Tough Teens and Time Travel: Why You Should Watch Paper Girls Urgently

A little nostalgia, a little paranormalDo we take the same and start over?

On paper it looks a lot like it Stranger things : Paper girls It is true that it takes place in the 80s, with resourceful teenagers glued to their bicycles, who find themselves projected into the future and involved in a war that threatens their world … but it would be very simplistic not to see inside. than a pale copy of the Duffer Brothers hit series. We explain why the small news of Amazon Prime arrived at the end of July worth more than a comparison.

Yes, why Paper girls is originally a comic, and also a very good one, scripted by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, available in French in 6 volumes published by Urban Comics. As proof of its high quality, it received the prestigious Eisner Prize in 2016.

Paper girls: four girls over time

So Paper girls, What does he say? On the night of October 31, 1988, in the boring residential suburb of Cleveland, four girls woke up at dawn to earn some money by delivering newspapers. They don’t have much in common: there is Erin, the new, shy and reserved, KJ, the sportswoman of the rich family, Tiffany, the big-mouthed nerd, and the insufferable Mac.

Their tour will be interrupted: they will be pushed into 2019 and chased by strange soldiers of yesteryear and rescued by a group of resistance fighters …

If the comics finely dug out each character, it focused primarily on the sci-fi dimension of the story and how the four heroines find themselves at the center of a conflict that goes beyond.

In this serial adaptation by Stephany Folsom, this struggle by a group of resistance fighters to save the world is none other thana pretext to explore the repercussions of time travel on these four heroines.

Each of them will have to deal with their own future, even with themselves. Everyone will have to deal with their own choices, failures, disappointments, surprises, dashed hopes. Like a farewell to innocence precipitated by four touching and resourceful little girls.

A wisely conducted confrontation, sometimes full of melancholy, but also humor as through the discovery of today’s technologies (“What is the Internet? ” they ask as they land in 2019). When we read Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s comics, the series takes some libertiesbut without ever betraying the spirit of Paper girls original and giving them great depth.

It is also thanks to its promising cast that Paper girls just touch, with four very young actresses, Sofia Rosinksy, Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet and Fina Strazza, whom we hope to see again very soon. And if the series sometimes draws a little in the rhythm or if some special effects lack a bit of subtlety, we remain in spite of everything to see them live this adventure that exceeds them and transcends them.

Another strong point of Paper girlsa hypnotic soundtrack by Bobby Krlic (the suffocating music of Noon, it was him), embellished with perfectly chosen Eighties hits. And that’s without forgetting some flawless supporting roles with comedian Ali Wong, Adina Porter and even Jason Mantsoukas.

Between Yellow jackets Where is it The savages (which unfortunately will not be renewed), the panorama of the series is finally full of stories featuring teenage girls with complex and exciting trajectories.

In short, we cannot recommend you enough Paper girlsin the form that suits you best, waiting for a second season …