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Paper Girls
Paper Girls, Volume 3
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime Video in July 2022!
The multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac and Tiffany finally reunite with their long-lost friend KJ in an unexpected new era, where the girls must uncover the secret origins of time travel... or risk never returning home to 1988.
Collects issues 11 through 15!
The multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac and Tiffany finally reunite with their long-lost friend KJ in an unexpected new era, where the girls must uncover the secret origins of time travel... or risk never returning home to 1988.
Collects issues 11 through 15!
128 pages, Paperback
First published August 2, 2017
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About the author
Brian K. Vaughan
1,017 books13.9k followersBrian 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.
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.
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July 16, 2023
Prehistoric Madness.
Tiff, KJ, Mac and Erin travel again in time from 2016 to 11.706 BCE, where they meet Wari, a teenage cavewoman protecting her child. Quanta Braunstein, the inventor of time travel also coincidentally arrives, and craziness starts yet again; including battle with dinosaurs, fights with nasty cavemen and an encounter with some weird tentacled futuristic machinery.
This volume was a lot more grounded than the previous two. Not a lot is revealed, and not much added to further confuse what little is known. Girl power ever present, KJ and Mac having some lovely character development. Tiff, Erin and Wari seriously kicking some dinosaur butt. A seemingly tragic ending, and another massive cliffhanger that promises
Still remaining, three more comics and the TV series (2022)
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2017] [128p] [Comic] [Almost Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 1
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 2 [2.5]
★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 3
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 4
★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 5
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 6
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Locura Prehistórica.
Tiff, KJ, Mac y Erin viajan de nuevo en el tiempo desde 2016 a 11.706 AC, donde conocen a Wari, una adolescente mujer de las cavernas protegiendo a su hijo. Quanta Braunstein, la inventora del viaje en el tiempo también coincidentemente llega, y la locura empieza otra vez; incluyendo batallas con dinosaurios, peleas con hombres de las cavernas y un encuentro con una extraña maquinaria futurística con tentáculos.
Este volumen fue mucho más racional que los anteriores dos. No mucho es revelado, y no mucho es añadido para confundir aún más lo poco que se sabe. El poder femenino siempre presente, KJ y Mac teniendo un adorable desarrollo de personaje. Tiff, Erin y Wari seriamente pateando traseros de dinosaurios. Un aparentemente trágico final, y un masivo final suspensivo que promete
Queda pendiente, tres comics más y la serie de TV (2022)
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2017] [128p] [Comic] [Casi Recomendable]
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Tiff, KJ, Mac and Erin travel again in time from 2016 to 11.706 BCE, where they meet Wari, a teenage cavewoman protecting her child. Quanta Braunstein, the inventor of time travel also coincidentally arrives, and craziness starts yet again; including battle with dinosaurs, fights with nasty cavemen and an encounter with some weird tentacled futuristic machinery.
This volume was a lot more grounded than the previous two. Not a lot is revealed, and not much added to further confuse what little is known. Girl power ever present, KJ and Mac having some lovely character development. Tiff, Erin and Wari seriously kicking some dinosaur butt. A seemingly tragic ending, and another massive cliffhanger that promises
Still remaining, three more comics and the TV series (2022)
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2017] [128p] [Comic] [Almost Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 1
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 2 [2.5]
★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 3
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 4
★★★☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 5
★★☆☆☆ Paper Girls Vol 6
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Locura Prehistórica.
Tiff, KJ, Mac y Erin viajan de nuevo en el tiempo desde 2016 a 11.706 AC, donde conocen a Wari, una adolescente mujer de las cavernas protegiendo a su hijo. Quanta Braunstein, la inventora del viaje en el tiempo también coincidentemente llega, y la locura empieza otra vez; incluyendo batallas con dinosaurios, peleas con hombres de las cavernas y un encuentro con una extraña maquinaria futurística con tentáculos.
Este volumen fue mucho más racional que los anteriores dos. No mucho es revelado, y no mucho es añadido para confundir aún más lo poco que se sabe. El poder femenino siempre presente, KJ y Mac teniendo un adorable desarrollo de personaje. Tiff, Erin y Wari seriamente pateando traseros de dinosaurios. Un aparentemente trágico final, y un masivo final suspensivo que promete
Queda pendiente, tres comics más y la serie de TV (2022)
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2017] [128p] [Comic] [Casi Recomendable]
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August 5, 2022
(A-) 82% | Very Good
Notes: A fairly low-stressed side quest, still, tensions escalate, the themes, for sure, get more mature, and visions complicate.
Notes: A fairly low-stressed side quest, still, tensions escalate, the themes, for sure, get more mature, and visions complicate.
September 27, 2018
so, i’m enjoying this series, inasmuch as i am still intrigued by what the heck is happening, but this issue is just more questions with no resolution to previous questions and no real indication that the story is heading in a direction where we can gather our breaths and start making progress towards anything resembling a cohesive storyline.
this issue is a mix of past, present, and “other”
where harsh truths are spoke, albeit in bewildering terms
the magic of womanhood descends
dissatisfaction with women’s representation in comic strips is expressed
and subtext swells
also, poo
also-also, kj faces anti-semitism and misogyny
woe betide the sexist astronaut…
it’s another volume with many 80’s references (i will miss you forever, mcdlt!!) , but for the most part, it just brings new dangers to the girls
without giving us much to cling to.
i will stick with it, but i'm gonna need a little more meat to go with all this silverware.
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3? 3.5? imma think on this for a while. i still have no idea where this series is heading...
review to come...
come to my blog!
July 28, 2022
Paper Girls is a little like Stranger Things or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a tribute to eighties pop culture and like all of the eighties Sci-Fi adventures, but all of them, all at once. With twelve-year-old girls Erin, Mac and Tiffany finally reuniting with their long-lost friend KJ. Three volumes, three different settings, girls in peril, but no, they are not helpless victims, but ass-kickers.
All the gleeful pop references we come to expect from Vaughn: Hitchhiker’s Guide, Bam Bam, Crankshaft, Calvin and Hobbes, Cathy, Stephen King, and on and on. And then there’s the 12-year-old girl stuff: periods, girl on girl kissing (is this just experimentation, or sexual identity work?), killing monsters; you know, the usual.
Volume three is an action-oriented volume, with no clear progress to any kind of resolution, with crazier and crazier situations. This is the volume where I still love it, but I’m just a little frustrated we aren’t moving toward something truly meaningful yet, but it’s still way fun, and Chiang’s drawing and Matt Wilson’s colors, these work with Vaughn's playful vibe to make this so eighties special.
All the gleeful pop references we come to expect from Vaughn: Hitchhiker’s Guide, Bam Bam, Crankshaft, Calvin and Hobbes, Cathy, Stephen King, and on and on. And then there’s the 12-year-old girl stuff: periods, girl on girl kissing (is this just experimentation, or sexual identity work?), killing monsters; you know, the usual.
Volume three is an action-oriented volume, with no clear progress to any kind of resolution, with crazier and crazier situations. This is the volume where I still love it, but I’m just a little frustrated we aren’t moving toward something truly meaningful yet, but it’s still way fun, and Chiang’s drawing and Matt Wilson’s colors, these work with Vaughn's playful vibe to make this so eighties special.
January 1, 2021
Cały czas bawię się z nimi świetnie
April 14, 2018
Still loving it!
December 31, 2020
No joke, Paper Girls is my all time favorite on-going series.
It's just crazy fun zany fantasy. And the thing is, Vaughan is building to a pretty good mystery. I really wanna know where this is going. And I'm fascinated by the development that's happening with the characters.
The artwork is industry best. Cliff Chiang's illustrations are bold and iconic, and paired with Matt Wilson's eye-watering colors, this is top notch. Hell, I'd read this comic just for the artwork.
I'm right. This comic is awesome.
February 6, 2021
AND NOW for something completely different. The girls decided to go with the Folding and now find themselves in what appears to be a prehistoric age or is it a post-apocalyptic age... it's hard to tell the difference!
Brian K. Vaughan's very slow unravelling of this mystery has a 'Y The Last Man' feel to it, and it's a nice feeling. It could do with more character development on the Paper Girls, although the subtle insights are working quite well. Gotta say it... even though good art should fit a good book, this book manages to be good without the art helping. The monster's don't look scary and the strange doesn't look strange... even the blood looks like paint. Ahuh! 7.5 out of 12.
Brian K. Vaughan's very slow unravelling of this mystery has a 'Y The Last Man' feel to it, and it's a nice feeling. It could do with more character development on the Paper Girls, although the subtle insights are working quite well. Gotta say it... even though good art should fit a good book, this book manages to be good without the art helping. The monster's don't look scary and the strange doesn't look strange... even the blood looks like paint. Ahuh! 7.5 out of 12.
June 20, 2022
Now the girls have entered prehistoric caveman times. I love the 80's references, especially when they ripped on Cathy. I think everyone feels the same way about that terrible comic strip. Vaughan does tie up one little timey-wimey thing with the field hockey stick. We also meet the inventor of time travel. Still loving the series and looking forward to see where the Paper girls are headed next.
July 17, 2022
There are moments I'll enjoy but they are so superseded by the confusion and lack of development I feel like this series has.
I wish I understood the love for this series. I want to love it. It just, unfortunately, was not for me.
Won't be continuing
I wish I understood the love for this series. I want to love it. It just, unfortunately, was not for me.
Won't be continuing
July 3, 2019
1.) Paper Girls Volume 1 ★★★.5
2.) Paper Girls Volume 2 ★★★★
3.) Paper Girls Volume 3 ★★★★
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2.) Paper Girls Volume 2 ★★★★
3.) Paper Girls Volume 3 ★★★★
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August 9, 2022
Re-read 8/9/22:
Going that far back in time wasn’t quite as fun as the other bits, but it did introduce a cool character — that we promptly lost again — and now I’m all for the new neighborhood all over again. :)
Original Review:
Wow. So much wilder than the first volume, although the second comes close.
How about we skip along to the part where we're 13k in the past and the creator of time travel and Erin's DISTANT ancestor (maybe) catches all these girls in a caveman-esq borrowed technological romp with a slowly evolving and unfolding revelation about the nature of the 4th dimension?
Yup.
This is just my speed. And it's nicely f***ed up.
Welcome to the '18 Hugo nominations for the best graphic novel!
Would I choose this or Saga, both written by BKV?
(Saga. But that's only because Saga made me cry like a little girl.)
But wait! I need to read the rest of the noms and see how they all really compare! But against Saga vol 7? THAT one? It's gonna be HARD to beat.
Going that far back in time wasn’t quite as fun as the other bits, but it did introduce a cool character — that we promptly lost again — and now I’m all for the new neighborhood all over again. :)
Original Review:
Wow. So much wilder than the first volume, although the second comes close.
How about we skip along to the part where we're 13k in the past and the creator of time travel and Erin's DISTANT ancestor (maybe) catches all these girls in a caveman-esq borrowed technological romp with a slowly evolving and unfolding revelation about the nature of the 4th dimension?
Yup.
This is just my speed. And it's nicely f***ed up.
Welcome to the '18 Hugo nominations for the best graphic novel!
Would I choose this or Saga, both written by BKV?
(Saga. But that's only because Saga made me cry like a little girl.)
But wait! I need to read the rest of the noms and see how they all really compare! But against Saga vol 7? THAT one? It's gonna be HARD to beat.
January 16, 2023
little bit confused… where did the initial alien people go?? where did the girls end up?? why is this happening??
hopefully these qs will be answered but for now all the action and pretty drawings are fun to read :)
hopefully these qs will be answered but for now all the action and pretty drawings are fun to read :)
June 7, 2017
I honestly think the author might be pulling ideas out of a hat instead of having a coherent plan for where the plot will go. Last issue sealed it for me—I'm abandoning this series. I just don't know what it's trying to be anymore and I'm either confused or annoyed after each issue.
Individual issue reviews: #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15
Total review score: 1.8
Individual issue reviews: #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15
Total review score: 1.8
May 20, 2020
I have no idea what's going on but Im enjoying it :)
July 3, 2019
A few answers are coming enough to begin to get an understanding, but mostly, we still know very little. The girls have jumped back in time 11,000 years. They also find someone from 2055 doing research.
There are plenty of deadly things in the forest.
I'm beginning to tire of this. I will give it another try, but I'm ready to know a little bit about what is happening. It's going to be a time jumping story.
There are plenty of deadly things in the forest.
I'm beginning to tire of this. I will give it another try, but I'm ready to know a little bit about what is happening. It's going to be a time jumping story.
June 17, 2019
Man, time travel is confusing! In that sense, it is like puberty.
July 24, 2020
2020 re-read:
Still not my favorite volume. Still for the same reasons that I mentioned in my original review. But, yeah, I like those girls. So I'm enjoying these.
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2018 review:
A 2018 Hugo nominee for Best Graphic Story
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This time the girls turn up in 11,706 BCE. KJ is back on board, but they left Future Erin behind in 2016.
So the original crew from Paper Girls Vol. 1 is back together and still trying to make sense of what’s happening to them, since they found that time machine back in good old 1988.
Unfortunately Vaughan is also back to the somewhat convoluted storytelling of the first volume. And while he throws in a nice time loop scenario, and the possible inventor of time travel shows up as well, this volume doesn’t really answer a lot of questions.
I was okay with that for Volume 1, because I liked the 80’s setting so much, and you gotta give the story some time to develop.
But after the really good Paper Girls Vol. 2 I expected some more clarity. And that’s just not happening here. On top of that, the prehistoric setting is just not my cuppa.
I’m somewhat invested in those characters now. And the developing relationships makes this entertaining still. But it just doesn’t compare favorably to Saga Vol. 7, which was also written by Vaughan and is nominated for the Hugos as well. I would be very surprised if Paper Girls Vol. 3 takes home the award.
On the plus side, the ending promises a fourth volume that will be more to my liking again.
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Best Novel
• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor)
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Provenance by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny, March/April 2017)
• Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
• Children of Thorns, Children of Water by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny, July-August 2017)
• Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com, February 15, 2017)
• The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, September 2017)
• A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld, January 2017)
• Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by K.M. Szpara (Uncanny, May/June 2017)
• Wind Will Rove by Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s, September/October 2017)
Best Short Story
• Carnival Nine by Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2017)
• Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand by Fran Wilde (Uncanny, September 2017)
• Fandom for Robots by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny, September/October 2017)
• The Martian Obelisk by Linda Nagata (Tor.com, July 19, 2017)
• Sun, Moon, Dust by Ursula Vernon, (Uncanny, May/June 2017) by Ursula Vernon, (Uncanny, May/June 2017)
• Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex, August 2017)
Best Related Work
• Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoe Quinn (PublicAffairs)
• Iain M. Banks (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by Paul Kincaid (University of Illinois Press)
• A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison by Nat Segaloff (NESFA Press)
• Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler edited by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal (Twelfth Planet Press)
• No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Liz Bourke (Aqueduct Press)
Best Graphic Story
• Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time written by Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Christian Ward, lettered by Clayton Cowles (Marvel)
• Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro and Taki Soma, colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick, lettered by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
• Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood written by Marjorie M. Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• My Favorite Thing is Monsters written and illustrated by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
• Paper Girls, Volume 3 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher (Image Comics)
• Saga, Volume 7 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Best Series
• The Books of the Raksura, by Martha Wells (Night Shade)
• The Divine Cities, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway)
• InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Memoirs of Lady Trent, by Marie Brennan (Tor US / Titan UK)
• The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson (Tor US / Gollancz UK)
• World of the Five Gods, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Harper Voyager / Spectrum Literary Agency)
Still not my favorite volume. Still for the same reasons that I mentioned in my original review. But, yeah, I like those girls. So I'm enjoying these.
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2018 review:
A 2018 Hugo nominee for Best Graphic Story
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This time the girls turn up in 11,706 BCE. KJ is back on board, but they left Future Erin behind in 2016.
So the original crew from Paper Girls Vol. 1 is back together and still trying to make sense of what’s happening to them, since they found that time machine back in good old 1988.
Unfortunately Vaughan is also back to the somewhat convoluted storytelling of the first volume. And while he throws in a nice time loop scenario, and the possible inventor of time travel shows up as well, this volume doesn’t really answer a lot of questions.
I was okay with that for Volume 1, because I liked the 80’s setting so much, and you gotta give the story some time to develop.
But after the really good Paper Girls Vol. 2 I expected some more clarity. And that’s just not happening here. On top of that, the prehistoric setting is just not my cuppa.
I’m somewhat invested in those characters now. And the developing relationships makes this entertaining still. But it just doesn’t compare favorably to Saga Vol. 7, which was also written by Vaughan and is nominated for the Hugos as well. I would be very surprised if Paper Girls Vol. 3 takes home the award.
On the plus side, the ending promises a fourth volume that will be more to my liking again.
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2018 Hugo Awards Finalists
Best Novel
• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor)
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Provenance by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny, March/April 2017)
• Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
• Children of Thorns, Children of Water by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny, July-August 2017)
• Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com, February 15, 2017)
• The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, September 2017)
• A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld, January 2017)
• Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by K.M. Szpara (Uncanny, May/June 2017)
• Wind Will Rove by Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s, September/October 2017)
Best Short Story
• Carnival Nine by Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2017)
• Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand by Fran Wilde (Uncanny, September 2017)
• Fandom for Robots by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny, September/October 2017)
• The Martian Obelisk by Linda Nagata (Tor.com, July 19, 2017)
• Sun, Moon, Dust by Ursula Vernon, (Uncanny, May/June 2017) by Ursula Vernon, (Uncanny, May/June 2017)
• Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex, August 2017)
Best Related Work
• Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoe Quinn (PublicAffairs)
• Iain M. Banks (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by Paul Kincaid (University of Illinois Press)
• A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison by Nat Segaloff (NESFA Press)
• Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler edited by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal (Twelfth Planet Press)
• No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Liz Bourke (Aqueduct Press)
Best Graphic Story
• Black Bolt, Volume 1: Hard Time written by Saladin Ahmed, illustrated by Christian Ward, lettered by Clayton Cowles (Marvel)
• Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro and Taki Soma, colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick, lettered by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
• Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood written by Marjorie M. Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
• My Favorite Thing is Monsters written and illustrated by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
• Paper Girls, Volume 3 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher (Image Comics)
• Saga, Volume 7 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Best Series
• The Books of the Raksura, by Martha Wells (Night Shade)
• The Divine Cities, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway)
• InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
• The Memoirs of Lady Trent, by Marie Brennan (Tor US / Titan UK)
• The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson (Tor US / Gollancz UK)
• World of the Five Gods, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Harper Voyager / Spectrum Literary Agency)
September 14, 2022
The Paper Girls are all finally back together!! But where and when are they exactly?
Another amazing volume of this series even if the story does slow down a bit. This volume sort of feels like a side quest, but not in a bad way. It’s also nice to see Cliff Chiang killing it on the gore front, which I didn’t know he had in him. And that cliffhanger with Tiffany has me stoked to start diving right into the next volume. This series is really good at keeping you hooked. Recommended to any and everyone. This is a truly wonderful comic, and it’s a shame the equally wonderful show ended up getting canned. At least we have this comic…
Another amazing volume of this series even if the story does slow down a bit. This volume sort of feels like a side quest, but not in a bad way. It’s also nice to see Cliff Chiang killing it on the gore front, which I didn’t know he had in him. And that cliffhanger with Tiffany has me stoked to start diving right into the next volume. This series is really good at keeping you hooked. Recommended to any and everyone. This is a truly wonderful comic, and it’s a shame the equally wonderful show ended up getting canned. At least we have this comic…
October 25, 2017
I am loving this series so much. I'm just mad at myself right now for thinking there were more volumes out because the wait from now until next year is going to be so painful!! Having said that, it would have been impossible for me to not binge read this series. It's so incredibly addictive and fast paced, I've already read it twice over! I adore the artwork, the characters and the utterly bizarre plot line, that doesn't always make sense or seem to be going anywhere but for some reason that's totally okay?! I had a few issues with this volume regarding some of the dialogue, which is something I'd definitely recommend being wary of before going into it. It was unnecessarily problematic at times, although some of these things were called out on the page. (tw for ableist and anti antisemitic language and discussion of rape.)
One thing I did thing was cool was Kaje starting her period on page. Normalising period blood etc is a pretty cool thing to have on page. Mac saying Kaje was acting 'insane' because of it wasn't great but shout out to Kaje for shutting her down.
"should you really be doing that, KJ? In your, you know... condition?"
"I got my period, not the plague."
With all that being said, overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this and I am now anxiously awaiting the next volume. Bring on vol. 4 and 2018!
One thing I did thing was cool was Kaje starting her period on page. Normalising period blood etc is a pretty cool thing to have on page. Mac saying Kaje was acting 'insane' because of it wasn't great but shout out to Kaje for shutting her down.
"should you really be doing that, KJ? In your, you know... condition?"
"I got my period, not the plague."
With all that being said, overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this and I am now anxiously awaiting the next volume. Bring on vol. 4 and 2018!
October 29, 2017
Another great volume! If this series keeps turning out awesome volumes like this one, this could turn into another one of my favourite comic series. I love the story, the writing, the girls, the illustrations and the colours. I still can't believe I went from rating the first volume 2 stars to rating the second and third volumes 4 stars. I'm really impressed with this and I can't wait for the next one! I would definitely recommend this.
February 18, 2018
This one is the volume which is on the shortlist for #BooktubeSFF 2018 and so I just read through the first two volumes so I could move on to this one.
First up, I am definitely happy I got these from the library, as this series just isn't one I am a big fan of. I find this too all over the place, and a bit backwards in regards to some of the decisions with the speech of the characters. I know it's set in the 80s, but I find it just too cringe-worthy at times, and I definitely don't think that the story has got much stronger since the start. The plot is making more of a cohesive story by this point (we know about the time travelling at least) but we still have no real answers, and the characters are frustrating to follow.
I have to say I can't see myself continuing with the series, 2*s for this one.
First up, I am definitely happy I got these from the library, as this series just isn't one I am a big fan of. I find this too all over the place, and a bit backwards in regards to some of the decisions with the speech of the characters. I know it's set in the 80s, but I find it just too cringe-worthy at times, and I definitely don't think that the story has got much stronger since the start. The plot is making more of a cohesive story by this point (we know about the time travelling at least) but we still have no real answers, and the characters are frustrating to follow.
I have to say I can't see myself continuing with the series, 2*s for this one.
April 30, 2018
3.5 stars
Hmmmmm...this volume of Paper Girls didn't really captivate me as the previous two. I can completely understand why some people don't like this series and at times it strikes me that Vaughan is literally making the plot up as he goes along.
I think for me this volume lacked excitement and there weren't as many twists as I would have liked. The artwork was still top-notch (as always) and the colouring was beautiful but plot-wise, Paper Girls 3 left me feeling a bit cold.
I still have no idea where this story is going but I have a horrible feeling that Vaughan could write another ten volumes and at the end, I'd still feel exactly the same :/
I might proceed reading the next volume with caution...
Hmmmmm...this volume of Paper Girls didn't really captivate me as the previous two. I can completely understand why some people don't like this series and at times it strikes me that Vaughan is literally making the plot up as he goes along.
I think for me this volume lacked excitement and there weren't as many twists as I would have liked. The artwork was still top-notch (as always) and the colouring was beautiful but plot-wise, Paper Girls 3 left me feeling a bit cold.
I still have no idea where this story is going but I have a horrible feeling that Vaughan could write another ten volumes and at the end, I'd still feel exactly the same :/
I might proceed reading the next volume with caution...
March 7, 2018
It's still interesting... The world is creative and the world building is AMAZING! But I'm still confused. I don't understand what's happening.
October 8, 2020
This series is breezing by too fast because I want time with the new characters that keep getting dropped in before the girls yeet off to another time.
January 26, 2018
Bullet Review:
I'm of two minds about this:
1) I love it. The same way I loved "Ready Player One" with its cheesy 80's nostalgia vibe, I love this. I can't wait to see what happens next.
2) I don't think Vaughan even knows what's happening next, and this will be a trainwreck of the likes of LOST.
I kinda need to read this from the beginning, because I can barely even remember where this began. But I'm going to ride out the first mind as long as I can, enjoying the good vibes while I have the chance.
I'm of two minds about this:
1) I love it. The same way I loved "Ready Player One" with its cheesy 80's nostalgia vibe, I love this. I can't wait to see what happens next.
2) I don't think Vaughan even knows what's happening next, and this will be a trainwreck of the likes of LOST.
I kinda need to read this from the beginning, because I can barely even remember where this began. But I'm going to ride out the first mind as long as I can, enjoying the good vibes while I have the chance.
March 26, 2018
This series continues to grip me. Admittedly, it gets weirder and weirder, and it's hard to remember that the girls were actually paper delivery girls in the beginning. But it has an amazing story unfolding, and slowly we start getting clues as to what might have happened between the original timeline of the girls and the future timeline and its inhabitants which they get into contact with.
As I said before, if you know what a demogorgon is and wish you had one as a pet, get the books right now. ;-)
As I said before, if you know what a demogorgon is and wish you had one as a pet, get the books right now. ;-)
July 1, 2018
FINALLY, this series experienced a glow-up and managed to draw me in like it should have from the start. It was the first time I actually let go of my surroundings and got lost in the story. Can't wait for Vol. 4!
April 30, 2021
i'm reunited with this series after a four year hiatus, and i'm loving it!!
this volume definitely ups the ante for weird, fucked up, nightmarish time travel adventures. our paper girls are tough as nails!!
since volume two focused on erin, i thought that meant she was our main character. but this volume has a lot of KJ, so perhaps each girl gets her own volume?
KJ is a badass. getting your first period while stranded in a terrifying pseudo-dystopian situation is intense!! and i love the glimmer of sapphic possibilities between KJ and mac.
one big criticism of earlier volumes was the use of homophobic slurs by our main characters. obviously i hate to see that, but initially i shrugged it off as a realistic depiction of 80s kids. but this volume has the ableist r-slur, and i've started to question why these words were included. realistic, yes. but necessary? no. the characters are realistic enough without that shit.
anyway. i'm loving this series. the art and coloring are so beautiful. i'm excited to keep reading!!
this volume definitely ups the ante for weird, fucked up, nightmarish time travel adventures. our paper girls are tough as nails!!
since volume two focused on erin, i thought that meant she was our main character. but this volume has a lot of KJ, so perhaps each girl gets her own volume?
KJ is a badass. getting your first period while stranded in a terrifying pseudo-dystopian situation is intense!! and i love the glimmer of sapphic possibilities between KJ and mac.
one big criticism of earlier volumes was the use of homophobic slurs by our main characters. obviously i hate to see that, but initially i shrugged it off as a realistic depiction of 80s kids. but this volume has the ableist r-slur, and i've started to question why these words were included. realistic, yes. but necessary? no. the characters are realistic enough without that shit.
anyway. i'm loving this series. the art and coloring are so beautiful. i'm excited to keep reading!!
August 7, 2019
Again, I am so confused as to how this series is making sense but at the same time, being incredibly nonsensical at the same time. I get the story for this particular book, and its little arc. But in the grand scheme of the plot, we still know nothing about how all these random storylines connect and relate to each other. Which is very frustrating.
The artwork and colour palette in this one were just okay.
I appreciate that although these reads are science fiction books, it still had the time to discuss periods and sex education in a way that made sense to the plot. It wasn’t out of place and only for a short while did it focus on the taboo subject. But I am so grateful it did because it is an important topic that needs better representation and awareness in YA books!
The more we go along, the more I like Mac’s character and her tough girl appearance. I still don’t feel like the girls have a genuine sense of friendship.
I just want to know more! I need answers at this point.
This review and others can originally be found on Olivia's Catastrophe: https://oliviascatastrophe.com/2019/0...
The artwork and colour palette in this one were just okay.
I appreciate that although these reads are science fiction books, it still had the time to discuss periods and sex education in a way that made sense to the plot. It wasn’t out of place and only for a short while did it focus on the taboo subject. But I am so grateful it did because it is an important topic that needs better representation and awareness in YA books!
The more we go along, the more I like Mac’s character and her tough girl appearance. I still don’t feel like the girls have a genuine sense of friendship.
I just want to know more! I need answers at this point.
This review and others can originally be found on Olivia's Catastrophe: https://oliviascatastrophe.com/2019/0...
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