Comments on: Sky Doll (Marvel)

By: alex koko

alex koko — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:52:02 +0000

Fantastic issue. Was worrying about the reduced size of art but as I have the Italian HC editions there is hardly any problem in reading viewing the Marvel edition.

Cant wait for the rest of Marvel/Soleil books to come out as it is something different and refreshing.

I have the HC sketchbook also showing preliminary and fully penciled pages and I hope that Marvel also prints it too, or at least they include it in the collected Sky Doll HC book when it comes out.

9 out of 10 stars

By: oakling

oakling — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:42:48 +0000

now do a post comparing the original art from the Buffy comics and the current, crappy art! :-D

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:52:36 +0000

Thanks for explaining it.

Just got the USA edition as a present from my coworkers and … it’s so small (physically); I thought they printed it in harcover and big! Just goes to show how human brain makes assumptions I guess. Nonetheless, the art still looks amazing and the atmosphere is totally charming.

And in case Barbucci’s sketchbook gets published in USA and you decide to cover it here… I definitely won’t ask why the “inappropriate for kids” since it was deemed to much even for Italian sites that published the previews (they had to cut it a bit) XD

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:46:09 +0000

By “inappropriate for children” I generally mean violent (which Sky Doll is not), sexually suggestive or using nudity in a sexual way rather than in the context of “artistic nudity” (and don’t ask me to define “artistic nudity”, I don’t know how).

Usually, I mean the label as a notice that parents should judge the material to decide if it’s appropriate for their own children. It’s not meant to be a judgment so much as a courtesy.

I believe that Barbara Canepa does most of her color art in watercolor. But I’ll see if I can find out if she used any digital compositing in Sky Doll.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:34:36 +0000

Just out of curiousity, what exactly is “inappropriate for children”? Not trying to be a prick or anything (in case I get an answer all I’ll say is “thanks for explaining it”), just honestly asking since I read the first two albums when they were published in Italian and can’t remember absolutely anyhing of that kind (maybe the US verison has some stuff added).

I haven’t had the time to check the authors’ blog, but I remember reading some interviews with them a few years ago and Canepa claims it’s all painted with real materials / without Photoshop (although some of the scenes look like they’re constructed on a comp, for example when they reach the cuboid building with texture in the 2nd volume). Just thought to mention it as a curiosity.