Kudos to Cliff Chiang for attending to detail so authentically that I can determine exact generations of Apple tech or models of car. The ability to read the clues in the illustrations is crucial to both understanding and enjoyment. A large part of my satisfaction at the end of the arc was due to having accurately predicted key twists. Read Full Review

Strange, but highly recommended! Read Full Review

I'm digging the direction this very unusual book has taken. The girls may not be in Time Bandits quite yet, but they're headed in that direction. Now they have to figure out where KJ went, and what they're doing in the future. Read Full Review

Paper Girls wraps up it's first arc well, despite the mysteries of the book largely being no clearer than they were from the start. I have no idea where the story is going with the second arc, and that genuinely excites me. The first five issues are being collected as a trade paperback from Image, due to come out on April 13th. If you can't track down the single issues, either check out the trade or grab the issues through your digital comics app! Read Full Review

A fun and stylish adventure with staying power. Read Full Review

It looks to be a whole new world (literally) when Paper Girls returns and the stakes "not to mention our interest " has never been higher. Read Full Review

Im definitely invested in this story, but while Paper Girls #5 had a lot of action, it didnt seem to hit me quite like I expected. Im excited to see where it goes and how things develop, especially with the last page reveal. Theres a lot of promise in this story, and I want to see how things change as we get to see more of the main characters and the people and creatures they come across. Read Full Review

What are we talking about here? When it comes to the mystery I really don't know, but that's really not the point. The fact this issue made me, for the first time, not care very much " that's the point. And thought that's usually disconcerting as a fan, this is a Hall of Famer we're talking about, and I'm not very worried. There won't be two bad games in a row, and if this is the lowest this series gets, it's a damn great series to read. Read Full Review

The writing is still funny, like the slang in the future above, but I feel like I've seen this before and I'm hoping that each issue can shed a little more light on what's going on. Instead it gives us a tiny taste of more info, and then adds even more mystery on top. Read Full Review

The first storyline has been really interesting, but the ending doesnt quite live up Read Full Review

Our heroes are fleshed out, however we don't have any meaningful antagonist or even anything pushing against our heroes. We had Heck and Naldo, who turned out to be good so started helping the girls. We had Erin getting shot, but Heck and Naldo could cure that right away. We had the Cardinal fighting the girls, but she was taken out right away by her own weapon. Now we have the Grand Father, who hopefully can turn out to be a some sort of threat to our heroes. Erin does also referred to him as the Tree of Knowledge, so hopefully he'll bring us onto a course of getting more answers than questions. Read Full Review

We may expect too much from such a talented group of comic book creatives. We've become accustomed to being wowed with every new title. When things like character development stalls and motives become unclear it can be a little jarring to see titans of the industry falter a little bit. Yet, 'Paper Girls' offers a series-saving twist as its cliffhanger and the book is still a fun ride as long as you don't ask where you're going or why. Read Full Review

Chiang's artwork is still a draw, especially in the dramatic moments that call for some visual spectacle, but "Paper Girls" #5 is showing the strain of a series that has been guilty of focusing too much on concept over emotional depth and characterization. The next arc may be better once the girls must deal with their new setting together. Read Full Review

While theres a lot of action through these first five issues, I dont actually feel like theres a whole lot at stake while reading it. Although characters Ive liked have died, I didnt get to spend enough time with them to really feel the loss. The characters that are still plugging along are entertaining and interesting, but not what Id call solid. Each issue is a fun read, but at this point Id expect a deeper emotional investment which has yet to come to fruition. Read Full Review

There is still very much the flicker of a greater idea emerging around the edges of Paper Girls, but it is trapped under the byzantine plot and the heavy emphasis on the artifice of genre rather than depth of story. Read Full Review

The twist on the final pages of 'Paper Girls' is a doozy, thrusting the book into a brand new setting with entirely different stakes. But having never understood or cared much about the previous chunk of the story, it's hard to see this issue as anything but a good jumping off point. Read Full Review

There is a lot going on in this issue, there is a lot going on in this whole book for that matter, and it is just getting crazier the further we go down the rabbit hole. This book is written by Brian K. Vaughan, who is someone I wasn’t extremely familiar with when I started back reading comics a few years ago, but since then has become someone that, when they appear on a new book’s creative team, you DO NOT want to miss it. This book is no exception- you do NOT want to miss it.
I loved this book, because it was something completely unlike anything I was expecting it to be- this book is nothing like Saga, which is probably where most people got their first taste of Vaughan, like I did myself. I think that the depth of the world building Vaughan does is evident in Paper Girls just like it is in Saga, but there is really something very different about this book than Saga. The time travel and sci-fi elements of this book feel very out of place at first, where Saga is steeped in those sci-fi elements.
I love how different the characters are in this book- as a thirtysomething male, it is difficult to put myself into the place of a teenage girl, having never been one myself- but Vaughan’s writing doesn’t feel stereotypical or reductive when it comes to these young ladies. Plus there is such a large cast of characters (growing more and more with each issue) and none of these characters feel wooden or one-dimensional.
The artwork on this book is something else all together; the work Cliff Chiang does crafting a world that looks at home set in the 1980’s AND in some strange, futuristic locales is so detailed and thorough, while still feeling so natural and effortless in its craft. Matt Wilson’s colors really drive home those times as being so separate- the 1980s are bright and neon, while the futuristic settings are often darker or colorless and white. The soft pink colors of the interior of the spaceship/pod thing are so very different from the purples and pin more

I'm enjoying it, but it's getting confusing.