This was cute! I would have loved it as a child. Barbie is great. I loved the graphics. Really glad I gave this a chance.

Everything you would hope for in a Barbie graphic novel. Sharp,bright and uncluttered pictures with appropriate and empathetic dialogue between friends. Recommended.

I hope the graphics are not as blurry in the official release.

Young girls often struggle with confidence. This book is a fun way to address the issue, especially with a character that girls have fun with.

Barbie and her friends Whitney and Liz are fashion designers on tour with Christine and her band.
But Barbie seems to be nervous, she has a Designer's Block!
Barbie's friends continuously try to cheer her up, she feels better.
During the rehearsal, Drea, the drummer, gets it all wrong.
Barbie and friends cheer Drea and in doing so Barbie finds her own confidence.
A complete Barbie and Friends books. Where Best friends help you reach your Big Dreams!
For all the Barbie fans! This book is written in a comic style and it turns out good.

In this vibrant graphic novel, Barbie along with her best friends Whitney and Liz, is designing the clothing and outfits for a rock chic singer and her band.

The drummer for the band, Drea, suffers a crisis of confidence and doubts whether she will be able to perform good enough to deserve her place in the band.

The book is great for the young fans of Barbie and introducing young children to graphic novels and entice them into reading if they perhaps don't already with the key focus being around friendship and helping others a great message for kids.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I spotted a second Barbie comic on Netgalley, and just had to grab it. I quite liked the previous comic (with the puppies), so I was hoping this one would also be fun.

Right from the bat I am giving -1.5 stars for the images. I will just say this: It needs more JPEG (sorry, I just have to use that reference/meme). My gosh, the pictures are grainy as hell, but the text bubbles above it are crystal clear. Most of the times I couldn't even see what was going on it was that blurry/grainy. I do hope that this won't happen in the final edition (or the paperback), because otherwise I wish the publisher good luck. :|

I was pretty much stunned that until Drea bumped against Barbie, no one thought to help the girl with her stage fright. :| They just let her simmer, and just made some remarks about it, but then just left her alone. Whut? I am glad that these girls bumped against each other (even if it was a bit of a big coincidence and a bit too convenient for the plot). As not only did it help our drummer girl, but it also helped Barbie.

Really, what was up with that outfit? Do they want the girl to look like an oversized turkey? And they let her go outside in that? Did they really think that would go so well? *sighs*

The ending (how everything was solved) was a bit too magical and POOF for me. One moment Drea is quitting, packing her bags, Barbie is still without an idea, and then there it is. Done. Fixed. Yay. :|

So yeah, I am disappointed in this one. It sounded quite good, it had all the right elements for me (bands, touring, designing), but it just didn't work out.