Barbara A. Shapiro L'apprendista

È l'estate del 1922 e la giovane Paulien Mertens, il cuore a pezzi e duecento franchi in tasca, è in esilio a Parigi. Diseredata e ripudiata dai genitori a causa della truffa finanziaria messa in atto dal suo fidanzato George Everard, che ha condotto le Fabbriche tessili Mertens sull'orlo della bancarotta, Paulien vaga per la città chiedendosi come riuscirà a dimostrare la propria innocenza e a restituire al padre almeno una piccola parte di ciò che ha perso. Dopo aver dato un taglio ai suoi lunghi capelli e cambiato il proprio nome in Vivienne Gregsby, la giovane donna decide di sfruttare le sue competenze nel campo dell'arte per rientrare in possesso della collezione di dipinti postimpressionisti di suo padre e ottenere, così, il perdono della famiglia. Grazie alla sua intraprendenza, riceve la proposta di fare da assistente al dottor Edwin Bradley, collezionista d'arte americano con l'ambizione di creare un museo a Philadelphia..

Texas-born Barbara Lynn has long been considered one of the finest performers of the style known as Southern Soul, the gritty, traditional R&B style of singing and playing associated with artists whose careers began in the 60s and early 70s. Her career began in her late teens, when Barbara turned a poem she d written in school into #1 R&B hit, "You ll Lose A Good Thing," in the Summer of 1962, launching a career that has now spanned over five decades. Produced by Huey P. Meaux, the now-classic recording (also covered by Aretha Franklin and Freddy Fender among others) was cut for Philadelphia-based Jamie Records, for whom Barbara (a left-handed guitarist and writer of much of her own material) went on to record two albums and a number of singles, half-a-dozen of which became R&B-charted hits including 1964's "Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin)," recorded by The Rolling Stones a year later.

Bárbara y sus amigos siguen con su vida en Hisópolis, pero todo se complica para nuestra aventurera favorita.
Este número especial de Bárbara la Bárbara es el número 11 de la serie de la aventurera y sus amigos. JOS y Manuel Díaz presentan una historia en la que Bárbara reacciona, al modo de un youtuber actual, a todo lo que sucede a su alrededor. A cosas que, como siempre, son bastante surrealistas y acaban metiéndole en un buen lío.

Dragon's Domain Digital presents SANTA BARBARA: A MUSICAL PORTRAIT, featuring music composed by Joe Harnell for the soap opera series that ran on NBC daytime television from July 1984 through January 1993. The show was created by Dobson Productions and New World Television—the Dobson family was known for creating GENERAL HOSPITAL and were head writers for GUIDING LIGHT and AS THE WORLD TURNS prior to the debut of SANTA BARBARA; the show was the first TV co-production for the television arm of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures.