Comments on: The Webcomic Overlook #89: Girl Genius

By: Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story announced | The Webcomic Overlook

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[...] Phil and Kaja Foglio have faith in Girl Genius (reviewed here). [...]

By: jitenshadesu

jitenshadesu — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:39:30 +0000

Girl Genius feed WITH IMAGES
http://pipes.yahoo.com/jitenshadesu/gg_images

for those of you frustrated by the imageless rss feeds they offer…

By: El Santo

El Santo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:27:37 +0000

Heh. I guess you’re right. I’ll fix that.

Me fail English? That’s unpossible?

By: Ben in Seattle

Ben in Seattle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:27:35 +0000

Please don’t refer to Girl Genius as “infamous” if you actually like it. “Infamous” is *always* a bad thing. English has many words for what you’re trying to say, but that’s not one of them.

By: Gingerbread

Gingerbread — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:14:32 +0000

I realize this comment was from half a year ago, but *what* are you talking about? The man pays his taxes. Heck, he even says exactly that in a post below the one you refer to. I am honestly and completely baffled at your reading of his blog. o.O

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:33:10 +0000

There’s a huge GG fan community in Second Life, for those who are interested… including Herr Baron himself!

(not authorized in the least, but Jagerfied in the most!)

By: Bengo

Bengo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:39:19 +0000

I wasn’t in London with Mike and haven’t seen the work, but signing it reminds me of the curious lapse of judgment in Phil Folio’s recent blog piece savoring cash income from conventions. Most people who write about evading tax liabilities don’t post it on the internet.

Convention regulars squeal like stuck pigs when I bring this up, but it is always open commentary from their own ranks that leads me to notice it in the first place.

Why does it matter? Some of us who entertain the possibility of a professional career in webcomics would like to know to what extent one must be a tax cheat to make ends meet.

I am not accusing anyone of being a tax evader, but I am amazed when people open a blog piece using the same language loving their hidden income as people who are.
http://philfoglio.livejournal.com/

When the current administration is running the country into a one trillion dollar hole, I hardly care whether a hard-working cartoonist gets away with a little something; I might even be persuaded he’d be a fool not to. Crowing about it publicly is a different matter. Regardless of the personal implications, it cheapens the reputation of the trade for everyone.

Tawdriness is yet another blight that repels talent and credibility from webcomics.

By: Higgs Boson

Higgs Boson — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:24:55 +0000

No tentacles (that I can recall anyway), but through the 80s and 90s the Foglios did produce an erotic comic called XXXenophile (Wikipedia link, SFW). If you're in "further research" mode it's actually well worth a look -- that sense of fun and goofy charm that makes Girl Genius such a great read also sets XXXenophile apart from the usual smut (not that there's anything wrong with smut, exactly, but I think you get the idea). Before XXXenophile, Foglio did a regular strip for Dragon magazine.

By: mpd57

mpd57 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:02:46 +0000

It was all a very long time ago (199?) when he volunteered to sign a few of his (ahem) earlier works at a convention in London for a rather shame-faced fan (me). Leaving aside the subject matter I thought his work was better back then. And I mean that most sincerely folks