Paper Girls Volume 4
The Paper Girls series
Brian K. Vaughan, illustrations by Cliff Chiang
Image Comics
Fiction, MG? Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: The four paper girls from the 1980's have returned from the ancient past... only to end up in a nightmare version of January 2000, where the worst fears of Y2K paranoia came true in chaos, looting, and mass power outages. Separated during the journey, Tiffany discovers only she can see the reason: giant robotic fighters from the rival time traveler factions, somehow cloaked from the view of both the locals and her fellow time travelers. Meanwhile, the other three girls - Mackenzie, Erin, and KJ - find themselves in the company of a local woman who knows more than anyone in this time should about the conflict, a cartoonist who has been planting hidden clues in her syndicated strip... but is she friend or foe?
REVIEW: It's been a while since I read the first three volumes, so it took me a little bit to get back up to speed, but this was still a fun, action-filled outing in an intense and well-imagined story. Like Erin before her, Tiffany now faces her own adult self, balancing curiosity with disappointment at how childhood ambitions and dreams (not to mention best friends) seem to have been forgotten in the drudgery of growing up. KJ also finally comes out of the closet, to mixed reactions from her friends, particularly Mac. Balancing the different time threads and enemies can be a bit of a chore, but the tale nevertheless moves at a fair pace, and always forward (at least relatively, if not always temporally), so a fair bit has progressed before the cliffhanger ending. I'll be looking forward to the next volume, whenever it appears on Hoopla.
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