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Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite (v. 6)

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Agatha Heterodyne is the last, lost heir to the heroic Heterodyne Boys ... themselves heirs to a family of particularly powerful and cruel mad scientists (Sparks). She is also the heir to another Spark family: Lucifer Mongfish and his daughter Lucrezia. Agatha's journey to her legendary, feared ancestral home has been sidetracked, for she is now trapped between the ruling Spark of Europe (Klaus Wolfenbach), the revived spirit of Lucrezia, the pale amazons who worship Lucrezia, and various others whose loyalties are uncertain--but certainly do not include Agatha.

Agatha's friends are not idle. Master Payne's Circus of Adventure sets off to rescue her, aided by three monsters loyal to the House of Heterodyne. They are joined by a pair of plumbers. And, of course, Agatha plots to rescue herself. When plans collide, nothing goes as planned ... and the result could be disaster for Agatha, Klaus and all of Europe as plot threads are loosed upon the landscape. But for Agatha, rescue is at hand with a pie in the face and a fog that leads into a world of dreams.

This is perhaps not the place to join the story. If you don't want to begin at the beginning, then I would recommend starting with Volume 4, Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams. But do please join it. The story mixes page-by-page episodes with longer arcs that cross volumes and that apparently will span the whole series. The authors' description, "Adventure, Romance, Mad Science" is well borne out, the series is filled with humor, the characters can be counted on to each bring something to the party, and the artwork is superb. (The first volume, in black and white, was an appetizer. Volumes two and three had one color artist, volume four another, and a truly superb artist joined the Foglio's for volumes five and on.) Look for "Easter Eggs" in the backgrounds and in the dialog. In an earlier volume there is a reference to a very famous artist; in a later volume Agatha's talking cat makes a reference to Doestoyevski.

The Girl Genius series is a five-star treat.

There have been complaints of poor quality printing and binding. The Foglio's have recently announced reprints to be issued by a different and presumably better printer/binder.

The Girl Genius webcomic from which these books are derived was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story of 2008.

This edition of Girl Genius is an exquisitely well-crafted book. Includes comics from Monday, March 13, 2006 to Friday, February 23, 2007[..] with Agatha in Sturmhalten. It's bound in a kind of plush hardcover that is sturdy and comfortable to read with beautiful cover art. Colors are crisp and vibrant. Several extra drawings are included as well as "An Agatha Heterodyne 1 Minute Mystery." I would love to get the rest of the Girl Genius hardcover books (1-5) but they seem to sell out and become unavailable rather quickly.

I think that this is the best comic series running today. They just keep getting better and better. Very funny, very original, and very suspenseful. Fundamentally a steampunk fantasy, clearly anime/manga influenced, but very American in its sly sense of humor. Never predictable, the plot is involved and surprisingly sophisticated. And the art is lovely, if unapologetically cartoonish. I can't wait for the books; I'm reading each page as it comes out on the Girl Genius web site--but I still have a pre-order in for the next volume.

Girl Genius 6: Agatha Heterodyne and The Golden Trilobite is a wonderful book for children of all ages, or at least ten to *harumph* years old. In This Volume, Agatha resolves several of the dangling threads of the previous five and unleashes her bent but funny genius.

The production values are high, the binding excellent, and the print clear and readable, and the inking and coloring crisp and well balanced, letting the distinctive Foglio style shine. The writing is funny and not, I think, too reliant on knowing a lot about previous stories, although a working knowledge of #5 would help as it is a direct continuation of the plot.

Buy it and show it to your friends! Show Them ALL!

I discovered the Girl genius comics a little over a year ago and I instantly went out and bought all the books they had so I could read them whenever I wanted. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves steampunk, science, humor, or heck just anyone.

I love this comic! My only concern is that the pages aren't glued in very well.

Phil and Kaja have done it again, another incredible Girl Genius adventure! I really can't say enough about this series other than I'd recommend it to everyone I know! Sheer fun! The art is great and the hardback format a nice plus for any library. If you're into wacky science adventures and unique characters, try these books, there are now six in the series.

I love this series. It's fun and funny and doesn't take itself too seriously. Highly recommended.

It is difficult for me to express how much I love this series. Mastery of artwork, plot, humor, and any other element of the comic book medium is defined by Girl Genius. It is an absolute masterpiece.

While the artwork and story are up to Foglio's high quality the printing is not. Several pages were stuck together and ink transfered between several two page spreads. Still, the story remains interesting and the illustrations, as always, are wonderful.