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Line 1: {{work}}{{outdated}}<!-- Four novels, not two, as of 2020. What else is wrong? --> ~~{{work}}~~ [[File:~~AgathaGirlGenius3_8~~AgathaGirlGenius3 8.jpg\|link=For Science!\|frame\|Our Heroine.]] {{quote\|''"People keep giving me ''rings'' -- but I think a small ''[[Death Ray]]'' might be more ''practical''."''\|'''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20051028 Agatha]'''}}▼ [[In a World]] where the Industrial Revolution has turned into all-out war, Mad Scientists rule the world. Badly. ▲{{quote\|''"People keep giving me ''rings'' -- but I think a small ''[[Death Ray]]'' might be more ''practical''."''\|'''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051028 Agatha]'''}} '''''Girl Genius''''' is a [[Web Comic]] (that was originally a print series), and is authored by [[Phil Foglio\|Phil]] and [[Kaja Foglio]]. It first began in November 2002, [[~~Phil~~Webcomics ~~Foglio~~Long Runners\|~~Foglio~~was still running as of August 2021]], ~~which~~and has become one of the classics of the [[Steampunk]] (genre, though the comic is called [[Insistent Terminology\|Gaslamp]] [[Gaslamp Fantasy\|Fantasy]] by the creators~~) genre~~.▼ ~~''Mad Scientists rule the world. Badly.''~~ The title character of the story is Miss Agatha Clay ( {{spoiler\|Heterodyne}}), who begins as a young apprentice to a type of [[Mad Scientist]] known to the world as a "Spark". Her adventures span ~~almost~~over 1516 volumes so far. There are also novelizations of the comic's first two major arcs, called ''[[Agatha H and The Airship City]]'' and ''[[Agatha H and The Clockwork Princess]]'' respectively. A ''[[GURPS]]'' adaptation has been licensed, and after years of being stuck in [[Development Hell]] was finally released in early 2022.▼ ▲'''''Girl Genius''''' is a [[Web Comic]] (originally a print series) by [[Phil Foglio\|Phil]] and Kaja [[Phil Foglio\|Foglio]], which has become one of the classics of the [[Steampunk]] (called [[Insistent Terminology\|Gaslamp]] [[Gaslamp Fantasy\|Fantasy]] by the creators) genre. ~~Was~~''Girl ~~also~~Genius'' was the winner of [[wikipedia:Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story\|the Graphic Story Hugo Award]] for the first three years ~~running~~it was awarded (2009-2011). They took themselves out of the running for 2012 so that somebody else could win the award and show that it was a viable category.▼ ▲The title character of the story is Miss Agatha Clay ( {{spoiler\|Heterodyne}}), who begins as a young apprentice to a type of [[Mad Scientist]] known to the world as a "Spark". Her adventures span almost 15 volumes so far. ~~Can~~''Girl Genius'' can be found at the Studio Foglio website, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ accessible through this elegant and finely-crafted link]. An archive of the comics that were online as of May 4, 2016 can be found at the Library of Congress - [https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0009970/ accessible through ''this'' elegant and finely-crafted link]. Please note [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/info/newreader.php here],: "We recommend Girl Genius for an audience of teens and up". ▲Was also the winner of [[wikipedia:Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story\|the Graphic Story Hugo Award]] for three years running (2009-2011). Look over the ''Girl Genius'' [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Characters\|character sheet]], or talk about the comic in [~~http~~https://~~tvtropes~~allthetropes.org/~~pmwiki~~wiki/~~posts~~Forum:Webcomics#Girl_Genius_Discussion.~~php?discussion=0000000000000000000002oy&page=1~~.._353 our discussion ~~forum~~thread] for ''Girl Genius''.▼ There are also novelizations of the comic's first two major arcs, called ''[[Agatha H and The Airship City (Literature)\|Agatha H and The Airship City]]'' and ''[[Agatha H and The Clockwork Princess (Literature)\|Agatha H and The Clockwork Princess]]'' respectively. A ''[[GURPS (Tabletop Game)\|GURPS]]'' adaptation is in the works, but seems to have descended into [[Development Hell]]. ''Girl Genius'' follows [[The Wiki Rule]], of course; [http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Girl_Genius_Wiki their wiki is on Wikia.] ▲Look over the ''Girl Genius'' [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Characters\|character sheet]], or talk about the comic in [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=0000000000000000000002oy&page=1 our discussion forum] for ''Girl Genius''. ---- {{tropenamer}} ~~=== ''Girl Genius'' provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] * [[Gentleman Adventurer]] * [[The Madness Place]] * [[The Spark of Genius]] * [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]] {{tropelist}} * [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Tropes A-E\|Tropes A-E]]▼ * [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Tropes F-J\|Tropes F-J]]▼ * [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Tropes K-O\|Tropes K-O]]▼ * [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Tropes P-T\|Tropes P-T]]▼ * [[Girl Genius ~~(Webcomic)~~/Tropes U-Z\|Tropes U-Z]]▼ ▲* [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Tropes A-E\|Tropes A-E]] ▲* [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Tropes F-J\|Tropes F-J]] ▲* [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Tropes K-O\|Tropes K-O]] ▲* [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Tropes P-T\|Tropes P-T]] ▲* [[Girl Genius (Webcomic)/Tropes U-Z\|Tropes U-Z]] {{reflist}} {{Webcomics-archived-by-LOC}} [[Category:US Canadian Comics]]▼ {{Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story}} {{Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Webcomics Long Runners]] [[Category:Trope Overdosed]] [[Category:Hugo Award]] [[Category:Sci Fi Webcomics]] [[Category:~~index~~Web Comics]] [[Category:~~Girl~~Web ~~Genius~~Comics of the 2000s]] [[Category:~~Webcomic~~Web Comics of the 2010s]] ▲[[Category:~~US Canadian~~Web Comics of the 2020s]] [[Category:Works by Phil Foglio]] [[Category:Steampunk Works]] [[Category:GURPS Settings]]