Paper Girls picks up the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intense time war and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths. As they travel between our present, the past, and the future, the girls must choose to embrace or reject their fate, as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.

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Based on Eisner Award-winning comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls stars Sofia Rosinsky as Mac Coyle, Camryn Jones as Tiffany Quilkin, Riley Lai Nelet as Erin Tieng, and Fina Strazza as KJ Brandman – the four main characters at the center of the series. The likes of Ali Wong and Nate Corddry will feature in supporting roles.

Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4, Thor: Ragnarok) has written the Paper Girls adaptation for Prime Video, and has previously declared her love for the source material and the streaming service’s aspirations for the series. “As huge fans of what Brian and Cliff created in Paper Girls, we couldn’t be more excited by the opportunity to bring this incredible adventure to life,” Fulsom said of the project in a statement when the adaptation was first announced. “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 make Paper Girls unlike anything else currently on TV.”

Paper Girls is Sure to Draw Comparisons to Netflix Series Stranger Things

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Beginning in 2015, Paper Girls was published by Image Comics and received widespread acclaim from critics throughout its run, which ended in 2019 after 30 issues. Featuring a cast of adolescent characters who find themselves at the center of a science fiction mystery, Paper Girls is sure to quickly draw comparisons with the hugely successful Netflix show, Stranger Things.

Full to the brim with mind-bending mysteries, alternate realities, and gang camaraderie, the similarities between Paper Girls and Stranger Things are obvious and no doubt Prime Video is hoping to match the same level of success with this comic book adaptation. Certainly, all of the ingredients are there for Paper Girls to lure in the same fanbase who flock to Stranger Things.