Comments on: Alessandro Barbucci & Barbara Canepa

By: TrisJ

TrisJ — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:47:14 +0000

The 4th book is supposedly going to be called ‘Sudra.’ No word yet as to when it will be released.

The wikipedia page is okay for the series.

Thanks for writing about this. I too discovered the series in ‘Heavy Metal.’ I have Sky Doll 0, which is great. I’ll be happy when the next book comes out.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:01:26 +0000

Thank you for the comment and the information, Barbara. We will be watching for the release of the Marvel Edition of Sky Doll, and I'll try to mention it here when it's published. I'll also be watching for your other new projects, and I have added your new blog to the lines and colors blogroll.

By: Barbara Canepa

Barbara Canepa — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:54:35 +0000

Thanks so much for the compliments…^____^

Here, for all who are who are interested, are my news updates and information on many new projects beyond Sky Doll: http://canepabarbara.blogspot.com/

SKY DOLL will soon be published by Marvel in the USA, in spring 2008.
If you want to keep yourselves up to date, here’s the Newsrama website.

By: Emilie

Emilie — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:10:20 +0000

Bloody hell! I love this new Sky Doll series to death. It has a very interesting plot and I will be truly peeved if the story doesn’t continue. Question,…could someone post it on this message board as soon as the new continuation is out? I’d be ever so grateful.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:33:38 +0000

Portia,

As far as I know that’s the story to date. You and I are not the only ones waiting for the next story. Hopefully, Barbucci and Canepa will not be too busy with their other projects to continue Sky-Doll soon. Sky-Doll 3 was recently serialized in Lanfeust and I just got a subscription to Lanfeust for my birthday this year, so you can bet I’ll have my eye out for any sign of Sky-Doll 4.

By: Portia

Portia — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:07:04 +0000

I baught the heavy metal with the sky doll series 2 days ago, that’s why i’m online looking for more. Are you sure there aren’t any more, cause it can’t just end with them running away…

By: AJ barroso

AJ barroso — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:47:15 +0000

Um, hey, I picked up the Heavy metal with the sky doll series, and once again Heavy Metal pulls through with great stuff and sky doll was no exeption – it was realy cool. But am I missing something here? Is this all? Are there other issues? They have built up situations and charicters and alluded to the relationship between charicters here and it just ambiguouslessly ends. I just found my self asking what the hell are these people talking about throuhout the story. It was just like walking into a movie a half hour late and leaving a half hour late. I mean I know different cultures do things different ways. I guess that I’m just used to stories coming full circle. So if some one can tell me if there is more to this story or can they explain it to me – because apparently there are some subtleties i’m missing here. I’m just not geting it.

By: Davor Konfic

Davor Konfic — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:39:58 +0000

Thanks for the info on the Forbidden Planet. If I ever go to New York (oh God, pleeeeeease!) I’ll look it up.
Better start saving, right? :)

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:31:48 +0000

Davor, Thanks for your comments and your experiences with comic shops in Dublin. I always enjoy hearing about shops in other places. I think the Forbidden Planet store you mention is part of a chain of UK shops by that name. There is also a large comics store in New York by that name (at Broadway and 13th), but I don't know if there's any connection.

By: Davor Konfic

Davor Konfic — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:33:15 +0000

Hi!
First of all, GREAT SITE! It was quite a discovery for me. Second, Barbucci and Canepa are awesome. I first noticed them on the net some years back, and later in a comics shop in Zagreb (I’m from Croatia, btw). It was actualy a serbian translation, semi-softcover and reasonably cheap so I grabed it right away. Wasn’t disapointed:) The art is fantastic and I don’t think “slightly cartoony” is the right way to go describing it. It’s cartoony all the way.
I usualy don’t pay much attention to who colored a comic, but I do pay attention to the coloring itself. It’s a very bad habbit which I hope to kick very soon. Canepa is donig her part of the job amazingly – they make a great team. Could you please write something about the technic she’s using. I’d realy like to learn more.
Concerning the other topic – comic book shops around the world – usualy when I travel to other countries and cities, the first thing I look for is a comics shop. I was in Dublin a couple of years back and came across (it wasn’t very easy) two wonderful (although very unsimilar between the two of them) shops. The first one was a small and crowded shop filled from top to bottom with comics and graphic novels of every size and form, and most of all every age. I’m serious, I wouldn’t be surprised if I had found the first comic ever published in there. Unfortunatly, my time was very limited (it was half an hour before closing time) and most of the comics were tightly packed inside cardboard boxes – you could freely brosw them but it was a very delicate and slow proces. The only ones I could realy have a look at were the newest ones and they were placed on the shelves. The owner was a pretty decent guy (all Irish are like that actualy – very friendly) so he stayed another 15 or so minutes so I could enjoy the comics even though he knew I wasn’t going to buy anything. I can’t remeber the name of the place, I’m sorry.
The other shop was a completly different story. It’s an enormous shop with a ground floor, which was mostly filled with various action figures and dolls from comics and movies (probably everything there is from Lord of the Rings), and a basement which was full of comics of all kinds, but neatly placed on shelves so I could browse more easily. I bought two SpiderMan comics by Humberto Ramos (recomendation – check him out!). The place is called “Forbidden Planet” and is located on the southern bank of the river Liffey (I think it’s spelled so). Can’t miss it. Happy hunting.
Blacksad is also a fantastic graphic novel, and yes, there is a second book translated to english and a Making-of book as well.
Once again – the site is incredible! Keep Going!