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{{Short description|Comic book and webcomic series}}
{{for|the general term|Child prodigy}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox Webcomic <!-- Part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics]] -->
| title = Girl Genius
| image = Girlgeniuspromopic.jpg
| caption = Agatha, main character of ''Girl Genius''
| author = [[Phil Foglio|Phil]] & [[Kaja Foglio]]
| illustrator = Phil & Kaja Foglio
| url = {{URL|www.girlgeniusonline.com}}
| status = Updates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.
| began = {{Start date|2001|01}} (''Secret Blueprints, Vol. I'' preview issue)<br>February 21, 2005 (web publication)
| genre = Fantasy, humor, science fiction, steampunk, gaslamp fantasy
| ratings =
}}

'''''Girl Genius''''' is an ongoing [[comic book]] series turned [[webcomic]], written and drawn by [[Phil Foglio|Phil]] and [[Kaja Foglio]] and published by their company [[Studio Foglio]] LLC under the [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]] Airship Entertainment. The comic won the [[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story]] three times, has been nominated for a [[Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist]] and twice for [[Eisner Award]]s, and won multiple [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards|WCCA]] awards.

''Girl Genius'' has the tagline of "Adventure, Romance, Mad Science!". It follows the main character Agatha Heterodyne (introduced in 1995<ref name=IOU/>) through an alternate-history Victorian-style "[[steampunk]]" setting, although elements veer from what is usually thought of as steampunk. Kaja Foglio describes it as "[[gaslamp fantasy]]" instead to suggest its more fantastic style.

As well as the comics, the Foglios have also written four Girl Genius novels, all published by [[Night Shade Books]], and two games based on the world have been made.

==Overview==
===Setting===
The setting has been described as [[steampunk]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|last=Booth|first=John|date=2012-05-31|title=Girl Genius: Omnibus Volume One|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/05/girl-genius-omnibus-volume-one/|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Shockley|first=Cheyenne|date=July 16, 2015|title=Review: 'Girl Genius' Volume #1|url=https://fangirlnation.com/2015/07/16/review-girl-genius-volume-1/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=FangirlNation Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|last=Lawson|first=Corrina|date=2011-03-30|title=Comics Spotlight on Girl Genius|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/03/comics-spotlight-on-girl-genius/|access-date=2020-09-11|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Hogan|first=Robert|date=April 23, 2015|title=Girl Genius Review|url=http://www.overanalysing.com/web-comic-review/2015/4/23/girl-genius-review|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Over analysing|language=en-US}}</ref> with reviewers for ''Wired'' describing it as a "mosh of Victorian era, magic and emerging technology"<ref name=":2" /> and "steampunk to the core",<ref name=":4" /> but co-creator Kaja Foglio dislikes the term and instead coined the term "[[gaslamp fantasy]]" to describe the work. Kaja said in a blog post that when ''Girl Genius'' was first coming out, there was a comic called ''[[Steampunk (comics)|Steampunk]]'' and she wanted to avoid confusion. She added that "we have no punk, and we have more than just steam, [so] using a different name seemed appropriate."<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last=Foglio  |first=Kaja  |title=Dirt, Collection Vol. 5, Furniture and Gaslamp Fantasy  |date=26 April 2006
 |url=http://kajafoglio.livejournal.com/60562.html |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313103808/http://kajafoglio.livejournal.com/60562.html |archive-date=13 March 2007 |df=dmy-all 
}}
</ref> ''Girl Genius'' differs from classic steampunk in that technology is not just limited to machines but also encompasses biology such as "constructs" – biological creations which range from [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein]]-style creatures<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060308#.X2FkEGgzaUk |website=Girl Genius |access-date=16 September 2020 |date=March 8, 2006 }}</ref> to talking cats<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050202#.X2FauWgzaUk |website=Girl Genius |access-date=16 September 2020 |date=February 2, 2005}}</ref> and mouse-sized [[mammoths]].<ref name="mimmoths" group="‡">{{cite web |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041105#.X2Fd-GgzaUk |website=Girl Genius |access-date=16 September 2020 |date=November 5, 2004}}</ref>

''Girl Genius'' is set in an alternate-universe Europe<ref name=":3" /> with Industrial Revolution-like surroundings, airships, and mad scientists called Sparks.<ref name=":4" /> These Sparks, who have incredible powers of invention,<ref name=":1" /> turned the Age of Enlightenment into a full-scale war that ravaged the continent, until Baron Wulfenbach brought an uneasy peace through force.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040806#.X2FnBWgzaUk |website=Girl Genius |access-date=16 September 2020 |date=August 6, 2004 }}</ref>

=== Plot ===
''Girl Genius'' tells the story of Agatha Clay, a student and apprentice at Transylvania Polygnostic University, whose experiments never work until she encounters an electromagnetic pulse and is robbed of her locket.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> This leads her to break free of an attempt to suppress her powers as a Spark and to hide that she is the long-lost daughter of legendary figures William "Bill" Heterodyne and Lucrezia Mongfish,<ref group="‡" name="v5story"/> and thus is the last of the prestigious and dreaded House of Heterodyne.<ref group="‡" name="v8story"/> Agatha Heterodyne learns to mix scientific genius, a streak of heroism, and an obsessive possessiveness for what she considers her own in order to claim her heritage and birthright while trying to remain safe from the many European powers trying to use her for their own ends.<ref group="‡" name="v13story"/>

==Major characters==
The main and recurring characters of ''Girl Genius'' include:
*'''Agatha Heterodyne''': She was raised under the name of '''Agatha Clay''' and was kept ignorant of her true identity growing up. It is when her locket is stolen that Agatha "breaks through" as a Spark, leading her to learn that she is the last of the Heterodyne family. She spends the story trying to reclaim her family heritage and defend it from the many threats to its safety.<ref group="‡" name="v13story">{{cite book |last=Foglio |first=Kaja |author-link=Kaja Foglio |date=2014 |title=Girl Genius Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City |url=https://archive.org/details/girlgeniusvolume0000fogl/page/n7/mode/2up |location=Seattle, Washington |publisher=Airship Entertainment |page=iv |isbn=978-1-890856-60-1}}</ref><ref group="‡" name="v5story">{{cite book |last=Foglio |first=Kaja |author-link=Kaja Foglio |date=2014 |title=Agatha Heterodyne & the Clockwork Princess |url=https://archive.org/details/agathaheterodyne0000fogl_l0b7/page/n5/mode/2up |location=Seattle, Washington |publisher=Airship Entertainment |page=vi |isbn=978-1890856397}}</ref><ref group="‡" name="v8story">{{cite book |last=Foglio |first=Kaja |author-link=Kaja Foglio |date=2014 |title=Agatha Heterodyne & the Chapel of Bones |url=https://archive.org/details/agathaheterodyne0000fogl/page/n5/mode/2up |location=Seattle, Washington |publisher=Airship Entertainment |page=vi |isbn=978-1890856472}}</ref>
*'''The Heterodyne Boys''': Two legendary brothers and heroes, Bill and Barry Heterodyne, who are Agatha's father and uncle respectively. Bill's wife Lucrezia Mongfish went missing one day, prompting the Heterodyne Boys to fight in a war from which they became missing in action.<ref group="‡">{{cite book |last1=Foglio |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Foglio |last2=Foglio |first2=Kaja |author-link2=Kaja Foglio |date=2011 |title=Agatha H. and the Airship City |url=https://archive.org/details/agathahairshipci00kaja/page/1/mode/2up |location=San Francisco |publisher=Night Shade Books |pages=1–7 |isbn=978-1597802123}}</ref>
*'''The Other''': A malevolent, enigmatic entity who almost destroyed Europa twenty years before the story's start,<ref group="‡" name="v13story"/> and whom the Heterodyne Boys went missing when going off to fight.  Over the course of the story, Agatha comes to believe that the Other was '''Lucrezia Mongfish''', her long-lost mother.<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060116 |website=Girl Genius |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=January 16, 2006 }}</ref>
*'''Baron Klaus Wulfenbach''': A pan-European leader.<ref group="‡" name="v13story"/><ref group="‡">{{cite book |last1=Foglio |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Foglio |last2=Foglio |first2=Kaja |author-link2=Kaja Foglio |date=2011 |title=Agatha H. and the Airship City |url=https://archive.org/details/agathahairshipci00kaja/page/26/mode/2up |location=San Francisco |publisher=Night Shade Books |page=26 |isbn=978-1597802123}}</ref> Klaus was once a sidekick of the Heterodyne Boys, but when they disappeared, he chose to bring peace to Europe through force. He suspects Agatha Heterodyne to be the Other.
*'''Gilgamesh "Gil" Wulfenbach''': The only son of Klaus Wulfenbach,<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021216 |website=Girl Genius |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=December 16, 2002 }}</ref> who is raising him as a successor, and one of Agatha's love interests. He is torn between his loyalty to his father and his love for Agatha.
*'''Tarvek Sturmvoraus''': A prince from Sturmhalten,<ref group="‡">{{cite book |last1=Foglio |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Foglio |last2=Foglio |first2=Kaja |author-link2=Kaja Foglio |date=2012 |title=Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess |url=https://archive.org/details/agathahclockwor00phil/page/282/mode/2up |location=Portland, Oregon |publisher=Night Shade Books |page=282 |isbn=978-1597802239}}</ref> who is the direct descendant of the legendary 17th century "Storm King" Andronicus Valois.<ref group="‡" name="v8story"/>  Though only introduced in Volume 6 (after it moved to webcomic format),<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051021 |website=Girl Genius |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=October 21, 2005 }}</ref> Tarvek later became one of Agatha's love interests.
*'''The Jägermonsters''' or '''Jägers''': A type of [[Super soldier|super-soldiers]] serving House Heterodyne.<ref group="‡">{{cite book |last1=Foglio |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Foglio |last2=Foglio |first2=Kaja |author-link2=Kaja Foglio |date=2012 |title=Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess |url=https://archive.org/details/agathahclockwor00phil/page/144/mode/2up |location=Portland, Oregon |publisher=Night Shade Books |pages=144–145 |isbn=978-1597802239}}</ref>
*'''Zeetha''': A lost warrior-princess from a faraway land known as Skifander.<ref group="‡" name="v5story"/><ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041101 |website=Girl Genius |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=November 1, 2004 }}</ref> She volunteers to mentor Agatha.
*'''Krosp''': An artificially-made cat with human intelligence<ref group="‡">{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040315 |website=Girl Genius |access-date=17 May 2023 |date=March 15, 2004 }}</ref> and one of Agatha's sidekicks.
*'''Othar Tryggvassen''': A self-styled "Gentleman Adventurer" and a Spark who seeks to kill all the Sparks in the world, ending with himself.<ref group="‡">{{cite book |last1=Foglio |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Foglio |last2=Foglio |first2=Kaja |author-link2=Kaja Foglio |date=2012 |title=Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess |url=https://archive.org/details/agathahclockwor00phil/page/2/mode/2up |location=Portland, Oregon |publisher=Night Shade Books |page=3 |isbn=978-1597802239}}</ref>

==Publication history==
[[File:Phil and Kaja Foglio Gen Con 2007.jpg|thumb|Kaja and Phil Foglio in 2007]]
The idea for the style of ''Girl Genius'' came about when Kaja Foglio went through some of Phil's loose drawings, saying in an interview: "I was going through all of Phil's old files and I was filing all of the old sketches, and I was coming across weird airships and cats in tophats with walking canes, and all of this wonderful... Victoriana sci-fi stuff... it was like 'Oh, this is everything I love!'"<ref>{{cite web|date=27 January 2008|title=Interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio, Part 2 of 2|url=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-7022/TS-86385.mp3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720203728/http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-7022/TS-86385.mp3|archive-date=20 July 2011|access-date=14 September 2020|work=The Biblio File|publisher=[[TalkShoe]]|at=7m, 15s|format=MP3}}</ref> Phil Foglio said, "We wanted to do something with a strong female lead character. We both like the tropes associated with mad science, and I really enjoy drawing fiddly Victorian-style gizmos".<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9317 |url-status=unfit |last=Jordan |first=Justin |work=CBR News |title=Getting Smarter: Phil Foglio Talks "Girl Genius" |date=12 February 2007 |access-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118005703/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9317 |archive-date=18 November 2008 }}</ref>

Agatha Heterodyne first appeared in print in 1995 in a [[GURPS]] sourcebook that the Foglios illustrated.<ref name=IOU>{{cite book |first=Phil |last=Foglio |title=[[GURPS Illuminati University|GURPS IOU]] |page=11 |quote=Agatha Hete.. Mad Scien..}}</ref> Phil Foglio states that plotting for ''Girl Genius'' started in 1993, and it was first published in 2000.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |url=http://steampunkworkshop.com/phil-foglio.shtml |title=Meredith Scheff Interviews Phil Foglio |last=Scheff |first=Meredith |work=The Steampunk Workshop |date=9 March 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 }}</ref> ''Girl Genius: The Secret Blueprints Vol. I'' was printed in January 2001, followed closely by the monochrome Issue 1 in February.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} In 2005 ''Girl Genius'' became a webcomic, and quarterly print publication of the comic ceased.<ref name=":5" />

The first three printed issues (which make up Volume 1) were in black and white. Subsequent printed and web comics were in color. Volume 1 was inked by [[Brian Snoddy]], Volumes 2 and 3 by Mark McNabb. Volume 4 by Laurie E. Smith, and all subsequent volumes by Cheyenne Wright.<ref name="newreaders" group="‡">{{Cite web|title=Girl Genius|url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/newreaders.php|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.girlgeniusonline.com}}</ref> Wright also colored the comics of Volume 1; these colored versions were used for a new print edition of Volume 1 and have replaced the original comics on the website.<ref group="‡">{{Cite web|title=Girl Genius|url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104#.X2LQSmgzaUk|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.girlgeniusonline.com}}</ref>

In an interview recorded in January 2008, shortly before they began releasing pages of volume 8 of ''Girl Genius'' on their web site, the Foglios stated that they expected the climax of Volume 8 to be the rough equivalent of "the end of the first season," and that it would provide a logical break in case of author catastrophe and a fresh jumping-on point for new readers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-7022/TS-85030.mp3 |title=Interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio, Part 1 of 2, 33m:45s |work=The Biblio File |publisher=[[TalkShoe]] |format=MP3 |date=27 January 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144418/http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-7022/TS-85030.mp3 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> However, this was an underestimate of the length of the remaining "first season": the end of Volume 13 turned out to be approximately halfway through the planned overall story arc.<ref name="AMA" group="‡">{{cite web|title=We are Kaja and Phil Foglio creators of Girl Genius|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1fcxje/we_are_kaja_and_phil_foglio_creators_of_girl/?sort=old|work=AMA| date=May 30, 2013 |publisher=Reddit|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> The "second season" of the series began March 3, 2014, with "Act 2, Volume 1,"<ref group="‡">{{cite web|url=http://girlgeniuscomic.livejournal.com/261579.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310123612/http://girlgeniuscomic.livejournal.com/261579.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-10 |publisher=Girl Genius |website=[[Livejournal]] |title=Girl Genius Comic for Monday, March 03, 2014 |date=2014-03-02 }}</ref> after a two-month hiatus of the main story.

===Published collections===
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
The webcomic, as well as the initial printed issues, have been collected into printed volumes, and in some cases those volumes have been collected into printed omnibuses. Unless stated in the notes below, the books reprint works first published as the webcomic.

==== The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne (also called "Act 1") ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Vol / Omnibus #
!Title
!Pages
!ISBN
!Notes
|-
|Volume 1
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank''
|96
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-19-3}}, full color paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-50-9}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-20-7}}
|Reprints issues #1–3
|-
|Volume 2
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City''
|112
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-30-4}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-31-2}}
|Reprints issues #4–6
|-
|Volume 3
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine''
|128
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-32-0}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-33-9}}
|Reprints issues #7–10
|-
|Volume 4
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus Of Dreams''
|128
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-36-3}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-37-1}}
|Reprints issues #11–13 and webcomic from April to June 2005
|-
|Volume 5
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess''
|112
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-39-8}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-38-X}}
|
|-
|Volume 6
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite''
|150
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|1-890856-42-8}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|1-890856-41-X}}
|
|-
|Volume 7
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle''
|128
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-45-8}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-46-5}}
|
|-
|Volume 8
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones''
|144
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-47-2}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-48-9}}
|
|-
|Volume 9
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm''
|144
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-52-6}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-51-9}}
|
|-
|Volume 10
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse''
|152
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-53-3}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-54-0}}
|
|-
|Volume 11
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell''
|168
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-55-7}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-56-4}}
|
|-
|Volume 12
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg''
|192
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-57-1}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-58-8}}
|
|-
|Volume 13
|''Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City''
|160
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-59-5}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-60-1}}
|
|-
|Omnibus 1
|''Girl Genius Omnibus Edition Vol 1''
|
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-40-3}}
|Reprints Volumes 1–3, in a smaller, black & white edition
|-
|Omnibus 1
|''Girl Genius Omnibus Vol 1: Agatha Awakens''
|
|Hardcover: {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3132-8}}
|Reprints Volumes 1–3 in color and new lettering<ref name=":4" />
|}

==== The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne (also called "Act 2") ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Vol / Omnibus #
!Title
!Pages
!ISBN
!Notes
|-
|Volume 14
|''The Beast of the Rails''
|128
|
Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-61-8}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-62-5}}
|
|-
|Volume 15
|''City of Lightning''
|128
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-63-2}}
|
|-
|Volume 16
|''The Incorruptible Library''
|122
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-65-6}}
|
|-
|Volume 17
|''Kings and Wizards''
|120
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1-890856-67-0}}
|
|-
|Volume 18
|''Queens and Pirates''
|128
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1890856-69-4}}
|
|-
|Volume 19
|''Sparks and Monsters''
|128
|Paperback: {{ISBN|978-1890856-71-7}}, hardcover: {{ISBN|978-1890856-72-4}}
|
|-
|Volume 20
|''The Exorcism Engines''
|122
|Hardcover:<ref>''[https://forbiddenplanet.com/364863-girl-genius-second-journey-volume-7-exorcism-engines-hardcover/ Girl Genius: Second Journey: Volume 7: Exorcism Engines (Hardcover)]'' on forbiddenplanet.com (Accessed October 13, 2022).</ref> {{ISBN|978-1890856-74-8}}
|-
|Volume 21
|''An Entertainment in Londinium''
|122
|
|
|-
|Volume 22
|''The Chronometric Lantern Expedition''
|121
|
|
|-
|Volume 23
|''Escape from the Island of the Rat Queen''
|120
|
|
|-
|}

==''Girl Genius'' in other media ==
''Girl Genius'' has been adapted, or proposed for adaptation, for other media:

=== Novels ===
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
The Foglios have written four Girl Genius prose novels, which follow the same story as the comics:

*''Agatha H. and the Airship City'', covering volumes 1–3 of the comic;
*''Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess'', covering volumes 4–6;
*''Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle'', covering volumes 7–9; and
*''Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg'' covering volumes 10–13.

The prose novels are published by [[Night Shade Books]].

===Games===
*Agatha Heterodyne appeared in two illustrations and by name in the 1995 [[role-playing game]] supplement [[GURPS Illuminati University]]. This sourcebook for [[GURPS]] was illustrated by the Foglios and predates the release of the comic.<ref name=IOU/>
*''[[Girl Genius: The Works]]'' is a card game designed by Phil Foglio and [[James Ernest]], published in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girl Genius: The Works|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1463/girl-genius-works|access-date=2020-09-17|website=BoardGameGeek|language=en-US}}</ref> This game was an adaptation of an earlier game involving the Foglios called ''XXXenophile.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Tasha|date=2001|title=Girl Genius: The Works|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue219/games.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010718155314/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue219/games.html|archive-date=2001-07-18|access-date=2020-10-26|website=SciFi.com}}</ref>
*''Girl Genius and the Rats of Mechanicsburg'' is a mobile game released in 2014 following a [[Kickstarter]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girl Genius and the Rats of Mechanicsburg|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stephenbeeman/girl-genius-and-the-rats-of-mechanicsburg|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Kickstarter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Rats of Mechanicsburg: A Girl Genius® Game|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rats-Mechanicsburg-Girl-Genius%C2%AE-Game/dp/B00J72JTEU|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Amazon}}</ref>
*A role-playing game, ''Girl Genius Sourcebook and Role-playing Game'', was released in 2021 by [[Steve Jackson Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DriveThruRPG Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game |url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368854/Girl-Genius-Sourcebook-and-Roleplaying-Game |website=drivethrurpg.com |quote=Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game is copyright © 2021, 2022 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated.}}</ref> A role-playing game had been first announced as early as 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Girl Genius RPG|url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/girlgenius/|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405004336/http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/girlgenius/|archive-date=2004-04-05|website=SJgames.com|quote=Written by Kaja Foglio (assisted by Michelle Barrett on the crunchy bits), and illustrated by Phil and Kaja Foglio, the Girl Genius RPG will be a complete, self-contained gamebook using the Fourth Edition GURPS rules.}}</ref>
*A video game, ''Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne'', was released in 2023 after a Kickstarter in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girl Genius - Adventures In Castle Heterodyne|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ggadventures/girl-genius-adventures-in-castle-heterodyne|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Kickstarter|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne is out now |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/girl-genius-adventures-in-castle-heterodyne-is-out-now/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=GamingOnLinux |language=en}}</ref>
=== Movie ===
In 2010 it was reported that [[Felicia D. Henderson]] had optioned the rights to ''Girl Genius'' and was adapting it into a movie.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Renaud|first=Jeffrey|date=2010-09-13|title=Henderson On "Titans," "Static" & "Girl Genius"|url=https://www.cbr.com/henderson-on-titans-static-girl-genius/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> However, {{As of|2020||lc=y}} no movie had been produced.

== Awards ==
[[File:The Foglios' acceptance speech.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The Foglios' acceptance speech at the Hugo Awards ceremony in 2010]]''Girl Genius'' and its creators have won multiple [[Hugo Award]]s and [[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]] (WCCAs). They have also been nominated for further Hugo awards, WCCA awards, and [[Eisner Award]]s.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Organization
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Recipient / Book
! scope="col" | Outcome
!Citation
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''2014'''
|[[Hugo Award]]s
|[[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story|Best Graphic Story]]
|''Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City''
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2014|title=2014 Hugo Award Winners|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/2014-hugo-award-winners/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083711/http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/2014-hugo-award-winners/|archive-date=19 August 2014|access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''2011'''
| Hugo Awards
| Best Graphic Story
|''Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse''
| {{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=21 August 2011|title=2011 Hugo Award Winners|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/2011/08/2011-hugo-award-winners/}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''2010'''
| Hugo Awards
| Best Graphic Story
|''Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm''
| {{Won}} 
|<ref name="wp100905" />
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''2009'''
| Hugo Awards
| Best Graphic Story
|''Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones''
| {{Won}} 
|<ref name="hugo09" />
|-
| rowspan="8" |'''2008'''
| Hugo Awards
|[[Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist|Best Professional Artist]]
| Phil Foglio
| {{Nom}} 
|<ref name="hugo08" />
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards]]
| Outstanding Comic
!
| {{Won}} 
| rowspan="7" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here are you 2008 WCCA Winners!|url=http://ccawards.com/2008finalists.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731154758/http://ccawards.com/2008finalists.html|archive-date=2011-07-31|access-date=14 September 2020|website=Web Cartoonist Choice Awards}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Writer
!
| {{Won}} 
|-
| Outstanding Environment Design
!
| {{Won}} 
|-
| Outstanding Artist
!
| {{Nom}} 
|-
| Outstanding Character Writing
!
| {{Nom}} 
|-
| Outstanding Long Form Comic
!
| {{Nom}} 
|-
| Outstanding Use of Color
|Phil and Kaja Foglio (and Cheyenne Wright)
| {{Nom}} 
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''2007'''
| rowspan="3" | Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
| Outstanding Science Fiction Comic
!
| {{Won}} 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Science Fiction Comic|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/scifi.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135232/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/scifi.htm|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Comic
!
| {{Nom}} 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=WCCA 2007: Outstanding Comic|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/comic.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134857/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/comic.htm|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Long Form Comic
!
| {{Nom}} 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Outstanding Mystery of the Long Form Comic|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/longform.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135105/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca07/ceremony/longform.htm|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Eisner Award]]s
| [[Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic|Best Digital Comic]]
!
| {{Nom}} 
|<ref name="eisner07">{{cite web|title=The 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List|url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_07nom.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808201201/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_07nom.shtml|archive-date=8 August 2007|access-date=3 December 2008|publisher=[[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]]|df=dmy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2006'''
| rowspan="3" | Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
| Outstanding Story Concept
!
| {{Won}} 
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Story Concept|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/storyconcept.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523213311/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/storyconcept.htm|archive-date=2011-05-23|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Comic
!
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=WCAA 2006 – Outstanding Comic|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/comic.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523220746/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/comic.htm|archive-date=2011-05-23|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Science Fiction Comic
!
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Science Fiction Comic|url=http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/scifi.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134606/http://ryanestrada.com/wcca/ceremony/scifi.htm|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
|'''2005'''
| Eisner Awards
| Best Writer/Artist—Humor
| Phil Foglio
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2005 Eisner Awards: Nominees|url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_05nom.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219141046/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_05nom.shtml|archive-date=19 February 2009|access-date=3 December 2008|publisher=[[San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]]|df=dmy}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="wp100905">{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Cavna |work=Comic Riffs |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |title='GIRL GENIUS' wins Hugo Award for best graphic story |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/09/girl_genius_wins_hugo_award_fo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006025146/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/09/girl_genius_wins_hugo_award_fo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="hugo09">{{cite web | title = 2009 Hugo Award Winners | work = thehugoawards.com | date = 9 August 2009 | url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/08/2009-hugo-award-winners/ | access-date =21 January 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="hugo08">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=142 |title=2008 Hugo Award Nominees |access-date=6 August 2008 |date=21 March 2008 |publisher=[[World Science Fiction Society]] }}</ref>
}}

===Primary sources===
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{{Reflist|group="‡"}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/}}

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