Paper Girls

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Paper Girls
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Cliff Chiang's cover to issue #1.
Left to right: Mac, KJ, Tiffany, and Erin.
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Genre Mystery, science fiction
Publication dateOctober 2015 – July 2019
No. of issues30
Creative team
Created by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Artist(s) Cliff Chiang
Colorist(s) Matt Wilson
Collected editions
Volume One ISBN   1-6321-5674-1
Volume Two ISBN   1-6321-5895-7
Volume Three ISBN   1-5343-0223-9
Volume Four ISBN   1-5343-0510-6
Volume Five ISBN   1-5343-0867-9
Volume Six ISBN   1-5343-1324-9

Paper Girls is a mystery/science fiction comic book series created by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, and published by Image Comics. The colorist is Matt Wilson, the letterer and designer is Jared K. Fletcher, and the color flatter is Dee Cunniffe. The series began publication on October 7, 2015 and concluded on July 31, 2019 with issue #30.

Contents

Paper Girls 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. As they are out delivering papers on the morning after Halloween, the town is struck 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 was announced in July 2019. The television adaptation premiered in July 2022. In 2016, Paper Girls received the Eisner Award for Best New Series and Best Penciller/Inker as well as the Harvey Award for Best New Series.

Synopsis

Erin Tieng, a new resident of Stony Stream, is a recently hired paper delivery girl. While out delivering newspapers in the early hours of the morning of November 1, 1988, Erin meets Mac, KJ, and Tiffany, a group of friends and fellow paper girls who invite Erin to join them.

The girls are soon attacked by a group of teenagers; one of the teens steals a walkie-talkie from Tiffany. The girls subsequently chase the group to a construction house and find what appears to be a time machine in the basement. They are then struck by mysterious energy emanating from the machine. The girls learn that the teenagers are time travelers from the distant future, who are engaged in an ongoing war with a group known as the "Old-Timers" (known as "The Battle of the Ages"). At the center of this conflict is the question of whether or not the past can and should be changed by future time travelers.

Throughout the series, the girls are frequently (and usually, inadvertently) time-displaced, traveling between the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as eras of the distant past and future. As they travel through time, they encounter future versions of themselves and are forced to come to terms with who they will later become. Their lives also become intertwined with those of Wari and Jahpo, two "Old-Timers" who lead the war against their future descendants.

Characters

Main

War factions

Old-Timers

The "Old-Timers" (also known as "WATCH" in 2171 AD) are the first generation following the invention of time travel. They strongly believe in preserving the original timeline and strictly enforce the rules regarding time travel. They cannot travel to their own futures. [10] Their leader is known by the title of "Grand Father". [16] A sub-sect of Old-Timers are known as Restorers, who actively work to restore timelines altered by the events of the war. The Restorers have the ability to erase and alter a person's memory. [10] Old-Timers speak in a modified version of English, heavily dependent on slang and similar to Old English in style. Some of them can also speak 21st century English if asked. When Clone Erin (first generation) scatters the girls to separate past/present timelines, she causes the Old-Timers to become stuck inside the fourth dimension. [12] The Old-Timers' base, "the Cathedral", is later destroyed when Grand Father misguidedly shoots an Editrix. [6] However, all of the occupants of the cathedral are saved and restored to their original time. They later come to a truce with the Teenagers via Grand Father, who agrees to ban time travel forever. [7]

  • Jahpo: The current "Grand Father". His speech and attire are seemingly more in line with the 20th/21st century than his charges. He is actually the son of Wari and was born in 11,706 BCE, though this is unknown to him and everyone else. As a baby, Jahpo was saved by the girls and Dr. Braunstein when a group of men from Wari's tribe attempted to kill him in a misguided sacrifice. [8] [17] Jahpo alleges he is under the command of the Editrixes. [9] He does not believe Erin when she states that his "mother" Dr. Braunstein invented time travel, not the Editrixes. He shoots at an Editrix in order to save one his crew members, which leads to him being transported to a deserted, 19th-century version of Stony Stream. [5] While there, he touches an Editrix and is shown the truth of his origin. Expressing regret, he agrees to end the war with the teenagers by abolishing time travel forever. [6]
  • Wari: Publicly known as Jahpo's "big sister", she is actually a woman from 11,706 BCE and Jahpo's mother, having birthed him when she was 12 years old. Wari originally meets and is helped by the paper girls when they inadvertently jumped to Wari's original time period. [13] At some point, Wari is brought to the future by Dr. Braunstein in an effort to help protect Jahpo from the inherent dangers of 11,706 BCE. Wari spent some years hiding in Indonesia with Dr. Braunstein as her "mother". She and Jahpo later return to Cleveland where they reside in 2171 AD. [9] Wari is bequeathed with Dr. Braunstein's time travel machine following Dr. Braunstein's death. [6] She then uses it to go back in time and prevent the paper girls from being hit by a car on the morning of November 1, 1988. [7]
  • Prioress: A commander in Jahpo's army who is romantically involved with Jahpo. She is killed during a battle on New Year's Eve in 1999/2000. [18] [10] [16]

Teenagers

The descendants of the Old-Timers, from the 71st century; Grand Father refers to them as this regardless of age. They believe in the idea of altering history. Unlike the Old-Timers, teenagers do not have any rules regarding time travel. They often seek the assistance of "locals" (people living in the present time) to provide them with information for the war effort. [10] They speak in a futuristic language that is only decipherable through translation gadgets. [2] They have the ability to clone humans. [19] At some unknown point in time, a small group of clones and 2000-Tiffany gain the ability to transmit coded messages to the paper girls in the past via bizarre dreams. This was done in order to covertly guide the paper girls to their destiny. [5] This group of clones and 2000-Tiffany help to end the war by convincing Grand Father to ban all time travel forever, believing such power should never be abused again. They then erase the memories of the paper girls and return the girls to their original timeline. [6]

  • Heck, Naldo, and Jude: Teenagers from the distant future. They are infected with a mysterious illness ("4DC", a rare cancer that only affects time travelers). Although they speak in an unknown, futuristic language, they are able to use a translation stone to speak to "locals". [20] Jude travels back to 1958 where he meets Charlotte Spachefski. [18] Jude is able to speak modern English (which he calls "Oldenglish") without a translator. While in 1958, he also meets a time-displaced KJ; he agrees to help KJ reunite with her friends. KJ later informs Jude of his future death and the death of his friends, Heck and Naldo. [5] After meeting Erin in 1988, Heck and Naldo briefly transport Erin to their original time and help Erin heal her gunshot wound by using electronic bugs called iNsecs. They both later die from injuries sustained in a time jump after returning Erin to 1988. [20] Heck and Naldo are also responsible for the creation of the first generation Clone Erin. [19]
  • Charlotte "Chuck" Spachefski: A baby boomer cartoonist whose work is featured in the Cleveland Preserver. She took over drawing and writing the comic strip Frankie Tomatah from her father. [18] [10] In 1958, she encounters Jude, a time traveler from 70,000 AD who is hiding in her basement. Jude teaches her about "The Battle of the Ages" and how to protect herself from the Old-Timers. Charlotte learns the origin of "foldings" (rifts in time) and where to find them; this information allows her to leave clues in her comics to aid the teenagers against the Old-Timers. [18] [10] She attempts to kill the girls in 2000, though they escape. [10] [16] She is later killed by an Old-Timer. [21]
  • Clone Erin (First Generation, 12 years old): The first clone of Erin. Originally from the 71st century, she travels back to 2016 in search of the girls. She alleges that the girls are important to the ongoing war between teenagers and Old-Timers. She attempts to recruit them for the war effort, but the other girls mistrust her and manage to send her back to her original time. [19] Unbeknownst to the girls, Clone Erin secretly tracks them through time. In 2171 AD, after tricking and luring the girls to her location, she scatters them to four separate time periods. [3]
  • Clone Erin (Unknown Generation, 12 years old): A "descendant" of the first Clone Erin. She meets Tiffany in the distant future beyond the 71st century and explains to her that the war ended some time prior, thanks to the efforts of the paper girls and this Clone Erin's companions. [12] Her group created a dream-message machine, which allowed 2000-Tiffany to send bizarrely, coded messages to the paper girls in the past, covertly guiding them. [5] Later, Clone Erin and her group convince Grand Father to end the war by calling a truce: a permanent ban on all-time travel. [6]
  • Clone Erin (Unknown Generation, 16 years old): Another "descendant" of the first Clone Erin who works alongside the other Clone Erin descendant and one of the creators of the dream-message machine. [5] She helps end the time travel war, though is disappointed that she does not get to participate in one final, decisive battle. [6]
  • Clone KJ (Unknown Generation, 42 years old): A clone who works alongside both Clone Erin descendants and one of the creators of the dream-message machine. [5] She explains to Tiffany that they had attempted millions of times to change the past but were always unsuccessful. [5] Along with the others, she helps end the time war. She believes that KJ's memories being wiped is for the best, as KJ would otherwise grow up with crushing guilt about the man she killed while protecting Wari and Jahpo in the distant past. [6]
  • 2000-Tiffany: Tiffany's future self. After being saved by the girls from a battle between the Old-Timers and teenagers on January 1, 2000, she decides to travel with and assist the girls. [16] She is believed to have been killed in 2171 AD while protecting the girls from a police officer, however, she is saved at the last moment and brought to live in the future after the time war. [3] [4] It was 2000-Tiffany who was responsible for sending coded messages to the paper girls via bizarre dreams. [5] Alongside a small group of clones, she helps to end the time travel war. [6]

Minor and recurring

Reception

At the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup, the series received an average score of 8.7 out of 10 based on 173 reviews. [24] Paper Girls won two Eisner Awards in 2016 for Best New Series and Best Penciller/Inker. [25] It also won the Best New Series at the Harvey Awards in 2016. [26] In 2017 Wilson (Best Colorist) and Vaughan (Best Writer) both won Eisner Awards, in part because of their work on the series. [27] In 2017, the first compilation was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. [28] In 2019, Wilson again won an Eisner Award for Best Colorist for his work on the series. [29]

The series has received widespread acclaim from reviewers. Alex Abad-Santos at Vox proclaimed that "Paper Girls is the next great American comic book". [30] Laura Hudson from Slate stated that the series "is a reminder of how fresh and accessible even the most familiar stories and tropes can feel when people who have been consigned to the sidelines of popular entertainment take center stage". [31] Steven Padnick from Tor noted that "the real emotional theme of Paper Girls comes to the fore: the contrast between children’s fantastic hopes for adulthood and the disappointing banality of reality" and "[the series] is glorious and moving, and also awkward and funny". [32]

The writing and artwork have been consistently praised: "Paper Girls' vivid color palette and Chiang's unique drawing style beautifully complement Vaughan's creative time-bending storyline". [33] As David Barnett from The Guardian noted, "[Vaughan's] plotting on Paper Girls is second to none, and lays subplot trails with an artistry ... the look of Paper Girls is utterly gorgeous as well." [34] Abad-Santos also praised the creative team, saying "Vaughan's writing and Chiang's art—along with colors from Matt Wilson and letters from Jared K. Fletcher—all make for one gorgeous mystery." [30]

Paper Girls is often favorably compared to the Netflix hit Stranger Things . [35] According to Barnett, fans of Stranger Things should "read this comic". [34] Susana Polo for Polygon stated in her review of the comic series that "if you're a fan of Stranger Things but wish the show handled its female characters, or its queer coding, or its rosy-eyed love of 1980s pop culture with a little more nuance more frequently, you'll find a lot to like". [36] While comparing Paper Girls to Stranger Things and Super 8 , Glen Weldon stated that Paper Girls "tell[s] its story from the point of view of young women, not boys, and it doesn't seem coincidental that its tone is harder, flintier, funnier, more pragmatic, and far less concerned with idealizing the "lost innocence" of childhood." [37]

In other media

Television

On July 11, 2019, Deadline reported that Amazon had given a series commitment to a television adaption of Paper Girls from studios Legendary Television and Plan B. Toy Story 4 co-writer Stephany Folsom is slated to pen the adaptation of the graphic novel. Executive producers will be series creator Vaughan, writer Folsom, and studio Plan B. [38] On July 23, 2020, Amazon ordered the television adaptation to series. [39] On April 26, 2021, Deadline reported that Sofia Rosinsky, Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet and Fina Strazza were cast as Mac Coyle, Tiffany Quilkin, Erin Tieng and KJ Bradman respectively. [40] On July 31, 2021, Folsom stepped down as co-showrunner of the series. [41] Paper Girls premiered on July 29, 2022. [42] Filming for the second season began in June 2022. [43] In September 2022, the series was canceled after one season. [44]

Publication history

Chiang and Vaughan at an August 2019 signing for the series' final issue at Midtown Comics in Manhattan 8.1.19VaughanChiangByLuigiNovi13.jpg
Chiang and Vaughan at an August 2019 signing for the series' final issue at Midtown Comics in Manhattan

Creator Brian K. Vaughan, talking about the creation of the series, stated that "Cliff Chiang and I wanted to do a story about kids from the 20th century confronting their adult selves in the future that’s nothing like Marty McFly's world of flying cars and (actual) hoverboards, but a future that's equally amazing and terrifying for many different reasons." [45] Vaughan elaborated in another interview:

"I wanted to do something different ... I wanted something more contained and grounded with some spectacular element to it. Paper Girls is the story of four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls growing up, like me, in the suburbs outside Cleveland in the late 1980s. They stumble upon something extraordinary and it's a mystery and an adventure and a weird book. I didn't think it would appeal to anyone because it's too personal and offbeat." [46]

Regarding the all-female main cast, Vaughan has said that he likes writing female characters. "I remember when I was doing Runaways at Marvel, that was a teen book that had more females than males in it ... Now being at Image, where we could do anything we want. Here's a great opportunity to do what I always wanted to do, just a group of females and not have to defend it or explain it, and just get to write them." Vaughan went on to say,

"I wanted to write a story about four kids who did not give a ... about the opposite sex. They're aware of them, but it doesn't define their lives. They're these sorts of hard-core gangsters that are much more interested in going around, shaking down the adults who owe them money so they can get their cassettes or buy their own Nintendo systems. It was avoiding the relationship traps that come up in those 1980 films ... and just letting them and their friendship be the story." [47]

Bibliography

The series is subdivided into "arcs" of five issues each; between each group of five, the series went on pre-planned hiatuses for three months each, during which time the trade paperback collection of the preceding five issues is released. "Deluxe Edition" hardcover volumes, consisting of 10 issues each, were also released. Additionally, a compendium edition was released titled "Paper Girls: The Complete Story", collecting all 30 issues in one trade paperback.

Issues

Issue #Publication Date
1October 7, 2015 [1]
2November 4, 2015 [48]
3December 2, 2015 [23]
4January 6, 2016 [15]
5February 3, 2016 [20]
6June 1, 2016 [49]
7July 6, 2016 [2]
8August 3, 2016 [19]
9September 7, 2016 [50]
10October 5, 2016 [51]
11February 1, 2017 [13]
12March 1, 2017 [22]
13April 5, 2017 [14]
14May 3, 2017 [8]
15June 7, 2017 [17]
16October 4, 2017 [18]
17November 1, 2017 [10]
18December 6, 2017 [16]
19January 3, 2018 [21]
20February 7, 2018 [52]
21June 6, 2018 [53]
22July 4, 2018 [54]
23August 1, 2018 [11]
24September 5, 2018 [9]
25October 3, 2018 [3]
26March 6, 2019 [12]
27April 3, 2019 [4]
28May 1, 2019 [5]
29June 5, 2019 [6]
30July 31, 2019 [7]

Graphic novels

Volume #ISBNPublication DateCollected Material
1 9781632156747 March 30, 2016Paper Girls #1–5 [55]
2 9781632158956 November 30, 2016Paper Girls #6–10 [56]
3 9781534302235 August 8, 2017Paper Girls #11–15 [57]
4 9781534305106 April 4, 2018Paper Girls #16–20 [58]
5 9781534308671 December 5, 2018Paper Girls #21–25 [59]
6 9781534313248 September 25, 2019Paper Girls #26–30 [60]

Deluxe Hardcovers

VolumeISBNPublication DateCollected Material
1 9781534303348 November 1, 2017Paper Girls #1–10 [61]
2 9781534310612 April 9, 2019Paper Girls #11–20 [62]
3 9781534316485 November 18, 2020Paper Girls #21–30 [63]

Compendiums

VolumeISBNPublication DateCollected Material
1 9781534319998 October 27, 2021Paper Girls #1–30 [64]

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