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"Mad Scientists rule the world. Badly."

A Web Comic (originally a print series) by Phil and Kaja Foglio, which has become one of the classics of the Steam Punk Gaslamp Fantasy genre.

The titular character of the story is Miss Agatha Heterodyne, who begins as a young apprentice to a type of Mad Scientist known to the world as a "Spark".

Can be found at the Studio Foglio website, accessible through this elegant and finely-crafted link.

Girl Genius WILL ALWAYS update every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, usually around midnight.

Given a Hugo Award in August 2009.
Talk about the comic in our discussion forum for ''Girl Genius''. A character sheet can be found here.

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