Girl Genius XVI: The Wrath of Klaus

[Liliet]

Doomed!!!! Doomed!!!!

[HandofShadows]

DooMED! DOOOOMED!

You think that's his job to do that?

[Liliet]

DooMED! DOOOOMED!

You think that's his job to do that?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that makes up at least half his paycheck. Every mad scientist needs a cowardly minion, just like every Sherlock Holmes needs his Watson

[eee]

Tweedle's awful, but it is possibly worth noting that most of the relatives he killed seem to have been out to kill him at the time, so his attacks on them were neither gratuitous viciousness nor an altruistic attempt at improving the world. ;)

It's not entirely clear to me what was going on at that point. Martellus shows up, most of his family tries to kill him, he returns the favor and begins working his way up the chain of command to find out who is organizing this resistance; but then when Seffie arrives the attacks stop. The two hypotheses I've come up with are that Seffie was running the Fortress of Storms and when Tweedle popped out of the portal the rest of the family tried to eliminate him in misguided loyalty to her; or Martellus and Seffie are such heavy hitters that the rest of the family knew letting them get back together would tilt family power politics in their favor and were all trying to prevent that, only to fail in the end. There is also the chance that there was an evil mastermind, it's not Seffie, and he's bidding his time until he can try to kill Martellus again...

[The Glyphstone]

OK, I'll admit it. I laughed at the DOOOMED line.

I realize it's difficult to adapt from one medium to another (pacing at the very least is completely different in audio than it is in a webcomic, for instance), but it does seem to be finding its footing a bit more.

And maybe I'm just getting used to the art style, but I'm not finding it as distracting anymore either. Should be interesting to see where this goes.

The less time Zeetha spends on screen, the better the art. She's the only one that really jars my brain to look at with this art, the others are all at least tolerably recognizable.

[Rodin]

It's not entirely clear to me what was going on at that point. Martellus shows up, most of his family tries to kill him, he returns the favor and begins working his way up the chain of command to find out who is organizing this resistance; but then when Seffie arrives the attacks stop. The two hypotheses I've come up with are that Seffie was running the Fortress of Storms and when Tweedle popped out of the portal the rest of the family tried to eliminate him in misguided loyalty to her; or Martellus and Seffie are such heavy hitters that the rest of the family knew letting them get back together would tilt family power politics in their favor and were all trying to prevent that, only to fail in the end. There is also the chance that there was an evil mastermind, it's not Seffie, and he's bidding his time until he can try to kill Martellus again...

Seffie tells us why - they were trying to get rid of Tweedle without her knowing about it. Presumably, they know that he will go right to the top of the chain, either directly under Seffie or directly beneath her. So, they try to get him out of the way so that their own position isn't threatened.

So it's a little of column A, and a little of column B. Seffie was in control, but the rest of the family thought that she could be dealt with at some point. However, if she teams up with Tweedle, who was the previous leader after Tarvek defected...

[Radar]

There is still a possibility, that Seffi wanted to off Tweedle and simply bluffed, that she didn't authorize the assassination, when he clearly was too strong to handle directly. After all, we are talking about Sturmvoraus family.

[Liliet]

There is still a possibility, that Seffi wanted to off Tweedle and simply bluffed, that she didn't authorize the assassination, when he clearly was too strong to handle directly. After all, we are talking about Sturmvoraus family.

I really hope it doesn't turn out to be that. I mean, I do appreciate the idea that Tarvek and Violetta are the only ones there with something resembling normal human-like family relationship. And yet, I hope Tweedle and Seffie are a genuine loving pair (in the innocent, sibling sense!) too.

[HandofShadows]

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Bed Warmer? I am NOT going to ask what else it can do.

And I think Othar just showed up.

[Grif]

I am still disturbed by Zeetha. It's as if Chris Baldwin can't make up his mind whether he's supposed to draw her as an overenthusiastic warrior, or a derp one.

[BannedInSchool]

A typo! Girl Genius is RUINED FOREVER!

[factotum]

I am still disturbed by Zeetha. It's as if Chris Baldwin can't make up his mind whether he's supposed to draw her as an overenthusiastic warrior, or a derp one.

I'm more puzzled by the fact she appears to have fangs in the latest strip...

[Giggling Ghast]

Mechanical bedwarmer?

I'm more puzzled by the fact she appears to have fangs in the latest strip...

She's always had those. Check out Panel 4 of this strip. Or the first panel of this strip.

[Liliet]

Ooh. Isn't that our favorite GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER?

[Kislath]

Looking back, Zeetha always had enlarged, pointy canines. They wouldn't have really passed for fangs, I suppose, but they're prominent enough to be drawn as fangs in caricature.

Funny stuff! And Othar!

[HandofShadows]

Gil has the teeth as well. Not quite as big though.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Ooh. Isn't that our favorite GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER?

We all know the answer to that

[petersohn]

Zeetha looks worse with each update. Agatha is still fine, though.

[BannedInSchool]

I am still disturbed by Zeetha. It's as if Chris Baldwin can't make up his mind whether he's supposed to draw her as an overenthusiastic warrior, or a derp one.

That might be a result of some of the gags to come. A derpy overenthusiastic warrior might be a fair interpretation of the character in the script.

I'm more puzzled by the fact she appears to have fangs in the latest strip...

I was going to question if that was just the depiction of the dental U that sometimes looks like fangs, but nope. Fangs all right.

Mechanical bedwarmer?

Quiet, you.

[Ailurus]

That might be a result of some of the gags to come. A derpy overenthusiastic warrior might be a fair interpretation of the character in the script.

Yeah, can't say I really care for Zeetha's look either, but the radio plays don't put Zeetha in a great light. Derpy Overenthusiastic Warrior is a pretty good description of how she's portrayed.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Yeah, can't say I really care for Zeetha's look either, but the radio plays don't put Zeetha in a great light. Derpy Overenthusiastic Warrior is a pretty good description of how she's portrayed.

Given past history, this may be a very long set-up for the final joke: each of these mini-stories tends to end with Agatha breaking down a door or wall to try and catch the storytellers. In this case, it might just be a properly-drawn Zeetha instead, quite furious at how badly she has been presented.

Grey Wolf

[BannedInSchool]

Aha! Today's comic is finally up. Cliffhanger!

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And who'd have thought a duck could be so terrifying?

[Divayth Fyr]

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And who'd have thought a duck could be so terrifying?

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It's not the first time in GG ;)

I still can't get used to the art. I probably won't.

[Southern Cross]

Same here. After seeing this, I've been quite put off the idea of reading Spacetrawlers.

[petersohn]

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It's not the first time in GG ;)

I still can't get used to the art. I probably won't.

It's not the first comic either.

[Grif]

Same here. After seeing this, I've been quite put off the idea of reading Spacetrawlers.

His art style is more suited for Spacetrawler's format. (Small panels, smaller pages overall, less details.) You should give it a go. It's actually pretty good.

[Radar]

Same here. After seeing this, I've been quite put off the idea of reading Spacetrawlers.

Would be a shame, since it's a really good comics and the art style suits it much better.

[slayerx]

Really?
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Really? Y'know this made sense when they did it for the weasel queen since the three episodes were broken up between long stretches of normal comics, but this is being down back to back. There is no point to having a recap page. Really, you don't have to adapt EVERYTHING from the radio show.

[Liliet]

Really?
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Really? Y'know this made sense when they did it for the weasel queen since the three episodes were broken up between long stretches of normal comics, but this is being down back to back. There is no point to having a recap page. Really, you don't have to adapt EVERYTHING from the radio show.

That's humor.

I guess.

[Giggling Ghast]

The restaurants line gave me a larf.