Between August 19, 2025 and July 09, 2025, 30 issues of a comic book series calledPaper Girlswere released, and a television adaptation is coming to Amazon. These were written by Brian K. Vaughan, who is known for comic book series likeEx MachinaandRunaways, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, who has worked on comic books such asGreen Arrow/Black CanaryandWonder Woman, and published by Image Comics. Matt Wilson served as the colorist, Jared K. Fletcher was the letterer / designer, and Dee Cunniffe was the color flatter.
This is a story full ofmystery and science fictionthat centers around four 12-year-old girls who deliver newspapers. While making deliveries the day after Halloween, the girls become involved in a conflict between two groups of time travelers. The setting ofPaper Girlsis the fictional town of Stony Stream, Ohio, outside of Cleveland, and the main characters are named Erin, MacKenzie, KJ and Tiffany. While it is not yet known who will be playing these girls, there was a virtual casting call late last year, as stated by Comic Book Resources. No previous acting experience was required, as Vaughan wanted a cast that was mostly made up of unknown actors. The IMDb page forPaper Girlsdoes list Trinity Likins as May Coyle.
A TV show based on the comic book serieswas first mentioned in July 2019, and it was given the green light a year later. The Amazon series will be created by two studios, Legendary Television and Plan B, and it will be written by Stephany Folsom, who previously worked onToy Story 4andThor: Ragnarok.
Folsom released a statement, along withChristopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers, who will serve as the series' showrunners: “As huge fans of what Brian and Cliff created inPaper Girls, we couldn’t be more excited by the opportunity to bring this incredible adventure to life. This is a story with so much heart, and so many unique colors and dimensions - Our sincere hope is not only to do justice to the source material but to makePaper Girlsunlike anything else currently on TV.”
The award-winning comic book series has also been compared toStranger Things. Susana Polo of Polygon said, “If you’re a fan ofStranger Thingsbut wish the show handled its female characters or its queer coding or its rosy-eyed love of 1980s pop culture with a little more nuance more frequently, you’ll find a lot to like.”
As anAmazon original series,Paper Girlswill be joining the ranks of critically acclaimed shows such asThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,The BoysandThe Man in the High Castle. And without giving too much of the plot away, the comic book series does include a lot of thrills to look forward to: a time machine, an ongoing war, time travel between different centuries, future versions of characters and the question of whether or not the past can or should be changed by time travelers.
