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Agatha Heterodyne and The Beetleburg Clank (Girl Genius) Paperback – December 3, 2013
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- Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Meet Agatha Clay, Transylvania Polygnostic University student with the drive to create and the worst luck in the world!
- This collection reprints the first volume of the Hugo Award-winning series, now in full color to match the rest of the collection.
- Print length96 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherStudio Foglio
- Publication dateDecember 3, 2013
- Reading age13 - 16 years
- Dimensions7 x 1 x 11 inches
- ISBN-109781890856502
- ISBN-13978-1890856502
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- ASIN : 1890856509
- Publisher : Studio Foglio (December 3, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 96 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781890856502
- ISBN-13 : 978-1890856502
- Reading age : 13 - 16 years
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 7 x 1 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,525,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,829 in Fantasy Graphic Novels (Books)
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PROFESSORESSA KAJA FOGLIO is the current Head of the Department of Irrefutably True History at Transylvania Polygnostic University. She first became aware of the power of Creative History while listening to the excuses of her fellow students who had failed to produce their homework. Her doctoral work brought recognition to the long hidden canis operisphagus, or "homework-eating dog" which, as we now now, infests most of our major schools and universities. She first became interested in the history of the Heterodyne family during the infamous "Nymphenberg Pudding Incident" when she was mistaken for Agatha by an angry mob of dessert chefs from whom she barely escaped. Her subsequent research has brought her the grudging acclaim and jealous rivalry of many of her academic colleagues. She enjoys airship racing, Hyrulian Electro-Mechanical Shadow Puppetry and illustrated novels.
PROFESSOR PHIL FOGLIO spends most of his time in the field, collecting legends, folk songs, anecdotes and gossip relating to Sparks and their effects on village society and "folk science". This is a bit odd, as he was originally hired by Transylvania Polygnostic University to teach Modern Dance. He first became interested in Heterodyne stories while doing research on simple automatons and was actually present when the Lady Heterodyne unleashed her "Battle Circus" upon Baron Klaus Wulfenbach. Through subsequent research, bribery, and rampant speculation, the professor has managed to fill in a great many of the narrative gaps in the early life of Agatha Heterodyne. He enjoys botany, mechanical illustration, entomology and -in moderation- modern dance.
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The story clearly introduces the main characters (Agatha, Baron Wolfenbach, and his son, Gilgamesh) through dialogue and action. It sets up a clear, distinct world, where clockwork technology feels right at home alongside nineteenth century society. And the art is expressive and detailed while still telling the story clearly.
A hallmark of Phil Foglio's work is his humor, and that's very much to the fore in this story. However, he maintains a balance between the humor and the suspense, and that's what makes this series such a compelling read for me.
Highly recommended!
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Der Prolog einer Geschichte hat folgende Aufgaben zu erfüllen: Einige der wichtigsten Figuren vorstellen, die Welt einführen und mit kleinen Andeutungen Lust auf mehr machen.
Girl Genius: Agatha Heterodyne and The Bettleburg Clank schafft alle drei Punkte perfekt.
Die Gaslamp-Fantasy-Welt mit ihren Steampunk-Robotern und (Jäger-)Monstern ist gut und detailliert illustriert. Die Heterodyne-Boys, als Helden der vergangenen Generation, werden kurz angesprochen. Drei der Hauptfiguren - Agatha Clay, Gilgamesh Wolfenbach und Baron Klaus Wolfenbach - werden wunderbar eingeführt. Auch ein paar Nebenfiguren wie Molloch von Zinzer oder Punch und Judy sind schon zu sehen, ohne zuviel Raum einzunehmen. Es sind alles Charaktere deren Tiefe gut angedeutet wird um sie später weiter auszubauen.
Einige kleine und große Geheimnisse werden angedeutet: Der Hauptteil des Prologs ist in Sepia-Farben gehalten, wenn Agatha aber wütend wird, kehren die Farben kurzzeitig in die Welt. Der Riss in der Luft mit dem die ganze Geschichte los geht und erst 14 Bände später aufgeklärt wird.
Es lohnt sich noch einmal von vorne zu lesen wenn man die spätere Geschichte kennt, denn so entdeckt man kleine Details die einem bisher nicht aufgefallen sind, aber später wichtig werden.
Als Bonus gibt es eine kurze eigenständige Geschichte mit Agatha und Krosp am Ende, in voller Farbenpracht.
Girl Genius fängt in diesem Band sehr gut an und wird später immer besser. Klare Empfehlung an alle die dem englischen Wort mächtig sind, denn trotz des Erfolges (3 Hugo Awards) gibt es bisher leider noch keine deutsche Übersetzung. Carlsen/Egmont/altraverse bewegt doch endlich mal eure Hintern und sichert euch die Rechte zu einer der besten Comic-Serien die es gibt.









