Not important in the way that you’re told it will change the fabric of a superhero universe forever even though it will be forgotten about in months or important in the way that you already know the comic is being adapted to film or TV, but important in the way that you know this comic will change someone’s life.

It’s not very often, in this lowly line of work known as comic book reviewing, that you come across a comic that feels truly important. 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! Genesius, he figures joining the stage crew would involve a lot of just fetching props and getting splinters. When Jory transfers to the private, all-boys school St. 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. This is a spoiler free of “The Backstagers” #1 from James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, Walter Baiamonte and Jim Campbell, one of the most delightful comics you will read all year. Where no two hallways are the same and the outside world simply cannot bring themselves to imagine the wonders the magic happening behind closed doors- or closed curtains.

Welcome to a world of mystery, of intrigue, of drama and deception.

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