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Paper Girls
Paper Girls, Volume 4
Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Graphic Novels & Comics (2018)Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming to Amazon Prime Video in July 2022!
The mind-bending, time-warping adventure from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as intrepid newspaper deliverer Tiffany is launched from the prehistoric past into the year 2000! In this harrowing version of our past, Y2K was even more of a cataclysm than experts feared, and the only person who can save the future is a 12-year-old girl from 1988.
Collects issues 16 through 20!
The mind-bending, time-warping adventure from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues, as intrepid newspaper deliverer Tiffany is launched from the prehistoric past into the year 2000! In this harrowing version of our past, Y2K was even more of a cataclysm than experts feared, and the only person who can save the future is a 12-year-old girl from 1988.
Collects issues 16 through 20!
128 pages, Paperback
First published April 4, 2018
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About the author
Brian K. Vaughan
1,027 books13.9k followersBrian 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.
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.
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July 16, 2023
Y2K Madness.
Tiff, KJ, Mac and Erin travel again in time from 11.706 BCE to 2000, where they meet crazy Charlotte and future Tiffany, in the midst of a general blackout because of Y2K while gigantic robots fight each other across the city, everything normal. Grand Father, the Prioress and their violent soldiers following their trail. This is probably not going to end well.
This volume was again as crazier as many before. Not much is revealed, and a lot is added that makes nothing but confuse what little is known. I must admit this felt the weakest of the series so far, Girl power was there, but nothing really memorable happening, and Mac can be a real jerk sometimes. A shocking ending, and another cliffhanger that promises yet another time travel.
Still remaining, two more comics and the TV series (2022)
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2018] [128p] [Comic] [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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Locura Y2K.
Tiff, KJ, Mac y Erin viajan de nuevo en el tiempo desde 11.706 BCE a 2000, donde conocen a la loca de Charlotte y la futura Tiffany, en el medio de un apagón general a causa del Y2K mientras robots gigantes pelean unos con otros a lo largo de la ciudad, todo muy normal. Gran Padre, la Priora y sus violentos soldados siguiendo su rastro. Esto probablemente no va a terminar bien.
Este volumen fue de nuevo tan loco como muchos antes. No se revela mucho, y mucho es añadido que no hace más que confundir lo poco que se sabe. Debo admitir que este se sintió como el más flojo de la serie hasta ahora, el Poder Femenino estaba ahí, pero no sucede nada realmente memorable, y Mac puede ser a veces una verdadera idiota. Un final chocante, y otro final suspensivo que promete otro nuevo viaje en el tiempo.
Queda pendiente, dos comics más y la serie de TV (2022)
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2018] [128p] [Comic] [No Recomendable]
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Tiff, KJ, Mac and Erin travel again in time from 11.706 BCE to 2000, where they meet crazy Charlotte and future Tiffany, in the midst of a general blackout because of Y2K while gigantic robots fight each other across the city, everything normal. Grand Father, the Prioress and their violent soldiers following their trail. This is probably not going to end well.
This volume was again as crazier as many before. Not much is revealed, and a lot is added that makes nothing but confuse what little is known. I must admit this felt the weakest of the series so far, Girl power was there, but nothing really memorable happening, and Mac can be a real jerk sometimes. A shocking ending, and another cliffhanger that promises yet another time travel.
Still remaining, two more comics and the TV series (2022)
-----------------------------------------------
PERSONAL NOTE :
[2018] [128p] [Comic] [Not Recommendable]
-----------------------------------------------
★★★☆☆ 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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Locura Y2K.
Tiff, KJ, Mac y Erin viajan de nuevo en el tiempo desde 11.706 BCE a 2000, donde conocen a la loca de Charlotte y la futura Tiffany, en el medio de un apagón general a causa del Y2K mientras robots gigantes pelean unos con otros a lo largo de la ciudad, todo muy normal. Gran Padre, la Priora y sus violentos soldados siguiendo su rastro. Esto probablemente no va a terminar bien.
Este volumen fue de nuevo tan loco como muchos antes. No se revela mucho, y mucho es añadido que no hace más que confundir lo poco que se sabe. Debo admitir que este se sintió como el más flojo de la serie hasta ahora, el Poder Femenino estaba ahí, pero no sucede nada realmente memorable, y Mac puede ser a veces una verdadera idiota. Un final chocante, y otro final suspensivo que promete otro nuevo viaje en el tiempo.
Queda pendiente, dos comics más y la serie de TV (2022)
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2018] [128p] [Comic] [No Recomendable]
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September 5, 2022
(A-) 83% | Very Good
Notes: Higher gear, obscure made clear, rock 'em sock 'em action, an urgent plot, close shaves a lot, and soured interactions.
Notes: Higher gear, obscure made clear, rock 'em sock 'em action, an urgent plot, close shaves a lot, and soured interactions.
November 7, 2018
oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best graphic novel 2018! what will happen?
things actually make sense in this volume!
review to come!
things actually make sense in this volume!
review to come!
July 30, 2022
PS: I just saw the first episode of the first season of the Amazon Prime production of Paper Girls, and liked it very much! I'm in!
THE END OF THE WORLD?!
Y2K Insanity!
Will computers melt down?
Will society?
--Time Magazine cover, January 18, 1999
Our favorite girls from 1988 are still in the future in this one. And it is a blast. And occasionally awkward, and sometimes moving. Paper Girls is a sci-fi/time travel comic series, folks, so you must expect things that come with the genre; for instance, one of the girls traveling 12 years into the future, Tiffany, meets her future husband. . . and of course, her future self). So, if you have a chance to save (or find a way to avoid!) the weird guy doing ‘shrooms that you seem destined to be with, would you do it?
“Charlotte, meet Tiffany. Both of them.”
Ha! Good, right!? [oh, don’t be mad about a little ol’ spoiler here; this is a time traveler story involving three girls! What did you expect they would find in the future, just self-driving cars!? Have you never seen Peggy Sue Gets Married (1986) or Back to the Future?! (1985)]
If you are future Tiffany, you get fun questions like this from your younger self about how to manage a crisis: “But what would you have done in 1988?”
There’s a cute bit in here about a cartoonist—the above-referenced Charlotte, who places clues about time travel in her strips. “Frankie Tomatah” is the name of a comic strip, and our protagonists just have to go visit said cartoonist who created the strip to see if they can get help moving back to 1988.
Eighties references as usual abound, and are sprinkled throughout this goofy ice cream plot: “Tactical nukes”? 12 Monkeys? The Pontiac Fiero?
And the cartoonist tells them:
“Come with me if you want to live.”
[Oh, don’t TELL me you have to GOOGLE this?! What has happened to your memory? Stolen by an evil spirit?! By Arnold himself?]
You also get for your money in this volume battling ‘bots, that wacky sci fi dimension of the story that continues to crazy-up the wider story of some very different paper girls, who manage to become friends, confronting their futures.
But it’s not all giggles. We get to compare what eighties worries were like compared to our present (or other new century) concerns, such as 9/11 or Oklahoma City. The series makes it clear that nothing less than the future of human civilization is at stake as we face the future, and not just—as important as this obviously is--future mates.
I saw a couple critical Goodreads reviews and have to say: You don’t like this because it is over the top??! That’s the POINT of eighties sci fi time travel entertainment, darlin’! Get over it, relax, and just have fun. You’ll get killer ‘bots AND see how two of these adorable eighties friends deal with revelations of their friend’s sexual identity. Thrills AND tears!
And the neon colors! Matt Wilson has made his place in comics history with this distinctive coloring, no question. I wavered in my commitment to this series by rating volume initially three only three stars. I’m back, waaaaay back, to 1988! Or wait, 2000, or. . .
REMEMBER:
Turn your computer off
Before midnight
On 12/31/1999
--Warning sticker from Best Buy, circa 1999
THE END OF THE WORLD?!
Y2K Insanity!
Will computers melt down?
Will society?
--Time Magazine cover, January 18, 1999
Our favorite girls from 1988 are still in the future in this one. And it is a blast. And occasionally awkward, and sometimes moving. Paper Girls is a sci-fi/time travel comic series, folks, so you must expect things that come with the genre; for instance, one of the girls traveling 12 years into the future, Tiffany, meets her future husband. . . and of course, her future self). So, if you have a chance to save (or find a way to avoid!) the weird guy doing ‘shrooms that you seem destined to be with, would you do it?
“Charlotte, meet Tiffany. Both of them.”
Ha! Good, right!? [oh, don’t be mad about a little ol’ spoiler here; this is a time traveler story involving three girls! What did you expect they would find in the future, just self-driving cars!? Have you never seen Peggy Sue Gets Married (1986) or Back to the Future?! (1985)]
If you are future Tiffany, you get fun questions like this from your younger self about how to manage a crisis: “But what would you have done in 1988?”
There’s a cute bit in here about a cartoonist—the above-referenced Charlotte, who places clues about time travel in her strips. “Frankie Tomatah” is the name of a comic strip, and our protagonists just have to go visit said cartoonist who created the strip to see if they can get help moving back to 1988.
Eighties references as usual abound, and are sprinkled throughout this goofy ice cream plot: “Tactical nukes”? 12 Monkeys? The Pontiac Fiero?
And the cartoonist tells them:
“Come with me if you want to live.”
[Oh, don’t TELL me you have to GOOGLE this?! What has happened to your memory? Stolen by an evil spirit?! By Arnold himself?]
You also get for your money in this volume battling ‘bots, that wacky sci fi dimension of the story that continues to crazy-up the wider story of some very different paper girls, who manage to become friends, confronting their futures.
But it’s not all giggles. We get to compare what eighties worries were like compared to our present (or other new century) concerns, such as 9/11 or Oklahoma City. The series makes it clear that nothing less than the future of human civilization is at stake as we face the future, and not just—as important as this obviously is--future mates.
I saw a couple critical Goodreads reviews and have to say: You don’t like this because it is over the top??! That’s the POINT of eighties sci fi time travel entertainment, darlin’! Get over it, relax, and just have fun. You’ll get killer ‘bots AND see how two of these adorable eighties friends deal with revelations of their friend’s sexual identity. Thrills AND tears!
And the neon colors! Matt Wilson has made his place in comics history with this distinctive coloring, no question. I wavered in my commitment to this series by rating volume initially three only three stars. I’m back, waaaaay back, to 1988! Or wait, 2000, or. . .
REMEMBER:
Turn your computer off
Before midnight
On 12/31/1999
--Warning sticker from Best Buy, circa 1999
March 4, 2018
Things are beginning to click into place within this comic and I am really enjoying it. I love how bad-ass each girl is and I like how different they all are. I think the story is really cool and I love the illustrations and the colours. I'm really looking forward to the next issue but I'm sad I will have to wait so long! I would definitely recommend this. It may be a bit confusing at the start, but once you get to vol 2 or 3, it is so worth it!
June 21, 2022
Now we're headed to the night the dreaded Y2K was supposed to hit. I remember that night as the New Year's Eve the IT staff had to work all night for absolutely no reason because very, very little actually went wrong. There's a lot of great little inside jokes as the girls run around town while trying to avoid getting stomped on by giant time-travelling robots. In addition to the Goonies-like fun, we actually begin to see how this time travel war fits together. Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson are killing it on the art front.
February 7, 2021
A five issue series smack-down that looks at just how much we got it wrong with the Millennial Bug as our Paper Girls stray into the year 2000. The whole generational cross-over language is wonderfully created by Brian K. Vaughan, as is this mystery, which I am finally getting a better understanding of... after all there is only one reality. Despite the art, which I can just about tolerate this is turning out to be another Brian K. Vaughan monster hit for me!! 8 out of 12
March 30, 2020
This volume was much better than the previous one and it makes so much more sense. There are still so many unanswered questions and we know so little that is going on. Brian K. Vaughan is a big tease. He knows how to keep you waiting for more answer and while he gives you a sip, he is setting up more questions.
We meet up with the whole group finally in the year 2000. There are giant robots fighting over the city, but no one can see them but one of the girls. No one else knows what the noise or damage is from. We do find out they are basically time bandets.
I'm up for another volume. I wonder how long the library is going to be closed. I have 4 more graphic novels and then I'm done for a while and I can catch up on my Gone with the Wind book.
We meet up with the whole group finally in the year 2000. There are giant robots fighting over the city, but no one can see them but one of the girls. No one else knows what the noise or damage is from. We do find out they are basically time bandets.
I'm up for another volume. I wonder how long the library is going to be closed. I have 4 more graphic novels and then I'm done for a while and I can catch up on my Gone with the Wind book.
June 8, 2018
This series is wild. I have no idea what’s going on half the time but I kinda just don’t care. It’s utterly bizarre, filled with badass girls and a plot that’s here, there and everywhere. The art style is gorgeous and it’s always so much fun to read. I feel at though things slowly started to come together in this volume but I’m still waiting for a moment of total clarity. It’s definitely not without its faults but overall, I’m loving this series and am consistently left wanting more.
July 27, 2020
2020 re-read:
I think this is actually better than my initial review suggests. Yes, the plot doesn't have a lot of forward momentum in this one. But I think it actually made sense for Vaughan to not throw a lot of new developments at us, and instead give a few answers to some of the questions the previous volumes brought up. Also, nice setting. And giant robots!
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2018 review:
Another fun volume!
The girls turn up in the year 2000.
When flat screens weren’t really flat, but reasonably priced.
And people were angsting about the world coming to an end.
But hey, at least back then personal computers looked really cool.
It’s tangerine, sweetie. Tangerine.
Plot-wise there’s not a lot happening here. The girls get separated once again. Tiffany meets her future self and some things that don’t really belong in the year 2000. As far as I remember.
The other girls meet a cartoonist whose strips hide some clues for time travellers. And she also seems to be a fan of a certain movie that involves time travel as well.
There’s a war raging between those guys who want to preserve the timeline and the others who are in favor of change. And somehow the girls are in the thick of it once again.
But we don’t make much progress in this volume. The fun lies in the details.
And in the commentary on what different generations worried about, regarding their present or their future. With people from the past, present and future, uhm, present here, this gets quite interesting.
I still love Cliff Chiang’s art and especially Matt Wilson’s coloring. The concept of this series is also very appealing to me. Now, if Vaughan would bring his A game this could actually become one of my favorites. The different perspectives of our four heroines compared to the people living in the decades they’re visiting is the most interesting part of the story so far.
The Times They Are A-Changin'
2019 Hugo nominee for Best Graphic Story.
____________________________
Best Novel
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
• Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
• Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Best Novella
• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
• Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
• Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
• The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
Best Novelette
• If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho (Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog)
• The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly (Tor.com)
• Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com)
• The Thing About Ghost Stories by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine)
• When We Were Starless by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld Magazine)
Best Short Story
• The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Magazine)
• The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine)
• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine)
• STET by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine)
• The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine)
• A Witch’s Guide To Escape: A Practical Compendium Of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine)
Best Series
• The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older
• The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
• Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee
• The October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
• The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard
• Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
Best Related Work
• Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
• Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee
• The Hobbit Duology (a documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan
• An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
• The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 by Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, and John Picacio
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon
Best Graphic Story
• Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colors by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell
• Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino, and Tana Ford
• Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
• On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
• Paper Girls, Volume 4 , written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colors by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher
• Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples
Best Art Book
• The Book of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon by Julie Dillon
• Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam Witwer
• Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, editor John Fleskes
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie by Ramin Zahed
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, editor Catherine McIlwaine
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan Children’s Books)
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• The Invasion by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)
• Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)
I think this is actually better than my initial review suggests. Yes, the plot doesn't have a lot of forward momentum in this one. But I think it actually made sense for Vaughan to not throw a lot of new developments at us, and instead give a few answers to some of the questions the previous volumes brought up. Also, nice setting. And giant robots!
********
2018 review:
Another fun volume!
The girls turn up in the year 2000.
When flat screens weren’t really flat, but reasonably priced.
And people were angsting about the world coming to an end.
But hey, at least back then personal computers looked really cool.
It’s tangerine, sweetie. Tangerine.
Plot-wise there’s not a lot happening here. The girls get separated once again. Tiffany meets her future self and some things that don’t really belong in the year 2000. As far as I remember.
The other girls meet a cartoonist whose strips hide some clues for time travellers. And she also seems to be a fan of a certain movie that involves time travel as well.
There’s a war raging between those guys who want to preserve the timeline and the others who are in favor of change. And somehow the girls are in the thick of it once again.
But we don’t make much progress in this volume. The fun lies in the details.
And in the commentary on what different generations worried about, regarding their present or their future. With people from the past, present and future, uhm, present here, this gets quite interesting.
I still love Cliff Chiang’s art and especially Matt Wilson’s coloring. The concept of this series is also very appealing to me. Now, if Vaughan would bring his A game this could actually become one of my favorites. The different perspectives of our four heroines compared to the people living in the decades they’re visiting is the most interesting part of the story so far.
The Times They Are A-Changin'
2019 Hugo nominee for Best Graphic Story.
____________________________
2019 Hugo Award Finalists
Best Novel
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
• Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
• Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Best Novella
• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
• Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
• Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
• Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
• The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
Best Novelette
• If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho (Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog)
• The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly (Tor.com)
• Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com)
• The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com)
• The Thing About Ghost Stories by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine)
• When We Were Starless by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld Magazine)
Best Short Story
• The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Magazine)
• The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine)
• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine)
• STET by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine)
• The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine)
• A Witch’s Guide To Escape: A Practical Compendium Of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine)
Best Series
• The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older
• The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
• Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee
• The October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
• The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard
• Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
Best Related Work
• Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
• Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee
• The Hobbit Duology (a documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan
• An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
• The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 by Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, and John Picacio
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon
Best Graphic Story
• Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colors by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell
• Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino, and Tana Ford
• Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
• On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
• Paper Girls, Volume 4 , written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colors by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher
• Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples
Best Art Book
• The Book of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon by Julie Dillon
• Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam Witwer
• Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, editor John Fleskes
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie by Ramin Zahed
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, editor Catherine McIlwaine
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan Children’s Books)
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• The Invasion by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)
• Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)
January 17, 2023
the story is pretty complicated but i’m still having fun :) love a bit of y2k
May 2, 2021
of course the paper girls had to visit Y2K!!! i love it!!!
this volume is the most urgent and action-packed thus far. our clan is being pursued by authorities from the future...
it was a really intense choice to have tiffany, our black MC, put her hands up for the police, be detained, and subsequently save the rude cop from a burning cop car. she's a badass with a big heart. i have a lot of empathy for adult tiffany of 1999, a bold goth girl who wants to go back to 1988 so she can prevent world disasters and have a do-over on her life.
i'm surprised and pleased with the speed of KJ's identity realization and coming out to mac and erin. KJ is quietly unapologetic, and it's really well done so far. it'll be cool if mac stops being homophobic and bitter.
things also get way deeper into the complicated scifi realm here. some of it went over my head, but i'm still digging it!!
btw, i really enjoyed this altruistic subversion of the classic old movie ripping-page-from-phonebook thing:
this volume is the most urgent and action-packed thus far. our clan is being pursued by authorities from the future...
it was a really intense choice to have tiffany, our black MC, put her hands up for the police, be detained, and subsequently save the rude cop from a burning cop car. she's a badass with a big heart. i have a lot of empathy for adult tiffany of 1999, a bold goth girl who wants to go back to 1988 so she can prevent world disasters and have a do-over on her life.
i'm surprised and pleased with the speed of KJ's identity realization and coming out to mac and erin. KJ is quietly unapologetic, and it's really well done so far. it'll be cool if mac stops being homophobic and bitter.
things also get way deeper into the complicated scifi realm here. some of it went over my head, but i'm still digging it!!
btw, i really enjoyed this altruistic subversion of the classic old movie ripping-page-from-phonebook thing:
September 14, 2022
After escaping pre-historic times, the Paper Girls find themselves separated again as they must traverse Y2K searching for their lost companion, while also making sure not to get stepped on by the two giant time-traveling kaiju robots duking it out above town…
Oh man, I loved this. The highlights of this series have been the girl’s reactions to all the different times, but this was easily the best of those. And even if it does get serious at points, I love how fun this book always feels for the most part. It’s such a light read and I find myself flying through issue after issue faster than even I would like. Recommended to any and everyone who reads comics. I think this is one of my favorite works from BKV yet.
Oh man, I loved this. The highlights of this series have been the girl’s reactions to all the different times, but this was easily the best of those. And even if it does get serious at points, I love how fun this book always feels for the most part. It’s such a light read and I find myself flying through issue after issue faster than even I would like. Recommended to any and everyone who reads comics. I think this is one of my favorite works from BKV yet.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 7, 2019
I take it back! I don’t like Mac’s character anymore. I could not deal with her being so rude and terrible in this book.
We have a character coming out in this book, and different reactions to their revelation of identity. And that does mean we are getting some LGBT+ rep. There are some homophobic comments, so be ready for that too! I appreciate how the plot is still firmly focused on the science-fiction, but these modern day relevant topics are coming up.
At long last we are finally getting some answers in this one! Finally, everything that has happened makes sense. Now I am motivated and intrigued enough to continue. It really shouldn’t have taken until the fourth volume for us to get to this point though.
The artwork and palette was okay in this one.
These books are out of my comfort zone. They are weird and random. I think I like them anyway.
This review and others can originally be found on Olivia's Catastrophe: https://oliviascatastrophe.com/2019/0...
We have a character coming out in this book, and different reactions to their revelation of identity. And that does mean we are getting some LGBT+ rep. There are some homophobic comments, so be ready for that too! I appreciate how the plot is still firmly focused on the science-fiction, but these modern day relevant topics are coming up.
At long last we are finally getting some answers in this one! Finally, everything that has happened makes sense. Now I am motivated and intrigued enough to continue. It really shouldn’t have taken until the fourth volume for us to get to this point though.
The artwork and palette was okay in this one.
These books are out of my comfort zone. They are weird and random. I think I like them anyway.
This review and others can originally be found on Olivia's Catastrophe: https://oliviascatastrophe.com/2019/0...
February 24, 2018
While sometimes difficult to follow with its constantly changing cast and setting, the dynamic of chaos theory makes sense in a story of warring time travelers. Meanwhile there’s “some” character development, and bounds of coming-of-age, 2000s nostalgia, and sci-fi grandiloquence. Part of the appeal is to know where this is even going, ending on yet another cliff hanger.
July 19, 2019
Και κάπου εδώ επιτέλους ξεκινούν οι εξηγήσεις! Τα πράγματα έχουν μπλεχτεί αρκετά με τα πίσω-μπρος στο χρόνο αλλά νομίζω πως τώρα αρχίζουν να ξεμπλέκονται κάπως και να βγάζουν νόημα!
July 2, 2018
I really enjoyed this volume!
Things finally begin to make sense.
We get some explanations, and a new character which I liked and wish to read more about.
I wish I can read the next one... I HATE waiting for unfinished series. 💔
Things finally begin to make sense.
We get some explanations, and a new character which I liked and wish to read more about.
I wish I can read the next one... I HATE waiting for unfinished series. 💔
June 18, 2018
This series is getting weirder and weirder - and better and better. Though this one ends on a horrible cliffhanger xD
April 10, 2018
The girls are back!
I love the time travel and the Y2K storyline. It has some funny Y2K headline news quotes from 1999. If you're old enough to remember the fear back then, you'll get a kick out of the quotes. I don’t ruin it for anyone who’s planning to read this, but here’s a quote that’s more recent.
*rolling eyes*
We get to see Tiffany in the future and meet her husband, plus meet some new characters, and find out something about KJ that we already suspected from a previous volume. Mac is still my favorite with her smart ass comments. I love this series, but the graphic novels always end too quickly for me.
I love the time travel and the Y2K storyline. It has some funny Y2K headline news quotes from 1999. If you're old enough to remember the fear back then, you'll get a kick out of the quotes. I don’t ruin it for anyone who’s planning to read this, but here’s a quote that’s more recent.
”Trump Orders Government to Stop Work on Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later”
-Bloomberg Politics headline
June 15, 2017
*rolling eyes*
We get to see Tiffany in the future and meet her husband, plus meet some new characters, and find out something about KJ that we already suspected from a previous volume. Mac is still my favorite with her smart ass comments. I love this series, but the graphic novels always end too quickly for me.
February 8, 2018
I hate having to wait for issues...this is easily one of my fav comics! I can't wait for more!
April 24, 2018
This is the kind of series where you have to wait until it's done and all the trades are out to read. There's not enough plot in any one volume for you to feel satisfied or the story to make sense and Vaughan just keeps piling on characters and twists to make it feel like things are moving forward any faster than a snail's pace.
July 31, 2019
Paper Girls Volume 4 is a 2019 Hugo Awards finalist in the Best Graphic Story category.
A note about spoilers: major spoilers are included in this review about what’s happened previously in the series and what happens in this Volume. I’m not sure how long it will be before I make it to Volume 5 and don’t want to forget anything important so this is my summary. I’ve hidden pretty much everything I’ve got to say about this Volume. Regardless, if you’re not up to this Volume, please be really careful about opening anything spoilery.
When we last saw Tiffany she had arrived in Stony Stream in 2000, in a reality where Y2K actually happened, and it’s worse than anyone even imagined. While the rest of the Paper Girls are initially nowhere in sight, Tiffany is not alone.
The old-timers are also here, but quite a bit younger than they were in Volume 2 when we saw them last. Grand Father and Prioress are considering going nuclear.
Tiffany is trying to convince the police officer who wants to arrest her for looting (which she wasn’t doing. I swear!) that she’s actually from 1988 when she finally notices that they’re not alone.
Meanwhile, Erin, Mac and KJ are at the mall. A couple of looters fill them in about the millennium bug.
Pretty big, apparently. At least our girls are all in the same time right now, even if they’re not all together.
Doc from Volume 3 mentioned that the black device the girls have been carrying around was registered to
Things outside remain pretty chaotic.
Tiffany wanders off to find her parents and instead finds
I love all of the twists in this series! I got one massive surprise in this Volume when I learned
In the last Volume the bag of newspapers made a great pillow. In this Volume they prove their usefulness in another way.
I love all of this time travel and not knowing who to trust. Although a group of girls from 1988 somehow have the fate of the entire world in their hands, they’re about as clueless as I am and I adore their reactions as they attempt to navigate all the weirdness. I can’t wait to read Volume 5 so I can check out the
August 17, 2022
Well, that 4th volume started strongest of all so far. Sadly, it then slightly peetered out in dialogue that I'm not sure we needed.
The girls have been thrown into the year 2000, New Year's to be exact. We get to see future Tiffany and she's ... surprising. *lol*
But there is more going on in that year than even doomsayers tried to make you believe. Giant robots fighting each other made me get a serious Pacific Rim vibe.
And the girls finally get some more background courtesy of a comic strip writer.
I liked how we finally get to see the organisation behind the Big Bad and their leader was ... also surprising. *lol* It will be interesting to see how .
So I still don't get the hype, but like I said before: I wanna get the resolution and the volumes aren't too long so I'll keep reading.
The girls have been thrown into the year 2000, New Year's to be exact. We get to see future Tiffany and she's ... surprising. *lol*
But there is more going on in that year than even doomsayers tried to make you believe. Giant robots fighting each other made me get a serious Pacific Rim vibe.
And the girls finally get some more background courtesy of a comic strip writer.
I liked how we finally get to see the organisation behind the Big Bad and their leader was ... also surprising. *lol* It will be interesting to see how .
So I still don't get the hype, but like I said before: I wanna get the resolution and the volumes aren't too long so I'll keep reading.
December 17, 2020
Paper Girls Vol. 5 fue demasiado genial.
Este volumen en particular tiene básicamente respuestas. La historia todavía es un poco confusa, pero respuestas son respuestas.
Además, este volumen también me pareció divertido, aunque no estoy segura de la razón. Quizás sea porque es muy peculiar y hay situaciones muy inesperadas como la dos Tiff, o el esposo vampiro de Tiff, o la señora loca de los comics o las muertes repentinas.
Por otro lado, las chicas me encantan. A pesar de ser solo unas niñas, sus personalidades son tan complejas y maduras y siempre tienen una solución para todo lo raro que les sucede.
Como siempre, el arte es muy cool.
Este volumen en particular tiene básicamente respuestas. La historia todavía es un poco confusa, pero respuestas son respuestas.
Además, este volumen también me pareció divertido, aunque no estoy segura de la razón. Quizás sea porque es muy peculiar y hay situaciones muy inesperadas como la dos Tiff, o el esposo vampiro de Tiff, o la señora loca de los comics o las muertes repentinas.
Por otro lado, las chicas me encantan. A pesar de ser solo unas niñas, sus personalidades son tan complejas y maduras y siempre tienen una solución para todo lo raro que les sucede.
Como siempre, el arte es muy cool.
November 5, 2020
What is happening?
May 28, 2018
The time travel antics of four Midwestern tweens continue. The stakes keep going up, but I keep thinking, oh, isn't that nice.
February 25, 2022
3,65/5
Reread: 3.5|5
Reread: 3.5|5
December 2, 2020
3.75/5 Stars
I feel the same about this one as I felt about the previous one
The past two volumes seem to be a lot of set up for the final two volumes. They kind of suffer a bit from "Middle Book Syndrome". Still confused, but in a good way. I'm at a point where I kind of want answers now lol. Hopefully that's apparent in the next volumes.
I gotta say too, these read SOOO fast. Still a very original series!
I feel the same about this one as I felt about the previous one
The past two volumes seem to be a lot of set up for the final two volumes. They kind of suffer a bit from "Middle Book Syndrome". Still confused, but in a good way. I'm at a point where I kind of want answers now lol. Hopefully that's apparent in the next volumes.
I gotta say too, these read SOOO fast. Still a very original series!
April 12, 2018
So, I have to admit, time travel is really not my thing. What initially hooked me on this series was the badass artwork. The colors are so vibrant and it’s all just really beautiful. Love the pop culture references, too. Plus, if you’re my age or older, you probably had Erin’s fabulously 80s bangs and crimped hair. 🙋🏼♀️
I already preordered volume 5 (once 😜)!
I already preordered volume 5 (once 😜)!
April 8, 2018
Having a large break between volumes made the start a little confusing but I still love this series. The artwork, the plotlines and the characters. Great stuff.
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