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Paper Girls, Volume 1

Brian K. Vaughan (Writer),

Cliff Chiang (Illustrator)

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Mar 22, 2016 Jason added it

Shelves: for-teens-and-adults, historical, comics-and-graphic-novels, scifi

[Read in single issue format]
I gotta admit, the plot doesn't move forward a whole lot in this first arc, but I am intrigued enough to keep reading, ESPECIALLY if Chiang keeps drawing! I can't get enough of his artwork. And the colors, mmmm...tasty. I kinda wish BKV had held his potty mouth in check, because this would have been a great book to recommend to upper elementary kids and junior-highers at my library. Unfortunately, the f-bombs relegate it to high school only. Too bad. ...more

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Feb 08, 2018 Bridget rated it it was ok

Shelves: books-read-in-2018

I actually picked this up for a young reader in my life. This person adores the show Stranger Things and is starting to get into comics, so I thought: "What?! A comic by Brian K. Vaughn (his "Y:The Last Man" is my FAVORITE!) about 12 year-old girls, set in the 1980's, with supernatural elements? Could anything be more perfect?" Uh, well ... turns out it can. It can be a LOT more perfect. First, I'd curious what other people think about giving this to a 12-year old reader (ya know, a reader the s ...more

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Aug 20, 2022 Suzanne rated it liked it

Kept oscillating between this is fun and wtf is this.

Favorite Quote:
Then… where’s my sister?
Oh, Missy is in hell.

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Oct 25, 2018 Anne Brown rated it it was ok

Pretty good story, but very similar to Stranger Things. I didn't plan on reading any more as graphic novels aren't really my favorite, but with that cliffhanger at the end... ...more

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