Girl Genius XXIII: Screaming, Ranting and Egregious Violence

[SZbNAhL]

There's one thing about her that ought to make her certain she's immune to slaver wasps, and that's that she's a Spark. I doubt the information that a slaver wasp capable of infecting Sparks has been created is widespread at the moment.

Surely that's the kind of thing Wooster would have included in a report. I can't remember off-hand if he's been told on-panel, but he's been travelling with Agatha for a good while now and she certainly knows.

[Fyraltari]

There's one thing about her that ought to make her certain she's immune to slaver wasps, and that's that she's a Spark. I doubt the information that a slaver wasp capable of infecting Sparks has been created is widespread at the moment.

I honestly don't know, I m usually pretty good at following complex plots but this comic is too much for me. Who knows what is where why with whom when betraying whom at the moment is info I don't really have anymore...

[Rogar Demonblud]

Surely that's the kind of thing Wooster would have included in a report. I can't remember off-hand if he's been told on-panel, but he's been travelling with Agatha for a good while now and she certainly knows.

Does she? Lucrezia knows, but we've seen that very little specific information seems to leak out past the locket. Most of it seems to just be various bits of scientific principles.

[SZbNAhL]

Does she? Lucrezia knows, but we've seen that very little specific information seems to leak out past the locket. Most of it seems to just be various bits of scientific principles.

I could've sworn Tarvek told her in Mechanicsberg, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

I did. however, find this, so at least we can put that ridiculous "Tarvek might just be an incredibly talented engineer who likes shouting and not an actual spark" theory to rest.

[eee]

What happened to Jenka's teeth, is what I want to know. There's some indications that her original fangs were pulled and replaced with human size teeth, but like so much in Girl Genius we don't know the details...

Also, what lunatic would give the Jägerdraught to a bear, and did they give it to any other animals?

[HandofShadows]

What happened to Jenka's teeth, is what I want to know. There's some indications that her original fangs were pulled and replaced with human size teeth, but like so much in Girl Genius we don't know the details...

Well, we know the old Storm King pulled them out or had them pulled.

Also, what lunatic would give the Jägerdraught to a bear, and did they give it to any other animals?

Ah, we are talking about the Hetrodynes here. Giving Jägerdraught to a bear would be a good joke to them. And we have seen what it can do to ducks.

[PraetorDragoon]

Also, what lunatic would give the Jägerdraught to a bear, and did they give it to any other animals?

A Heterodyne lunatic!

[factotum]

Are we sure being fed the Jaegerdraught is what made Fust so big?

[Calemyr]

Are we sure being fed the Jaegerdraught is what made Fust so big?

No. He could well have been an impressive specimen well before the Jaegerdaught. However, he is explicitly stated by Jenka to be Jaeger in his own right, so he took the draught either way.

EDIT: I do have to wonder, though, how well Fust (who is clearly intelligent but has yet to speak) would get along with Dmitri's bears...

[xroads]

Ah, we are talking about the Hetrodynes here. Giving Jägerdraught to a bear would be a good joke to them. And we have seen what it can do to ducks.

Okay, I have to ask. When did they introduce jager ducks into the comics? Because I've got to see that!

[Calemyr]

Okay, I have to ask. When did they introduce jager ducks into the comics? Because I've got to see that!

Right here. QYRAAAAKK!

[xroads]

Right here. QYRAAAAKK!

Thanks! These are just extra characters needed for posting.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Man, waterfowl are bad enough without getting the Spark treatment. A Sparked-out duck (or worse, a goose)?

[Manga Shoggoth]

Right here. QYRAAAAKK!

Well, technically that's not a Jager duck as it as it was changed wholly by the waters of the Dyne. The Jagerdraught has a number of other components as well. Probably hasn't sworn the Jagertroth either (although I doubt whether Faust has either...)

How much of a technicality that is remains to be seen...

[Onyavar]

The comic didn't show.how the duck exploded a minute after swallowing the dyne water...

It's also funny, the first panel of the next strip has a chemical apparatus that remotely resembles a duck, right? Maybe Faustus used the bird somehow?

[Lethologica]

The comic didn't show.how the duck exploded a minute after swallowing the dyne water...

It's also funny, the first panel of the next strip has a chemical apparatus that remotely resembles a duck, right? Maybe Faustus used the bird somehow?

It's probably different for animals that grew up with it.

[keybounce]

Part of me is wondering what other strange animals are around that area.

But a better question: on this page
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090923
says there are two new story pages to download from the free stuff page. But they don't actually exist!

Where can I download these pages?

Also, is there any way to get a large-scale/high-resolution/wallpaper version of the last panel of this page: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090819

[Manga Shoggoth]

It's probably different for animals that grew up with it.

Part of me is wondering what other strange animals are around that area.

The third Girl Genius novel has a full page advert for hunting expeditions around Mechanicsburg because of the creatures that had been drinking the Dyne, some of whom didn't die. It mentions such delights as the Shifting Boar, the Constricting Catamount and the Emperor Shark-Mammoth. One wonders exactly what a shark was doing that far up the Dyne....

[thorgrim29]

The third Girl Genius novel has a full page advert for hunting expeditions around Mechanicsburg because of the creatures that had been drinking the Dyne, some of whom didn't die. It mentions such delights as the Shifting Boar, the Constricting Catamount and the Emperor Shark-Mammoth. One wonders exactly what a shark was doing that far up the Dyne....

Maybe one of the pre-castle Heterodyne had sharks imported for to make a tank full of friggin sharks with friggin death rays on their friggin heads for their parlour and one escaped... and then made sweet sweet Science! defying love to a wandering mammoth.

[SZbNAhL]

It mentions such delights as the Shifting Boar, the Constricting Catamount and the Emperor Shark-Mammoth. One wonders exactly what a shark was doing that far up the Dyne....

I'm more concerned about the catamounts, to be honest. Aren't they native to North America?

[factotum]

One wonders exactly what a shark was doing that far up the Dyne...

Frankly, I'm not going to try and stop a Dyne-enhanced shark from going wherever it darn well wants to go!

[PhantomFox]

I'm more concerned about the catamounts, to be honest. Aren't they native to North America?

Normally, yes. Doesn't help that they have at least 5 different names. Pumas, Mountain Lions, Cougar, Florida Panther...

[DrewID]

Maybe one of the pre-castle Heterodyne had sharks imported for to make a tank full of friggin sharks with friggin death rays on their friggin heads for their parlour and one escaped... and then made sweet sweet Science! defying love to a wandering mammoth.

What two responsible abominations of science want to do in private is their own business and no one else's.

DrewID

[HandofShadows]

No new story in over a week? Well I decided to go back and look through when Agatha drank the Dyne water and she has the same glowey eyes as Albia does when she talks about peeped into infinity. Something else I noticed that may or may not be important is that both Gil and Tarvek's eyes glowed the same way. Now was that a reflection of what was going on with Agatha at the time or did the "peep" a little as well but don't recall it?

[Rogar Demonblud]

They were in bad enough shape I'm guessing they didn't see anything.

[keybounce]

I'm wondering if a centipede or something like that drank from the Dyne.

We could call it the Erg monster ...

[guttering flame]

How long until regular comics return?

[HandofShadows]

How long until regular comics return?

I second this motion. I know they are proud of The Works, but come on.

[geoduck]

How long until regular comics return?

Another week, according to the official GG Facebook page.

[Rogar Demonblud]

At least Violetta looks good in today's art. I know jaegers are popular, but I'm tired of the Professors using them for the filler stuff.