Thumbs up for Girl Genius Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
Page for page, the Girl Genius series may have brought me the most sheer pleasure I have experienced in the steampunk vein. How can you go wrong with a series featuring an underestimated mad scientist heroine with a mysterious heritage? Well, you could (this much has been proved by my other reading) but in the Foglios’ hands, you won’t. The comics are clever, hilarious, fast-paced, just convoluted enough to keep things interesting, and they only get better as they go along. Best of all, you can read them online for free. Why not start now?
“I do so mistrust it when ‘impossible’ is one’s initial reaction to an idea.”
—from Girl Genius Volume VI, “Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobyte”
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