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[[In a World]] where the Industrial Revolution has turned into all-out war, Mad Scientists rule the world. Badly. |
[[In a World]] where the Industrial Revolution has turned into all-out war, Mad Scientists rule the world. Badly. |
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'''''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, 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. |
'''''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, was still running as of August 2021, 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. |
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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 over 16 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, but seems to have descended into [[Development Hell]] - that book hasn't even been outlined as of November 2016, let alone written. |
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 over 16 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, but seems to have descended into [[Development Hell]] - that book hasn't even been outlined as of November 2016, let alone written. |
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''Girl Genius'' was the winner of [[wikipedia:Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story|the Graphic Story Hugo Award]] for three years |
''Girl Genius'' was the winner of [[wikipedia:Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story|the Graphic Story Hugo Award]] for the first three years 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. |
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''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". |
''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". |
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