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Girl Genius, Vol. 2: Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City (Girl Genius #2)
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. B...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
December 1st 2004
by Studio Foglio
(first published 2001)
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After Dr. Beetle is blown up and Agatha loses her place as a student, she awakens to find herself aboard the airship of the tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach. Being a hostage of the Baron makes her no safer than when she was on the ground, apparently, as she runs afoul of a snooty princess, the dreaded construct Von Pinn, possessed beings known as revenants, a hideous extradimensional intelligence from another world, the bombastic self-aggrandizing Othar Tryggvassen and Jägermonsters who find her cu...more
My local library is awesome. It (or at least the county library system) has this series, all sorts of other comics and manga, and even Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog on DVD.
I reviewed Volume 1 not long ago. I think Volume 2 is where this series really gets going. I love airships, too. The sheer amount of stuff happening and things to see and people to meet -- it's skillfully handled, never too overwhelming, but the art (especially in color) is amazing.
The end of the book has a fun bonus story th...more
I reviewed Volume 1 not long ago. I think Volume 2 is where this series really gets going. I love airships, too. The sheer amount of stuff happening and things to see and people to meet -- it's skillfully handled, never too overwhelming, but the art (especially in color) is amazing.
The end of the book has a fun bonus story th...more
Volume two of the ongoing webcomic Girl Genius, this volume introduces us to the giant airship Castle Wulfenbach and a whole bunch of new characters as Agatha tries to understand this new world that she's been forcibly introduced to.
I've been reading Girl Genius for a while now but it's nice to go back and start again, and read it in a much more compressed format, rather than three pages a week. It makes it much easier to follow the story and remember the characters, not to mention flick back if...more
I've been reading Girl Genius for a while now but it's nice to go back and start again, and read it in a much more compressed format, rather than three pages a week. It makes it much easier to follow the story and remember the characters, not to mention flick back if...more
THE BONUS STORY ON THIS VOLUME WAS SO RAD. It's like they tailored it exactly to my tastes: smirky badass lady knight defeating evil through the power of cleverness and King Arthur? Yes sir, I will gladly take more. I think this volume overall's a 4 but I need a minute to consider whether I want to upgrade it half a star. It's only three pages but King Arthur and lady knights! The difficult choices I am forced to ponder.
While I ponder that let me tell you about this volume! I liked it a bit more...more
While I ponder that let me tell you about this volume! I liked it a bit more...more
The drawings in this book are much better, much more realistic, than the ones in the previous book from this series. The story has a little more depth, too. I'm more interested in seeing what happens next. I'll definitely read the next book in the series because I already have it in hand, but I'm not sure I'll keep on after that. There are some really funny parts, but not quite enough to really keep me picking these up.
Okay this will not be much of a review because this one really doesn't need it but I LOVE Gil! He is charming, witty, and clever. Oh and he likes my girl Agatha, what more does he need? This series continues to entertain and I will continue to read them. Again printed is much better than online.
Jun 25, 2011
Ted
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Steampunk fans
Shelves:
graphic-novels,
steampunk
This series keeps getting better and better. I'm really enjoying the steampunk stuff, and Agatha's personality and attitude towards other characters.
The only problem I have is that I occasionally have to re-read the dialogs from the Jagerkin (the goblin / monster looking guys) - az they telk lik diz.
I will definitely continue reading this great series.
The only problem I have is that I occasionally have to re-read the dialogs from the Jagerkin (the goblin / monster looking guys) - az they telk lik diz.
I will definitely continue reading this great series.
Fabulous series, this second volume gets one less star than the first purely because of the gratuitous scenes of Agatha in her bloomers and the odd way her bosom seems to expand in that state of undress (snigger).
Great plot, lots of humour, action and "Romance!"
Great plot, lots of humour, action and "Romance!"
Not as vivid, nor as humorous, as the original comic. I wish there had been some more new material (there probably is some, but I felt like I was just rereading the original), and any fiction author who uses the phrase "on a daily basis" should be fined.
In the second book in the Girl Genius series, we receive a closer look into the workings of Baron Wulfenstein's empire; Agatha and Gilgamesh, the Baron's only son, become better acquainted; and, at the end, we meet an unlikely character who yet is destined to play a central role in Agatha's life story. Book 2 also includes a classic Heterodyne Bros. tale, The Heterodyne Boys and the Dragon King of Mars.
The artwork changes remarkably with the transition to color. I think I like the new color art...more
The artwork changes remarkably with the transition to color. I think I like the new color art...more
The second volume in the comic series. I really enjoy the series and I think this volume really does a good job introducing more of the setting and one of the series main antagonists.
Loved it. But I read the webcomic as well, so I am definitely a fan. Unsurprisingly, this book is Awesome if you get it from Audible.com. The girl they have doing the voice is amazing.
This volume was really tight but not suffocating. I liked the fact that they kept it to just a few specific locations within a slightly larger base area. What could have been a little overly-limited was just very very focused.
Story-wise, the Girl Genius world delivers fun and drama in a fantastic ratio as usual. I can't get enough of Agatha and her cohorts. Looking forward to more clanks!
Story-wise, the Girl Genius world delivers fun and drama in a fantastic ratio as usual. I can't get enough of Agatha and her cohorts. Looking forward to more clanks!
A good romping adventure, though I sometimes found the graphics a bit distracting. Not exactly my favoured style of illustration, but they definitely fit the energy of the story.
very, very good series. A bit funny, a lot of just fun images. There's definitely a larger story that is just beginning. Hard to stop reading hte series
Book picks up and adds some new twist. One can start to piece together mystery and story flows much better. I doubt there will ever be an ending to this comic.
Take
A base-stock of Steam Punk
1 scoop of Drama
2 handfuls of Romance
1 dash of mystery
Add silliness to taste
Blend.
And enjoy!
A base-stock of Steam Punk
1 scoop of Drama
2 handfuls of Romance
1 dash of mystery
Add silliness to taste
Blend.
And enjoy!
It's getting better. Color is a big plus from the first volume.
Too many characters are introduced, I look forward to see them interact.
Too many characters are introduced, I look forward to see them interact.
Full of intelligence, humor, mad science, characters you truly care about, and Girls Who Do Things. A must-read for graphic novel lovers.
A potentially interesting strong female character once again ruined by a perceived need to be cartoonishly well endowed and inexplicably running around in underwear.
and so the plot thickens! unfortunately there's a bit of a spoiler in the title, isn't there? quite a shame.
The re-colored art in volume one was prettier, but still very good here too.
Wonderful. Imaginative. Very funny.
Webcomic ^_^
Fantastic I LOVE this series!! Very entertaining!
Continuing where Agatha left off in the previous volume, it's just as engaging as the previous, if not more due to the drastic change in color and graphics. Love it.
I am really enjoying these graphic novels. In vol. 2, Agatha is taken hostage by the baron. He believes the man she was with at the end of vol. 1 is the spark and brings her along as his assistant. Much of vol. 2 is spent with Agatha getting used to her new surroundings and hashing it out with Von Zinzer. She also seems to spend a lot of time waking up in public places in nothing but her underwear.
Wonderful, entertaining graphic novel.
Wonderful, entertaining graphic novel.
This series is progressively getting better.
Originally published online as a Web comic (where it can be found at www.girlgeniusonline.com), this series follows the exploits of a young woman, Agatha, who discovers she is the lost heir to a long-feared dynasty. Instead of a terribly serious version of this tale, the author/artist stick to humor over horrors. Still friends and enemies die, leaving their mark on Agatha as she grows to understand who she is and what she can do.
Interesting and fun.
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A popular science fiction fan artist in the 1970s, Phil Foglio began writing and drawing cartoons and comics professionally in the 1980s. His work includes "Magic: The Gathering," "Buck Godot," and the popular series of comics and novels, "Girl Genius," cowritten by his wife, Kaja Foglio.
Awards:
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist (1977 and 1978)
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009, 2010, 2011)
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Awards:
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist (1977 and 1978)
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009, 2010, 2011)
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