Girl genius. Agatha Heterodyne & the airship city : a gaslamp fantasy with adventure, romance & mad science

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Title:

Girl genius. Agatha Heterodyne & the airship city : a gaslamp fantasy with adventure, romance & mad science

Alternate title:

Agatha Heterodyne and the airship city

Author:

Foglio, Kaja. author.

Foglio, Phil, author, artist.

McNabb, Mark, colorist.

Series:

Girl genius ;

Series Number:

Summary:

In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become 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. But then the University was overthrown, and Agatha was taken aboard the giant airship Castle Wulfenbach--where it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.

Audience:

Teens & up.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Genre:

Science fiction comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Gifted persons -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Young women -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Scientists -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

Foglio, Phil,

McNabb, Mark,

Publisher:

Airship Entertainment,

Publication Date:

2001

2002

ISBN:

9781890856304

Publication Information:

Call Number:

YA FOGLIO

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003638668	Young Adult Graphic Novels	FOGLIO	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, MadScience rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania PolygnosticUniversity, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rottenluck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually worked , she seemed destined for a lackluster career as a minor labassistant. But then the University was overthrown and Agatha was taken aboardthe giant airship Castle Wulfenbach -- where it begins to look likeshe might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.

Author Notes

Philip "Phil" Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois.

He and his wife, Kaja Foglio, won the first graphic story Hugo for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones in 2009. In 2010, the Foglios, along with colorist Cheyenne Wright, again won the graphic story Hugo, for Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm. The Foglios founded Studio Foglio and began to produce their own graphic novels in the 1990's.

(Bowker Author Biography)