As I was starting to watch the Paper Girls series on Amazon, I realized I did not remember it very well.
In between the second or third episode and the next, I decided to fix that.
Paper Girls
Written by: Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrated by Cliff Chiang,
Colorist:Matt Wilson,
Letterer and designer: Jared K. Fletcher,
Color flatter: Dee Cunniffe
Image Comics.
The version I read was borrowed through the very excellent Hoopla app, through it's affiliation with my local public library system. If you don't know it, Paper Girls is the story of 4 newspaper delivery girls that get caught up in a generational time war. They get sucked into it inadvertantly. There is humor and well written characters with good arcs. There is real emotion in it as well. Possibly even better than Vaughn's excellent character writing is Cliff Chiang's art. It is beautiful as usual, and really brings the characters to life. Wilson's colors very much contribute to the story, as well.
Paper Girls, the tv Series, Is basically the same story, told differently in parts. Some new things are added, some old things removed, things happen to different characters, and even so, the feeling and essence and direction of the storey, are so similar it doesn't stick out at you. The Actors playing the Girls when they are young are all great, and look nearly exactly like Chiang's art in the comic. They all convey a full range of emotions and are very believable in their roles. Ali Wong plays the grown-up version of Erin, and deserves an emmy for her performonce. Jason Mantzoukas Embodies the character he plys (GrandFather) so well, it's like he stepped off the page.
This isn't a big review or anything, just a solid endorsement for both versions of this story.I strongly suggest you take in both versions
