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We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It's a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.

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Brian K. Vaughan
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 17
Comics Writer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Paper
Terminator
Stand
Packed
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Girl
Nostalgia
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Stories
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Girls
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