Paper Girls, Volume 2

Paper Girls

by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Illustrator), Matt Wilson (Colorist)

The smash-hit series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues with a bold new direction, as intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future...the year 2016.

Collects PAPER GIRLS #6-10

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Science Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic Novels Comics, Time Travel

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 2016

About the author

Brian 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.

Reviews

[Federico DN · Rating 2 out of 5]

Paper Madness Continues.

Tiff, KJ, Mac and Erin travel in time from 1988 to 2016, where they meet future forty year old Erin. An awkward gathering takes place, and details about the future are revealed, mostly worrisome ones. A very unexpected guest from the future comes along (a third Erin, WOOT!) and everything goes to straight to hell, again.

This volume was far less chaotic than the first, but still many things keep happening and it’s hard to understand wth is going on. Girl power still very strong, their friendship lovely as ever. Erin meets Erin was so weird, but good. Some very nice scenes with new Erin, others moments not so nice. Mac :’( <\3<\3<\3 . An emotional goodbye with a lovely message, and another massive cliffhanger that entices many more surprises yet to come.

Still remaining, four more comics and the TV Series (2022)



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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2016] [128p] [Comic] [2.5] [Not 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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La Locura del Diario Continua.

Tiff, KJ, Mac y Erin viajan en el tiempo desde 1988 a 2016, donde conocen a la futura Erin de cuarenta años. Una extraña reunión tiene lugar, y detalles sobre el futuro son revelados, la mayoría preocupantes. Una muy inesperada visita del futuro llega (una tercera Erin, ¡QUEEE!) y todo se va al infierno, otra vez.

Este volumen fue mucho menos caótico que le primero, pero aún siguen pasando muchas cosas y es difícil entender qué demonios está pasando. El poder femenino todavía sigue muy fuerte, la amistad adorable como siempre. Erin conoce a Erin fue muy raro, pero bueno. Algunas escenas muy lindas con la nueva Erin, otros momentos no tan lindos Mac :’( <\3<\3<\3 . Una emotiva despedida con un adorable mensaje, y otro masivo final suspensivo que anuncia muchas sorpresas más todavía por llegar.

Queda pendiente, cuatro comics más y la Serie de TV (2022)



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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2016] [128p] [Comic] [2.5] [No Recomendable]
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[Jayson · Rating 4 out of 5]

(A-) 82% | Very Good
Notes: It deals in fate, and all its weight, drama deluge in reveals, much less chaotic, more neurotic, and hits you in the feels.

[karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best graphic novel! what will happen?



a review for erica, who neeeeeds it!

so, volume two of this series is even more convoluted and frantic than the first. but i'm more confident now that it knows where it’s going, and i just need to be patient and grab on and eventually it will take me where i want to go.



if you are the kind of person who prefers to go into a series completely blind, you might wanna go make a macrame owl or something instead of reading this review, because some things that happened in the first book will be mentioned, although not much more than what the book’s own synopsis here on goodreads divulges. if you are just a regular person who understands that “plot” is not the same as “spoiler,” and that knowing one thing that happens in this series won’t ruin anything, because its story is so all over the place and there’s so much still unexplained that i’m not even sure what a spoiler would look like, you can stay put. unless the mention of macrame owls has inspired you to go make one. either way - time well spent.

if you are still reading, this is where we are: our plucky papergirls have found themselves transported from 1988 to 2016, and erin tieng has just met up with her future self.



and, like most of us would discover were we to find ourselves in a similar situation, her future life is not at all as she’d imagined, and is both bewildering and disappointing.



although to be fair, it’s just as irritating to hang out with your youthful you, brimming with all that life-eroded energy and optimism and promise and health.



although there is a genuinely sweet meeting between erin and her little sister, who has done erin proud.



as for the future - 2016 is full of new things!

products





opportunities



learning about where you are n--- oh, yeah. not all future revelations are awesome.



in other downers, there are ominous forecasts



and these things









leonard cohen was totally right

even though it’s like getting hit with narrative buckshot, i like these characters, and i’m completely invested now, so hit me with your time travel, your monsters, as many iterations of erin as you got, and i will be there for it all.

just don’t tease me



we’re gonna need to bring in an expert for this



although, she never did say she would tell all those answers. still, i'm with lying cat. give us more deets!

come to my blog!

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm loving these books and girls!!!

Mel ❤️

[s.penkevich [hiatus-will return-miss you all] · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, I know I said I’d check back when I finished the series but THIS SERIES SLAPS. Volume 1 hit the ground running and with this volume it ran straight into a wall, broke through it and then punched me in the mouth. And I loved it.

Me at all times reading this series

You know its good because Brian K Vaughn is behind it, and it’s fun to see him clearly having a blast with time travel. You get some amazing stuff like Erin hanging out with her adult self and her younger sister (still getting some sibling jabs in at the younger, but now older, sis) and some good gags about 2016. Some of them really sting.

Why you gotta hurt me like that, BKV?

This is certainly a series that keeps you guessing and coming back for more. We have multiple Erins appearing now and the story uses a lot of ‘mystery box’ plot devices that sort of remind me of the way LOST would grab you with something that you don’t have the context to fully understand. Here’s hoping this style of tease and reveal works out better, but I trust it will. This is fast-paced big sci-fi thrills and I am counting down the time until I can get off work and read more.

You get to see cool stuff like this

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I mentioned in my review of the original Paper Girls that I had actually read this one first, which might explain why I enjoyed volume one so much, while a lot of my friends were so bewildered that they were on the fence about it. I also think it says something for this volume that I was able to read and enjoy it without being so confused that I couldn't understand it, and liking it so much that it probably made me more enthusiastic than I would have been about the first one.


So at the end of the last volume, the girls have been transported somewhere and are flagging a car down to get help. The owner of that car is...
*dramatic music swells*
A grown-up Erin!
This one opens with that same scene, and the story takes off from there.



Once you hit a certain age, you do occasionally wonder what your younger self would think of you and the way your life turned out. I've often thought that while I absolutely love where I've ended up, Young Me would probably be ready to (theatrically) jump off a cliff if she found out I was a stay at home mom with four kids.
Because dramatic teenagers are dramatic.



And then there's the whole would you want to know how you die? thing happening in this one, as well.
Nope.



Add in clones, giant mole-worm monsters from another dimension, and an evil time travel corporation run by some old hippie looking dude that's (maybe?) out to kill them, and you have a really interesting story about a group of tweens from the eighties who are pinging around in time and space.
Good stuff!
And definitely an improvement on the last volume.

[Tola Grupa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cóż
Była zabawa, też tłumaczy trochę z pierwszego tomu, ale nie wszystko

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second volume opens up with the girls finding themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future: June, 2016.


However, they quickly notice that their friend KJ is missing and set out to find her with the help of future Erin Tieng.


Along the way they encounter some difficulties that make them question who they can trust in the present or future. Side note: the Paper Girls issues are almost impossible to put down. I kept thinking, “after this issue, I'm going to get up...no, after this issue...”

Plus, I have to mention that the art in this volume was just stunningly beautiful, especially the coloring. It sets the mood just right:











And since it's June 2016, there’s a little politics thrown in for good measure:


It kind of hurts to read now that the election’s over.

Also, am I wrong to assume that Mac and Tiff (my favorites) are going to become canon?
I mean:

And:

*thumbs up while choking back tears* I'm rooting for them.

I'm beyond curious to find out the fates of this young quartet. And I'm over the moon excited for volume three to come out!!

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[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 volumes in and they still haven't explained anything and just keep throwing weird things at us in the hopes we won't notice? I'm unimpressed.

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 5 out of 5]

What is Past is Epilogue

"When are we?"

Well, I know even less what is going on than I did at the end of the first volume. But sometimes when you are on a rollercoaster going over the crest of that hill you just put your hands in the air and go with it. This is something like ET only with badass girls and pterodactyls and iPhones and smart cars and Esperanto. It began in 1988 in Cleveland with four "papergirls" (instead of paperboys!), but we are now in 2016. And in one thread, somewhere much farther in the future, occasionally with invented language ala Alan Moore in Jerusalem or Crossed. Kinda, but don't take any of that too seriously. An alien mothership is hanging over Cleveland in 2016. Take THAT seriously.

And when you time travel to the future to meet your family:

"You're. . . you're my big sister. You're my big sister and you're little."

"And you're my little sister and you look straight out of Airwolf. Nice job, kid."

Yeah, Erin meets herself in the future, a common time travel trope, but this one is moving, trust me. And one girl learns how and when she will die, also not a new idea, but Vaughn handles this well, with grace and humor and compassion. But this is not about being original with the sci-fi genre, it is about having fun with multiple eighties references and genres. And Matt Wilson's amazing colors might just be the emblem of this series. Amazing. Oh, and you remember the Zeppelin? Cliff Chiang, who is awesome in drawing this comic, has it returning in the future. And cooler than ever. It's the smile you have on your face right now that you have many many times in this series. So: It's not about plot. It's about friendship. And fun. So worth reading. You think it is too crazy, but trust me, hang in there. I'm preparing to see the filmed version.

[Baba · Rating 4 out of 5]

And just like that you're in a Brian K Vaughan jam... 'cos that's what volume 2 feels like, after the scene setting, an slightly confusing volume one, we get much more meat in this volume, as we get more details of this reality and some of its constants, yay! I needed some good ol' pseudo science to really enjoy this sort of series and finally I got some - and theirs a few huge surprises - kaboom!

OK, so for this actual volume, I still struggled to 'read' the art and needed text to let me know exactly what was really happening, but the overall story is humming along nicely even though the only people who know less about what's going on than us readers... are the Paper Girls Erin, Tiff and Mac! 8 out of 12.

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paper Girls goes all Back to the Future 2 as they wind up in 2016. They soon realize KJ is missing and that becomes the focus of this volume. Erin meets up with her future self and is all "Woah, what happened? I'm a loser" Then a third Erin shows up in a space suit, but it's all good, because we find out her deal before the end of the book. The Paper Girls also battle some giant maggots and figure out how to get to KJ.

This book while bringing up some new questions is more focused and easier to follow. Vaughan clearly has this thought out and we will get all our answers in due time. What I like about Vaughan is that he cleanly maps out his story arcs and when a story is done, the book ends no matter how popular it is. Most writers are afraid to slaughter that cash cow and will let a series drag out for as long as they can make some bucks off it, see Nick Spencer's Morning Glories for what happens when you milk a series for too long. Anyway on to volume 3.

[Coco Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

better than the first one! once again the illustrations and colours are STUNNING and the story is getting even more interesting :))

[April (Aprilius Maximus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.) Paper Girls Volume 1 ★★★.5
2.) Paper Girls Volume 2 ★★★★
3.) Paper Girls Volume 3 ★★★★

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i'm still EXTREMELY confused but i'm kind of loving this series???

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

2020 re-read:

Ah, that was fun. Again. Just what I needed today.

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2018 review:

After the entertaining but slightly confusing first volume Vaughan now shows that he actually knows what he’s doing. Things get a little clearer now and easier to follow. While at the same time it also gets a lot more complicated. Because, time travel, baby.

After the events of 1988 All Saints‘ the girls wind up in 2016.



And things get worse. Because KJ is missing. But they have a new crew member in Future (Present?) Erin.

Whoa, this is heavy!

Thankfully none of the Erins passes out and there’s also no time paradox created, which of course would have unraveled the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroyed the entire universe. That would have been bad. Even though the destruction might have in fact been very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.

Anyways, all is well and Erin (the older one) helps the three remaining paper girls to get accustomed to their new surroundings.


Yes it is. And they cost only 300 bucks.


At some point they remember they have to find KJ. And while this is playing out, Vaughan explores themes like one's perception of the future, dreams of our childhood, thoughts about getting older and maybe regret for some decisions we made when we were young. And that it might not be best to know how our life will play out.

There’s a lot of action as well, as the girls have to deal with giant maggots, another incarnation of one of them (this time from the distant future) and the owner of this thing.



I’m still not entirely sure what it is with those guys. But they don’t strike me as very trustworthy.

I definitely need more answers. On to volume 3.

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

4ish stars.

Three or four questions answered from volume 1, approximately eleventeen more added or left unanswered, give or take. But... I like it? Art good. Colors ooh pretty. Girls cool.

Posted in Mr. Philip's Library

[Katie Colson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm trying so hard to understand what the hell is going on and am coming up empty every time. This is too scifi for me. It's too jump-cut-to-another-era for me. I will give one more volume a go but that's it.

[Whitney Atkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

This continues to be very strange but very enjoyable! I find that when I read time travel books I get reeeeally disoriented because I hate how many loopholes arise and all the scientific timey wimey stuff just loses me really fast, but this managed to keep my interest most of the time, and I understanded most of it!

The art continues to be wonderful and I love Erin as a main character. (She has anxiety!! Yes!!!!) There were still a lot of really cool references and I wanted to crey when they brought up a woman running for president. The cliffhangers at the end of each issue were jaw dropping every time and I can't wait to keep reading these because the stakes just keep being raised.

[Calista · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm still doing my best to keep up with what's going on with this story, but it's better than the last volume. They give a little information up. It's still a ton, I mean so much that we have no clue about what is happening.

It would see that time travel and cloning are part of the story. When one time jumps, it seems that any tiny bugs like lice or something grow huge and become like invading monsters. Erin meets her future self in this one and things get complicated.

I'm very engaged in the story and I rather like it. I will continue on with this story.

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-read 8/9/22:

Very good, again. I really am enjoying the whole one-time, one-world version of time travel. It's like the metaphor in the pages where the old-timers whitewash a great tag on the wall. Anyone over 30 IS shit. :)

That being said, it's not just maggots. It's gigantic tardigrades. :)

Let's gooooo


Original Review:

The story is moving super-fast. I love that about it. :) From doppelgangers to gigantic maggots, riding dragons, to portals through folded space, we're firmly in a very different SF than what I'm used to.

And I love it.

Case in point: Multiple worlds theory is crap. There's only one time, one world, but it can be rewritten. Repeatedly. Chaotically. Catastrophically.

And it's a war between the adults and the kids. Only, no one seems to have their s*** together and the battle is raging on for 63k years and multiple clones are clogging the works and no one seems to care who gets killed because time is about to get re-written all over again.

.... and I know this sounds kinda funky. :) But the comic is pretty straightforward about all this and it's easy. :) It's the implications that are nuts. :)

And now I'm caught up and the next volume has been nommed for the Hugos in'18. Let's see if it's WORTHY. :)

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

if u like stranger things you'll definitely enjoy this graphic novel~

[A.J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Paper Girls have fled from their time in hopes of escaping the time-traveling war, but now they are stranded in the year 2016 with only the help of one of their grown-up selves…

Man, this series is one fun and easy read. This is the volume that the show takes most of its inspiration from for the first season, and it’s so cool to see how high-concept and absurd the comic gets to be without a TV budget holding it back. Don’t get me wrong, the show is nuts at points and wonderful all the way through, but nothing in it can come close to anything in the comic gets to do, as of yet. And I’m interested to see where Volume 3 will take us, that ending was pretty unexpected.

Vaughan’s writing continues to be strong and carried by his engaging characters, but it can still be quite confusing at times. Chiang’s art is gorgeous and Wilson’s colors always bring the perfect tone to every single scene. I said in my review of the last volume that I prefer when Chiang colors his own work, but I completely take it back. Matt Wilson is a damn good colorist and I hope to see him work with Chiang again in the future.

I’d recommend this series to any and everyone who reads comics. This series is going strong just two volumes in, and I can’t imagine too many folks not getting at least something out of this one.

[Donovan · Rating 5 out of 5]

PAPER GIRLS is still RADICAL, and yet more amusing and funny than Saga, in my humble opinion. And Saga is awesome. But later on it gets pretty serious and the fun and jokes are in short supply. It could be the spunky teenage girls schtick that helps. Don't care. Because it works.

So Volume 1 ended with the time traveling spaceship sending Mac and Tiff and Erin into the future and running into Future Erin. KJ is missing. And the "Old Timers" are in hot pursuit. Buckle up, cuz it's gonna get weird.

There's a good amount of "I'll put this in because it's weird" elements, like the monsters, the steampunk blimp, the Foldings, the "when you run into your future self and they kinda suck and you reflect upon what you did to fuck shit up" via Back to the Future. But I don't care. Because it's cool, super wacky, and really entertaining. One of those take it or leave it situations, and I took it.

Damn it, Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson do great work. The illustrations and colors are totally bitchin'. Like for sure. The thick lines and bright colors keep it poppin', setting the mood and tone to the max. If only for the artwork do I look forward to reading this in oversized format. A-duh!

I mentioned in my review of Volume 1 the deceptive storytelling. What I mean by that, now that I've read Volume 2, is Vaughan is playing the long game here, giving us small challenging details that, like drugs working their way into our cognitive system, reveal the grander scheme at work. Like the dreams with their Devil and Apple symbology. Like the Old Timers. While we've got a romp fantasy on the surface, Vaughan is also laying the groundwork for a complex story with depth. So check it out, righteous dudes and dudettes!

[Kai Spellmeier]

“The world is a terrifying place, more than I ever realized. But if I had my whole life to do over again, that's literally the only thing I'd change. I'd stop being so afraid of other people.”

Well...I'm still not super impressed. I think Paper Girls lacks in world-building and a clear plotline. It will probably all make sense at some point but for now, I'm neither convinced nor intrigued. In comparison to Saga, Vol. 1, another Vaughan creation, Paper Girls appears somewhat bland. I think the story has potential and I like the girls. In addition to this, it's an easy and fast read and Volume 3 is already placed on my bedside table, so I'll definitely keep reading.

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[maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had been a little while since I read volume 1, but I was able to jump right into this volume no problem. The second I started reading, I was able to jump right back into the story. I loved the element of time travel in this volume. I know it was introduced in the first volume, but it really went all Back To The Future in this one. We saw multiple versions of one of the characters which was pretty awesome! I still have a few questions, especially about the extreme future timeline and what the hell is going on over there. Also, is Apple the mecca of the world in some sort of futuristic timeline? I need volume 3 now!

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Initial post reading thoughts:

This was super entertaining and action packed! My brain hurts a little...but like, in a good way? Man, I love time travel.

[♡︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay this was admittedly WAY BETTER than the first volume !!! Everything was a little bit more understandable . Although there are still some questions that need to be answered . I wish Tiff's future self had been shown though because I was curious about what happened to her future self as well . That Apple shade that was thrown at the end though . Tea anyone ?

[Erica ♋️✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this so much I love all the characters and the plot really picks up in this one and yes it's still weird and creepy but that's what makes it unique. Totally recommend

[Melki · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I'm here to escort you girls to the only place you'll be safe . . . about sixty-eight thousand years from now."

I'm just a simple gal, so this one pretty much had me at giant warring tardigrades.

[Kyriaki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Συνεχίζω να δηλώνω ενθουσιασμένη και με τον δεύτερο τόμο!!
Επίσης συνεχίζω να μην καταλαβαίνω και πολλά αλλά και πάλι δεν με πειράζει! αυτό με κάποιο τρόπο το κάνει ακόμη πιο ενδιαφέρον και με κάνει να θέλω συνέχεια να διαβάζω παρακάτω!
Μου αρέσει το σχέδιο, βρίσκω πολύ ενδιαφέροντες τις 4 πρωταγωνίστριες, αρχίζουμε να βγάζουμε μια κάποια άκρη με το τι συμβαίνει αλλά όχι τελείως, ενώ συμβαίνουν ακόμη πιο περίεργα πράγματα απ'ότι στο πρώτο! Είχαμε ένα ταξίδι στο μέλλον, μια εξαφάνιση, μια αναζήτηση, τρεις Erin αντί για μια (ή περίπου), κάτι πλάσματα που μοιάζουν με εξωγήινους αλλά μάλλον δεν είναι(!) και κάτι χρονο-ταξιδιώτες που κάτι θέλουν αλλά δεν είμαι σίγουρη τι! Πραγματικά είμαι πολύ περίεργη να δω που το πάει!

[Camila Ochoa · Rating 4 out of 5]

OMG mil veces mejor que el primero, los giros de trama son GOD necesito seguirlos