They nailed the entire feeling of 1988 for me. (It helps that I was close to the age of these girls in that year!) I love all of the little details like the scrunchy socks, the Monster Squad poster on the wall... and omg the costumes the older bully boys were wearing - Freddie Kruger and that wolf head mask with the GNR t-shirt —- perfect. The color also gave it the perfect creep factor as I remember all Halloween’s to have in my youth in the 80s. I cannot wait to read every other chapter! ( )

I’m not sure if I know what the series is going to be about, but it was ok. ( )

I bought this for my oldest child a few years ago ahead of a big road trip, always intending to borrow it and read it after he was done and I finally got around to it.

I was expecting to REALLY LOVE this, as I have really loved other works from Vaughan, but I think my high expectations coupled with not really knowing what this story was about got in my way a little. A lot of this worked for me -- the 80s nostalgia and the moody color palette in particular. At the same time, I wasn't expecting this to go so quickly off the inter dimensional time travel rails as it did, and there was some mismapping coming from the fact that I WAS ALSO TWELVE IN 1988, and while the cultural references were on point, my rural upbringing was different enough that I wanted to identify much harder than I actually could.

I'd definitely be ready to give this series another try, though. ( )

I found Paper Girls # 1 beautifully exposed in the library in one of my favorite departments :D the one dedicated to comics and graphic novels!

Halloween night 1988. Erin, Mac, Tiffany and KJ are normal girls who deliver newspapers. So far so good, if it was not for the fact that during that fateful night almost all the inhabitants of the city disappear and in the deserted streets are wandering strange creatures and the sky is flown over by giant dino. Our four protagonists would only like to find a safe place and then look for their families, but no matter where they try to hide, there is always someone, who manages to find them.

This reading reminded me a lot of my beloved Dylan Dog! The story is in fact full of mystery and twists, but also horror and sci-fi! I read it in one go and I hope to find in the library the next volumes of this mysterious serie soon!

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Paper Girls #1 l'ho trovato bello esposto in biblioteca in uno dei miei reparti preferiti :D quello dedicato ai fumetti e alle graphic novel!

Notte di Halloween 1988. Erin, mac, tiffany e kj sono delle ragazzine che consegnano i giornali. Fin qui tutto bene se non fosse per il fatto che quella fatidica notte quasi tutti gli abitanti della cittá scompaiono nel nulla e nelle vie deserte si aggirano creature alquanto strane e il cielo é sorvolato da dei dino giganti.

Le quattro protagoniste vorrebbero solo trovare un posto sicuro per poi cercare le loro famiglie, ma non importa dove cerchino di nascondersi, loro riescono sempre a trovarle. Il problema é che non si sa nemmeno cosa vogliano!

Questa lettura mi ha ricordato un sacco il mio adorato Dylan Dog! La storia infatti é piena di mistero e colpi di scena, ma soprattutto anche horror e sci-fi! L'ho letta tutta d'un fiato e spero di trovare presto i prossimi volumi di questa misteriosa serie! ( )

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