[...] you haven’t already tried Girl Genius Volume 1 (Airship Entertainment, $22.95), the reissue of the first volume is an excellent starting point. [...]

[...] Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City follows the first volume with the addition of color. [...]

[...] Agatha Heterodyne, introduced in the first volume of this charming “gaslamp fantasy” series, encounters a brand-new group of terrific characters in this chapter, Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams. [...]

[...] While I’m on the subject of Phil Foglio, let me just give props to his other magnum opus, the Girl Genius series. Here he has created a steam-powered world where Mad Science reigns supreme. Lowly lab assistant Agatha Heterodyne discovers her hidden talents against the odds. You can read much of it online. Johanna Draper Carlson, as usual, has a useful review. It’s a fun book, full of Foglio’s trademark wackiness — you can definitely see the same lively mind that was behind Xxxenophile. This, however, will appeal to a much more general audience (although Aunt Phyllis may still find it alarming. Aunt Phyllis should stick with Garfield, perhaps). [...]