinters. To his pleasant surprise, he discovers there's a door backstage that leads to different worlds, and all of the stagehands know about it! All the world's a stage...but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic!"

"The rest of the stage crew kids might be used to all the magical weirdness that goes on, but Jory is thrilled to discover more about the worlds backstage."

"It's Tech Rehearsal for Les Terribles and Beckett is determined to nail every cue, but Sasha's mistake brings new drama to the stage!"

"It's opening night, but the Backstagers have gone so far past the barrier of no return that even the Stage Managers can't find them!"

"Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Rian Sygh Cover Artist: Veronica Fish Synopsis: The Backstagers meet their lady counterparts from the All-Girls school, and it turns out that they have way more in common than they'd think. Working together to put on the best show this town's ever seen should be as simple as pie, right? ...RIGHT??"

"Aziz and Sasha take it upon themselves to dig deeper into the mystery of the backstage world, while the rest of the Backstagers get closer to the cast members of the latest show."

"The Backstagers uncover a bigger group of outsiders living inside the magical backstage universe, and an offer is put on the table for them to leave their real world forever."

"Final issue! The crew has spent so much time in the backstage world that they haven't gotten around to preparing anything for the show!"