Paper Girls #1

Ate

3.5 out of 5 stars

1988, the day after Halloween—known also as Hell Day— and 12-year-old Erin sets out on her very early morning paper run in the sleepy little town of Stony Stream, Ohio. The morning promises the chill of autumn air and solidarity, when she encounters fellow paper girls KJ, Tiffany and Mac.

But there are a trio of shadowy figures in black robes and a sack prowling the neighbourhood; are they trick or treaters who've stayed up far past their bedtimes or…. something else?

Admittedly, I’ve wanted to read this series for a while—I’ve been a fan of Vaughn’s work since the very first issues of Saga and have read his instalments in the Runaways series. However, I’m picking the comic up officially thanks to the Amazon Prime adaption which I’ve thoroughly enjoyed so far.

The comic itself did not disappoint—the art style was gorgeous, particularly the more spacey scenes. The characters are already a delight and clearly distinct from one another in both appearance and personality. While this was quite short, that’s more due to it being a single volume edition so I don’t hold it against the volume itself—although admittedly very little happened.

I picked this up in ebook format to try it out, but I’ll definitely be purchasing physical copies of this and future editions.

I really enjoyed it!