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Still not entirely sure what is going on in this story, but it’s an intriguing set-up

Paper Girls, vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang

October 5, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Gateway It’s just after Halloween 1988, and four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls have a very unusual night, full of surprises, peril, and unexpected occurrences. I went into Paper Girls knowing literally nothing about it except that it was written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, both artists whose work I’ve liked in the past. Did I know it was set in the late 1980s? Nope. Did I know the protagonists were pre-teens? Big old no. Had I given […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 1980's, Aliens, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Cliff Chiang, comic book, friendship, Gateway, Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA, Malin, paper girls, time travel

Malin's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 1980's, Aliens, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Cliff Chiang, comic book, friendship, Gateway, Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA, Malin, paper girls, time travel ·
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