In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually worked, she seemed destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But then the University was overthrown and Agatha was taken aboard the giant airship Castle Wulfenbach - where it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.
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This review is from: Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City (Paperback)
Volume two in the continuing adventures of Agatha Clay is in color, and the coloring work is as good as it gets. It opens with Agatha awakening aboard Castle Wulfenbach, mistaken for the lover of a soldier mistaken for a Spark (think supergenius mad scientist). She finds herself thrown in with a group of hostages kept by Baron Wulfenbach to guarantee the good behavior of their families.
The Baron's son Gilgamesh discovers Agatha's true talents, about which she has no clue. As she discovers her abilities, her true origin comes to light; she is the offspring of one of the Heterodyne Boys, Sparks who rejected their evil family heritage to battle the forces of chaos. Agatha's genius makes her both feared and prized, and everyone wants a piece of the action. As she gleefully explores her Sparkhood, plots hatch and thicken and characters both gonzo and fearsome appear in droves. It keeps getting deeper, funnier, and more charming with every page. This is a brilliant, lighthearted adventure-romance. The characters are human, mechanical, animal, and/or artificial. The plot and background are deep and complicated, but loony and inventive without being silly. The artwork is marvelously detailed, and almost every frame is loaded with subtle comic touches. Girl genius is a masterpiece, and it's the most entertaining thing of ANY type that I've read lately. After fifty years of reading all sorts of comics, this is now my all-time favorite.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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There's quality and then there's Quality...,
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This review is from: Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City (Paperback)
And Girl Genius is definitely a Quality comic. Out of all the comics I've enjoyed over the years, from Marvel to Viz to Keenspot to Oni Press, this is one of my absolute favorites. The superb writing, fantastic art, and beautiful coloring all come together to form an amazing piece of work. Phil Foglio and his wife Kaja are an amazing team and everything they've done is a pleasure to read.
I recommend this one for any comics, sci-fi, steampunk, or fantasy fan. Even those who dabble. I haven't met anyone yet who didn't enjoy it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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High Adventure Meets Gut-Splitting Comedy.,
By The Mystic Eye Of The Hipster (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City (Paperback)
In a cookie-cutter world, Phil Foglio's work is a breath of fresh air, truly original. The art is a cross between a vivacious cartoon style, & Art Nouveau, certain to please, & the use of color is grand & dramatic.In this second installment of the Adventures of Agatha Heterodyne, laughter & danger intertwine as Agatha is held captive on an Airship Fortress, by mad (or perhaps very sane) Baron Wulfenbach, who is trying to conquer the world in order to save it, or vice versa. And then, there's the Jagermonsters--orc-like beings, created by Mad Science as shocktroopers/Keystone Cops. A typical conversation between two Jagermonsters-- "Minsk: Gorb. Dis iz turnink into vun of dose plans... Hyu know - de kind vere ve keel everybody dot notices dot ve's killin' people? Gorb: It is? Minsk: Uh huh. And how do dose alvays end? Gorb: De dirigible iz in flames, evryboddyz dead an' I've lost my hat. Minsk: Dot's right. Und any plan vere you lose you hat iz? Gorb: A bad plan? Minsk: RIGHT AGAIN!" This series is a great gift, for young & old alike. The Hipster gives it a Big Thumbs UP!
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