Comic Book Review: Paper Girls #4 - Image Comics (2016)

Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Cliff Chiang

The girls are still on the run and have taken to the sewers with their new found allies.  Allies may be a strong word as not all of the girls trust the teenage boys, but they have little choice with Erin suffering from a gun shot wound.

The pace of Paper Girls feels so fast although you do not get very far.  Page after page I find myself flying through this series eager for what is going to happen next.  Brian K. Vaughan is doing a splendid job of keeping the readers' interest as well as keeping you in suspense of what will happen next.  Each book is left with a cliff hanger and now I'm looking forward to issue five.

Cliff Chiang is such a superb selection as the artist for Paper Girls.  Facial expressions are clearly a specialty for Chiang who, in each panel, tells Vaughan's visual story incredibly well.  There are multiple characters in Paper Girls and the importance of each person's face conveying what is going through their mind is paramount.

Paper Girls is only four issues in and each issue is only $2.99 each.  I highly suggest getting on this ride before it really takes off.  I don't think you will regret it.

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Comic Book Review: Paper Girls #3 - Image Comics (2015)

Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Cliff Chiang

The girls are at Mackenzie's house and Mac is trying to get the gun away from her mother when there is an accident.  On the way to the hospital, the girls meet a visitor from elsewhere.

Paper Girls continues to add surprises to each issue.  Issue three has plenty of times that make you scratch your head wondering where this story is heading.  Who is the mysterious man at the beginning?  Who are the beings that the girls met in issue one?

A lot of questions but we still have good character development.  Brian K. Vaughan makes the most out of the limited amount of pages to use banter between the girls and demonstrate each of their personalities.  This tale takes place in the 1980s so there is a bit of nostalgia.  During Erin's dream/hallucinating experience she is ice skating with President Ronald Reagan.

Paper Girls is three issues in and I still have no idea what's going on.  That is actually a very cool thing.  I'm impressed by what Vaughan is doing, hooking the audience in and making us all wonder what direction he is taking Paper Girls.  Cliff Chiang's art is fantastic looking with this story and is capturing the eighties extremely well.

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Comic Book Review: Paper Girls #2 - Image Comics (2015)

Written by Brian K. Vaughn
Art by Cliff Chiang

The girls are on the run from whomever, or maybe whatever came along and dropped some sort of device that has an Apple insignia on it.  Mackenzie feels they need more protection, so they're on the way to her house to get a gun.

More mystery than ever in the second issue of "Paper Girls" as the girls are on the run and see out of the ordinary behavior from passers by and creatures never seen alive.  We also get a glimpse of Mackenzie's home life and why we may be seeing this tough girl attitude from her.

Brian K. Vaughn is spinning a tale that gets more and more intriguing and leaves you with, while different circumstances, cliff hangers in both issues.   Cliff Chiang's art is as eye popping as ever and gives the reader the visuals that compliment the story Vaughn is writing.

"Paper Girls" #2 is available in comic book shops now and has the low cover price of $2.99.

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Comic Book Review: Paper Girls - #1 - Image Comics - 2015

Paper Girls #1

Writer: Brian K. Vaughn 

Artist: Cliff Chiang

Four girls in the mid 1980s are delivering newspapers on what appears to be Halloween night. Two of the girls have a run-in with a group of three “people” dressed in some strange garb speaking a language they don’t understand.  These individuals steal the walkie-talkie, I mean CB radio, and now the four young ladies are on the hunt.

In looking for these individuals, the girls find something strange in the basement of an abandoned house.  This is where the story takes a very odd turn…

As often found with new Brian K. Vaughn books, they do not seem to end the way you might think and it leaves you wanting to read the next issue.  This holds true with Paper Girls #1 as the end leaves you scratching your head as to where this book is heading.  I don’t want to give away too much information as I highly recommend purchasing this book.  With a $2.99 cover price, why not? 

Cliff Chiang’s art is exactly right for this story.   The look of this book flows so well with the dialogue and story direction. The interactions between the girls are just enough to give you an idea of their individual personalities and allows for a nice foundation for future issues.  

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