All the world's a stage . . . but what happens behind the curtain is pure magic--literally! Jory and the rest of the Backstagers have one goal this semester: to put on the best show their town's ever seen. But best laid plans aren't easy to achieve when there's an entire magical world that lives beyond the curtain! When one of the actors suddenly goes missing, the Backstagers must band together to save their comrade and maintain the natural balance of . . . theater. James Tynion IV ( Detective Comics, The Woods ) and artist Rian Sygh ( Munchkin, Stolen Forest ) explore what it means to be an outcast looking to find one's place in an earnest story of friendship and self-expression.