Rian Sygh

middlegrade/teen graphic fiction (series--issues #1-4, 112 pages, hoopla) new kid falls in with the misfit stage crew at an all-boys highschool.

takes place in a theater (or rather in the shifting, giant spider-filled tunnels beneath it)

This is a super cute conclusion (I think) to the Backstagers series. It it made up of short comics focusing mostly on Valentine's Day and Halloween. While none of the shorts have the same impact as the book-length comics, these were a nice addition to the series and a good way to see more of the characters.

This second book in the series was just as fun as the first! I really enjoy the characters still, and getting to see the girl-counterparts to the all-male backstage main crew was great. This volume wraps up the series nicely, but I'm happy that there's a 3rd book with shorts so that I don't have to say goodbye to the characters just yet.

This is a super cute graphic novel! It's set in high school so is probably meant to be YA, but it had more of a MG feel to me. Any theatre kids who have been involved backstage will get a kick out of this book for sure. (CW: there are spiders in one part, but they're cute spiders.)