Paper Girls

Paper Girls
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre Mystery, Science Fiction
Publication date October 2015 – Present
No. of issues 15
Creative team
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Artist(s) Cliff Chiang
Colorist(s) Matt Wilson

Paper Girls is a mystery/science fiction comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, published by Image Comics.[1][2] The colorist is Matt Wilson, the letterer and designer is Jared K. Fletcher, and the color flatter is Dee Cunniffe.

Paper Girls follows the story of four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls (Erin, MacKenzie, KJ and Tiffany) from the fictional Cleveland suburb of Stony Stream. While out delivering newspapers in the early hours of the morning on Halloween night the town is struck by an invasion from a mysterious force from the future.

Reception

Paper Girls won two Eisner Awards in 2016 for Best New Series and Best Penciller/Inker.[3] In 2017, Wilson won an Eisner for Best Colorist in part because of his work on the series.[4]

In 2017, the first compilation was shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.[5]

Publication history

There are currently fifteen issues and two trade paperbacks published.

Issues

Issue # Publication Date
1 October 7, 2015[6]
2 November 30, 2015[7]
3 December 2, 2015[8]
4 January 6, 2016[9]
5 February 3, 2016[10]
6 June 1, 2016[11]
7 July 6, 2016[12]
8 August 3, 2016[13]
9 September 7, 2016[14]
10 October 5, 2016[15]
11 February 1, 2017[16]
12 March 1, 2017[17]
13 April 5, 2017[18]
14 May 3, 2017[19]
15 June 7, 2017[20]

Trade paperbacks

Volume # ISBN Publication Date Collected Material
1 ISBN 978-1632156747 March 30, 2016 Paper Girls #1-5[21]
2 ISBN 978-1632158956 November 30, 2016 Paper Girls #6-10[22]
3 August 2, 2017 Paper Girls #11-15[23]

References

  1. ↑ "You all should be reading Brian K. Vaughan's 'Paper Girls' comic series now" – via LA Times.
  2. ↑ Raftery, Brian. "If You Only Read One Comic This Month, Make It 'Paper Girls'".
  3. ↑ Strength, Reed. "Image Comics, Drawn & Quarterly Lead 2016 Eisner Award Winners". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Elderkin, Beth (July 22, 2017), "Here Are the Winners of the 2017 Eisner Awards," io9. Retrieved July 28, 2017
  5. ↑ 2017 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 10, 2017
  6. ↑ "Paper Girls #1 - Releases - Image Comics".
  7. ↑ "Paper Girls #2 - Releases - Image Comics".
  8. ↑ "Paper Girls #3 - Releases - Image Comics".
  9. ↑ "Paper Girls #4 - Releases - Image Comics".
  10. ↑ "Paper Girls #5 - Releases - Image Comics".
  11. ↑ "Paper Girls #6 - Releases - Image Comics".
  12. ↑ "Paper Girls #7 - Releases - Image Comics".
  13. ↑ "Paper Girls #8 - Releases - Image Comics".
  14. ↑ "Paper Girls #9 - Releases - Image Comics".
  15. ↑ "Paper Girls #10 - Releases - Image Comics".
  16. ↑ "Paper Girls #11 - Releases - Image Comics".
  17. ↑ "Paper Girls #12 - Releases - Image Comics".
  18. ↑ "Paper Girls #13 - Releases - Image Comics".
  19. ↑ "Paper Girls #14 - Releases - Image Comics".
  20. ↑ "Paper Girls #15 - Releases - Image Comics".
  21. ↑ "Paper Girls, Vol. 1 TP - Releases - Image Comics".
  22. ↑ "Paper Girls, Vol. 2 TP - Releases - Image Comics".
  23. ↑ "Paper Girls, Vol. 3 TP - Releases - Image Comics".


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