I enjoyed reading the first Girl Genius volume and so picked this one up. A great deal had happened since the first volume, not surprisingly, but I was able to enjoy the full colour steampunk silliness of Agatha Heterodyne's world. I look forward to catching up on the intermediate and subsequent volumes. ( )

In dit zesde deel van de webcomic Girl Genius wordt heel wat van de achtergronden van Agatha prijs gegeven waar ze zelf ook geen enkele weet van had. Je ziet haar tijdens deze avonturen groeien en groeien. Zulke persoonlijke ontwikkelingen zie je niet vaak in stripboeken.

De tekeningen lijken wat scherper te zijn geworden. Meer ingevulde plaatjes, meer details en zelfs wat meer heldere kleuren.

Het aantal personages duizelt mij wel eens maar de schrijvers weten goed sommige karakters opnieuw te introduceren door ze met andere partijen kennis te laten maken. Handig voor geheugenmanken zoals ik. Het voelt natuurlijk aan en als lezer weet je zeker dat je nog helemaal bij de les bent (of je bent er weer bijgehaald).

De humor vond ik in dit deel ook sterker dan in de eerdere delen. De personages zijn voor een groot deel twee dimensionaal en daar wordt door de scheppers handig gebruik van gemaakt. Soms is de humor wat voorspelbaar maar dat neem ik graag op de koop toe voor het rijke pallet aan creaturen in dit spannende avontuur.

Met dit deel is niet alleen Agatha Heterodyne gegroeid maar de hele strip zelf ook. Altijd spannend of de makers dit ook in de volgende delen vol gaan houden. ( )

This is the sixth TP in the Girl Genius series. I continues to really enjoy this series. It’s been a lot of fun to read and always has me laughing out loud. I really enjoy the complex story and the crazy cast of characters. Just FYI this review may contain spoilers if you haven’t read the previous books in the series.

Agatha has been possessed by the evil Lucrezia who is responsible for the Long War. Agatha is trying to fight the possession, but it is a losing battle. Meanwhile the Wulfenbachs have found out that Agatha is still alive and come to apprehend her. It’s a crazy mix-up because we don’t know who is loyal to Agatha and who is loyal to Lucrezia. People are also confused about the fact that Agatha is not actually Agatha. While all of this craziness ensues, Agatha’s friends from the Circus are trying to break into the castle to rescue her.

These are getting harder and harder to review. There is a huge cast of characters and the story has gotten increasingly complicated. The book switches between 3-4 different groups of characters and storylines. Still, it was never hard to follow and the story is incredibly interesting.

I continue to enjoy the large cast of very quirky characters. Agatha still features in the story a lot. We learn a lot in this volume about how Agatha can use her voice to control things. We also get to see her do a lot of inventing and finally found out what all those Klanks she made are going to be used for.

Krosp, the Emperor of Cats, continues to be the character that cracks me up the most. That being said all of the characters are highly entertaining.

The drawings are well done, they very brightly colored and they do an excellent job of showing action and character emotion. I was never confused by what was going on, the illustration really does add a lot of the story.

There a funny short at the end of the book where Agatha has to solve a mystery involving her socks. The whole thing is very tongue in cheek and funny.

Overall another wonderful installment in the Girl Genius series. The plot is masterfully done and I continue to enjoy all of the action, adventure, intrigue, steampunk elements and quirky characters. Highly recommended, especially if you are a fan of steampunk/humor graphic novels. ( )

This is the 6th book in the Girl Genius series. Agatha has been possessed by her mother, both are fighting to take control of her body. Agatha's friends from the circus are trying to save her. The Baron discovers where she is and deploys the whole fleet to capture her. An incredibly fun story with action, laughs and a bit of seriousness thrown in. This is also one of the longer books in the series.

Girl Genius is a web comic about a mad scientists who seem to be able to break the laws of physics, and it all happens in a gaslight/steampunkish universe. Great art, great story and lots of fun. ( )

Love Girl Genius - I've been reading them online for quite a while, finally got the books (some of them - there's a couple volumes out that I don't have yet). The story flows nicely between volumes, but I think I can distinguish between them (as I can't for some, like Modesty Blaise). Again, rich. The rescue, and Agatha changing - and finding out, again, more about herself. Her locket finally shows up again, too, just in time. And some great scenes in the middle - the oubliette, and a lot of the Jagerkin's dialog and the responses thereto ('I can honestly say I've never heard that before!'). Tarvek switching in all directions. And did the device malfunction or did he change it or did she - no, that would make no sense...unless the Other did it...puzzle. Lovely. Now I want the rest - need to go read it online until I can afford to buy the rest of the books. girlgenius.com - go see! Unfortunately the book itself is falling apart - a lot of pages are loose now, on the second reading. Annoying. ( )