'Orphan Black' Comic Book Series to Explore What Would Happen If Beth Lived (Exclusive) 

'Orphan Black' Comic Book Series to Explore What Would Happen If Beth Lived (Exclusive)

It comes as the acclaimed TV series prepares to air its fifth and final season.

, IDW has partnered with Boat Rocker Media to create

, a comic book series that begs the question, "What if Beth hadn't committed suicide?"

is part of publisher IDW's "Deviations" line, in which familiar stories are given a makeover when one significant event in their mythology is altered.

features an alternate reality where Sarah Manning didn't witness Beth's suicide in the pilot episode, but instead prevented it from happening. In the TV show, the suicide was the catalyst for the entire series, leading to Sarah's revelation that she is a clone.

Written by Heli Kennedy, with art by Wayne Nichols,

is, itself, a deviation from the rest of the IDW event; while the four other titles released as part of the event are one-off glimpses into roads less traveled, the

entry will be a full series offering the story of what happened to Project LEDA (and the Clone Club) in a world where Sarah didn’t step into Beth's life and make her subsequent discoveries.

 TV series, which was created by Graeme Manson and John Fawcett, prepares to air its 

launches in March 2017 with a 40-page first issue. 

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