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Jory And Hunter Take The Next Step In 'Backstagers' #6
Jory And Hunter Take The Next Step In 'Backstagers' #6
Jory And Hunter Take The Next Step In 'Backstagers' #6
Boom’s Backstagers is one of my favorite comics to premiere in the last year. Ryan Sigh’s lineart and Walter Baiamonte's colors bring the weird, gorgeous magical backstage world to life, but it’s also worth highlighting James Tynion IV’s writing, particularly his focus on overt, in-canon queer representation. Before Backstagers #7 comes out on February 22, I want to take note of the loveliness that is Backstagers #6, published in January. Spoilers for #6, and for the series as a whole, below.
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: Breakthrough Talent Of 2016
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: Breakthrough Talent Of 2016
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: Breakthrough Talent Of 2016
Our writers and editors have made their picks of the breakthrough talents of the past year --- the creators who have made a big splash in the industry or jumped to the next level in their careers --- and you, the readers of ComicsAlliance, have voted for your favorites. Check out the breakthrough talents of 2016, including our critics’ picks and the creators you voted the runners up and winner in this category!
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Comics For Teens
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Comics For Teens
ComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Comics For Teens
While 2016 was a tough year in many regards, it produced some amazing comics, including a lot of great comics aimed at teen readers. Our writers and editors have made their picks of the best comics of the past year, and you, the readers of ComicsAlliance, have voted for your favorites. Now check out the best comics for teens in 2016, including our critics' picks, listed in alphabetical order, and the comics you voted the runner up and winner in this category! This is the very best of 2016!
Great Comics for Trans and Nonbinary Youth
Great Comics for Trans and Nonbinary Youth
Great Comics for Trans and Nonbinary Youth
To mark Trans Week of Visibility, ComicsAlliance has put together a list of great comics for younger readers featuring transgender or nonbinary characters. These are comics that are suitable for a wide range of ages, and come from a wide array of genres, from fantasy to electro-pop to superheroes to slice-of-life --- so there should be something for everyone. If you're a young trans or nonbinary comics reader, or if you know someone who is, or if you just want to read some amazing comics, these are our recommendations!
Boom Box Unveils NYCC Covers For 'Lumberjanes' & 'Backstagers'
Boom Box Unveils NYCC Covers For 'Lumberjanes' & 'Backstagers'
Boom Box Unveils NYCC Covers For 'Lumberjanes' & 'Backstagers'
Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh & Carey Pietsch's Lumberjanes and James Tynion IV & Rian Sygh's The Backstagers are two of the most popular all-ages comics on the stands right now and both have proven to big books for Boom Studios' all-ages imprint Boom Box. Next month, Boom Box will release New York Comic Con exclusive variants for each title and we have an exclusive first look at both covers.
James Tynion IV Talks Erasure and Queer Haircuts
James Tynion IV Talks Erasure and Queer Haircuts
James Tynion IV Talks Erasure and Queer Haircuts
Brooklyn-based comics convention Flame Con hosted some of the industry's most prominent and prolific creators this year, such as comics writer James Tynion IV. In just over four years, he's written on Batman, Constantine: The Hellblazer, Talon, and several series at Boom Studios. He currently writes Detective Comics, The Woods, and his new queer-inclusive Boom series The Backstagers with Rian Sygh. In the first of a series of interviews from Flame Con, Comics Alliance got the chance to sit down with Tynion to talk about queer comics, Boom Studios, and... world domination?
Tynion & Rian Sygh Go Behind The Scenes With 'The Backstagers'
Tynion & Rian Sygh Go Behind The Scenes With 'The Backstagers'
Tynion & Rian Sygh Go Behind The Scenes With 'The Backstagers'
Earlier this week, Boom Studios announced The Backstagers, a brand new young adult series by James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh that delves into the mystical and magical world that lives behind the theater curtain, and stars the stage crew of a private boys school. As the play comes together around them, no-one else knows how weird and wacky things can get backstage, and not even the crew themselves know what they'll stumble onto next. ComicsAlliance caught up with Tynion and Sygh to talk about the world of The Backstagers, creating all-ages fiction for people that need it, and teen romance. Also, we've got a ton of early development sketches by Sygh, and three covers to The Backstagers #1 by Veronica Fish, Bridget Underwood and Rob Guillory!
Tynion And Sygh Unveil New Boom Box Series 'Backstagers'
Tynion And Sygh Unveil New Boom Box Series 'Backstagers'
Tynion And Sygh Unveil New Boom Box Series 'Backstagers'
Boom Box, Boom Studios' young adult imprint, has been one of the go-to places for top quality comics that not only provide representation for people who often don't see themselves reflected in the stands at their local store, but also provide excellent stories in and of themselves. The likes of Goldie Vance, Jonesy and Giant Days are some of the most consistently fun and exciting comics being published right now, and today we learned of a brand new series joining the fold. Announced as part of a piece at The New York Times celebrating the imprint, Backstagers by James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh follows a group of theater crew kids from an all-boys private school who get whisked away to an alien world. The new series is described by the Times as a mirror image of the acclaimed hit seriies Lumberjanes, and promises to be just as diverse, welcoming, and exciting.
Preview: 'Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars' #4
Preview: 'Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars' #4
Preview: 'Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars' #4
Cake is a cat on a mission in these preview pages for Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake: Card Wars #4. Don't mistake that aggressive showering and aggressive cereal eating for signs that she's not a morning cat; Cake has a Card Wars Championship to win. If you've ever been in any kind of tournament, you may recognize Cake's mix of grim determination and heart-wrenching anxiety.
Queer Anthology 'Oath' Hopes To Shape Future of Superheroes
Queer Anthology 'Oath' Hopes To Shape Future of Superheroes
Queer Anthology 'Oath' Hopes To Shape Future of Superheroes
Kickstarter has really proven that the number of new, eager, ready comics writers and artists has been booming over the last few years. The number of anthologies and projects with a specific focus on those who don't usually get featured over at 'mainstream' publishers has been staggering, with each week bringing an array of fresh talent into the world of comics. One of the most recent is Oath, a queer comics anthology masterminded by Audrey Redpath. The anthology consists entirely of queer comics talent telling LGBT superhero stories. Featuring a host of new and established writers and artists, the book has already hit its funding target --- but it still has stretch goals to reach in its closing days.