The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
(eBook)

Three misfit performing arts students. One unforgettable summer on tour. A graphic novel about chasing your dreams, navigating drama, and finding your voice. Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That's the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three performing arts students with hopes of making it big in the music world. But being twenty feet from fame isn't easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika's sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that's before they accidentally start a beef with a rival band threatening to reveal a secret that could end Nika's career. Can this trio of new friends come together to save the tour, or will The Backups be kept out of the spotlight forever? An Imprint Book Alex de Campi is a New York-based writer with an extensive backlist of critically-acclaimed graphic novels including Eisner-nominated heist noir Bad Girls (Simon & Schuster) and Twisted Romance (Image Comics) and her debut prose novel The Scottish Boy (Unbound). She lives with her daughter, their cat, and a Deafblind pit bull named Tango. Lara Kane is a freelance artist for animation and comics. She has worked as a storyboard artist for animation studios such as Tandem Films, HIT Entertainment and Brown Bag Films. Her previous comics work includes Flash Gordon and Semiautomagic. Ted Brandt has worked as an inker on Raven: The Pirate Princess, Mighty Captain Marvel, Steve Rogers: Captain America, and the Eisner- and GLAAD-nominated series CROWDED. Dee Cunniffe has colored The Dregs, Eternal, The Paybacks, Interceptor, Her Infernal Descent, The Replacer, Stronghold, Redneck, Marvel's Runaways, and DC's Lucifer.