Paper Girls
“Paper Girls” is written by Brian K. Vaughan with pencils/inks by Cliff Chiang, colors by Matt Wilson and letters and design by Jared K. Fletcher.
What’s it all about?
Paper Girls is a mystery/science fiction comic book series published between 2015-2019 by Image Comics. There are 30 individual issues, collected in various trade paperbacks.
It follows the story of four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls (Erin, MacKenzie, KJ, and Tiffany) set in Stony Stream, a fictional suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. While the girls are out delivering papers on morning after Halloween, the town is truck by an invasion from a mysterious force from the future. The girls become unwillingly caught up in the conflict between two warring factions of time travelers.
A television adaptation premiered in July 2022. In 2016, the series received an Eisner Award for Best New Series and Best Penciller/Inker as well as the Harvey Award for Best New Series.
An Introduction to “Paper Girls”
This week we’ll look at “Paper Girls,” written by Brian K. Vaughan with pencils/inks by Cliff Chiang, colors by Matt Wilson and letters and design by Jared K. Fletcher. It’s a 30 issue complete series from Image Comics that ran from 2015-2019. 1/8 #PaperGirls #ComicsStudies
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An Introduction to “Paper Girls”
“Paper Girls” and Cancer Experience
Brutal/Juvenile Aesthetic in “Paper Girls”
Space & Time in “Paper Girls”
The Intersecting Self in “Paper Girls”