Paper Girls #6

Paper Girls (Single Issues) #6

by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Illustrator), Matt Wilson (Colorist)

The smash-hit ongoing series returns with a bold new direction, as Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Time Travel, Fantasy, Comics Manga

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2016

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com

BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 4 out of 5]

(A-) 81% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #6-10 can be found here: Paper Girls, Volume 2.

[Tawfek · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was fun, the girls reaction to the tv is priceless.
There is a future language talking killer erin with them in the same time, and place.
The apple device recognized erin of 2016, but it didn't recognize the younger erin i wonder why, since they are the same person?!

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, since I finished a discussion of Paper Girls Volume 1 in my class yesterday, I just finally did what many comics readers do, and downloaded the next issue, since it is just now available. The complaint with the first volume is not that much memorable happens, but in #6, things do, as we find out what really happened at the end of issue 5. And STOP reading if you don't want to know ANYTHING, but what happens involves, among other things, time travel, with one 1988 girl meeting her 2016 womanly self. I know, not original, but in Vaughn's hands, it is fun and actually pretty moving.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a good series to read issue-by-issue. I'm probably going to forget everything I read when the next one comes out. Also, lots of time travel stuff that contradicts itself.

The story is still interesting, nothing else wrong there, but it works better as a full book.

[Agustina Uliarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encanta, igual me gustaría que ya algunas dudas se vayan aclarando.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

A new part of this great story begins. Pick this up, be a part of it...
Recommended...

[Hilda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know what's going on and it's not the "happy" kind but the "frustrated hate it" kind. Now we're in the future with "future Erin" and "past Erin" and it ends with "alien Erin" arriving and killing a human man in a very gruesome way. How many Erin's can we have in the same time continuum without them all exploding or meshing together.

I love Brian Vaughan but this is getting out of hand. I think I need to leave this comic alone for a couple of months before picking it back up. Maybe, I don't see the big picture yet. Even though the comic has many things going on with many characters I still feel like it's not going anywhere. This felt like a filler. Like something big is going to happen, but I'm tired of waiting.

[auteaandtales · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has so many flaws but it is so so INTERESTING. I am currently reading these issues back to back, which I think is the best thing to do with this type of thing really. It would be utterly confusing otherwise, especially if you're reading other comic book series. There's a lot of Erin's, like at this point maybe too many Erin's. I'm confused with what is happening and I'm not sure what direction we are going in but I like it, it's giving me Back to the Future/Stranger Things vibes even though it isn't really like either one of them. But, it kinda is. I like it.

[Letande D'Argon]

Brian K. Vaughan, man... Brian K. Vaughan. The man literally mastered the art to make every new issue to make you want more. This comic is like those potato chips. You can't have just one. Every issue has a lot of interesting stuff, but it never reveals all secrets and also throw in something new to care about. This issue, for example. There's still a lot of mystery involved, but hey! Here comes another big "Wait, what?!" Also, I totally loved the way Brian K. Vaughan captured the geeky mood. He didn't go too deep into it (this comic isn't about a total geeks after all, right?), and yet he added a certain something to make readers feel the whole "future" thing. And Cliff Chiang's artwork sure added a lot to the mood. The way he drew girls' "wow" faces... priceless.

[Sofi ♥︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, more Erins are starting to appear.

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know about this series. It's been interesting but also very confusing. Questions continue to pile up with few answers. I also think it's probably better to read this as a collected volume rather than monthly issues. I'm very much considering waiting for the volume, not only to have the finished arc but to save money.

[Vinton Bayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a crazy turn of events. This issue really hooks me into the second volume. So many questions!

[Nahia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4'25 en realidad. Que siga así por favor, ahora sí que me ha enganchado.

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cada vez va a mejor.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

No puedo creer que algo tan cotidiano se haya interrumpido para hacerse complejo. Hay muchas dudas y pocas respuestas 😣
La historia es buena pero estresa no saber nada de lo que está pasando.

[Batul · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5-4⭐️
It’s still good but I’m kinda lost? like what’s going on💀

[nazlıhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

İyice apple reklamına döndü.

[Natalia Pinto Gatica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luego de viajar al futuro y encontrarse con la Erin adulta del año 2016, las niñas deberán solicitar su ayuda para poder volver a su tiempo y encontrar a su compañera KJ. La Erin adulta accede a ayudarlas y las lleva hasta su casa para esconderlas, mientras trazan un plan que seguir, pero las noticas de este tiempo trasmiten extraños incidentes que están ocurriendo en la ciudad. Erin adulta junto a las chicas tendrás que buscar la manera de no ser descubiertas y de intentar vislumbras que es lo que realmente está pasando.
Uff, como me gusta esta historia, llena de ciencia ficción y de cosas raras jajaja
Una serie de comic que me está encantando que se las dejo recomendadísimo.

[Jocelyn]

This review is going to include my thoughts on issues #1 - #6. As a whole, this comic series is something I hadn't read before, but still really fitting for Image Comics. Paper Girls follow four paper delivery girls and their encounter with aliens, which ultimately leads to time travel. Reading the sixth issue definately left me wanting to continue on, which is always a good sign. Although in the first issue I was a bit hesitant, Brian K. Vaughan came through in the next five and I'm super stocked for the following issue. As a final thought I really appreciate how he captured within limited dialogue teenage living in 1988.


PARTLY A SPOILER COMING UP NEXT.

Something that I'd like to point out on this issue is how the girls react to flat screens and iPhones in 2016 and they're from 1988, it was done marvelously. I point it out because a lot of adults make fun of kids who don't know about really old video games and such and how their grandkinds won't even know what a book is and those comments really make me want to shake them, because HOW ARE THEY GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT OR HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THEM? Anyway, silly rant over.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pretty much ready to quit buying these in single issues after the last one, but I'm glad I gave this another shot. Things were still not tied up and nothing was resolved, but this was the good kind of suspense. Also the best thing about buying these in single issue was that the first one happened during Halloween and the first single issue came out the week of Halloween. This one takes place the first week of June 2016 and dude it's now (or more now if had bought it the week it came out and wasn't on the fence about getting it)! I loved the Erin from the past meeting present day Erin and how everything was so strange for her. And maybe there's a third Erin?! I'm now completely on board for getting the next issue.

Sidenote: the only thing I absolutely hated about this book was the mention of the new Ninja Turtles movie trying to be funny. It was sad funny, not funny funny. Reminding me why I dislike the turning of beloved heroes to gross weird versions of themselves in remakes, but I digress.

[Kirra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had such a long break from Paper Girls just because it's been hard for me to track it down but I'm finally getting back into it and I'm loving when this issue ended! When I last read it the story ended perfectly with the girls jumping forward to meeting a 40-something Erin who is not enjoying her life at the moment but now it's all been thrown up into the air now that the girls are here and can fill in the blanks of what she can't remember from her past. One thing I am so excited to see more about is the curious little square device that seems to pair up with modern day Erin's iphone!

[Solace Winter · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good... but it's losing me. And now because it's confusing, I think I basically get it, it's just... meh. Interesting plot with no coherent characters that have any development. I don't care about anyone at this point. It feels a lot like Plutona in that way.

[Melody (theliteraryowl) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I definitely shouldn’t have waited a whole year before reading issue 6. Or maybe I should’ve reread the first volume before tackling the next one. In any case I found this one to be a bit .. underwhelming, especially considering the way issue 5 ended.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paper Girls keeps on getting better and better! Time travel, Apple products, and meeting your future self. Count me in!

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I'm hooked.

[Yuri Dratxenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

De todas las series abiertas que estoy leyendo, mi favorita, sin duda.¡¡¡ QUÉ GUIÓN, QUÉ DIBUJO, QUÉ COLOR!!! ¡¡¡QUÉ TODO!!!

[Jodi_ice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cawpile: 7.50 4*

I really enjoy time travel books/films, especially when they deal with characters dealing with inventions/technology that is new to them so I really enjoyed this volume.
There were some, in the words of doctor who ‘time-wimey’ inconsistencies or maybe loop holes? Maybe these will be dealt with later in the series if the girls are going to slingshot back and forth and possibly to alternate realities??…

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story is getting worse, not better. So the guys are drawing today to make the future and support a superstition. Okay. It compensates for the lack of imagination. But while the girls are shocked about the big screen TV, and impressed by the large remote control, "it's like 3d without the glasses". Really?

[Flow Chi Minh · Rating 4 out of 5]

New arc puts the girls in the same place, but not? What's next for them? Where is Vaughan taking us? Paper Girls # 6 plays like the episode after someone dies on the Walking Dead. Its a little light in action and spends all of its time setting up a new deck of cards, but Vaughan writes it so well we barely notice.

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Paper Girls, Vol. 2.

The girls travel from to 2016. Erin meets her future self.

Weird and fun.