Girl Genius XXIII: Screaming, Ranting and Egregious Violence

[Scarlet Knight]

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.

I get a GGGW ( Girl Genius Gone Wild) vibe from this version of "The Works".

Zeetha looks like the co-ed on Spring Break who drank too much and Violetta looks like the oft-overlooked friend who just found out the guy with the camera wants HER to do the first video.

[geoduck]

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.

Eh. It's certainly not a bad drawing in artistic terms, but she doesn't really look like that in the strip.

[DrewID]

Ooh! Bonus black-n-white sketches dated Tuesday (for those who only look at/for MWF).

DrewID

[eee]

RE the cards:

Good Lord, has von Zinzer pulled another one? What IS it with this guy, and how do the rest of us get something like that?

(The tall girl, she's the grad student of the last of the mad scientists who tried conquering Mechanicsberg. She applied for asylum after the inevitable defeat.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comi...3#.Wtcx0H--q1s)

And Zeetha and Gil: Definitely siblings.

[PraetorDragoon]

RE the cards:

Good Lord, has von Zinzer pulled another one? What IS it with this guy, and how do the rest of us get something like that?

(The tall girl, she's the grad student of the last of the mad scientists who tried conquering Mechanicsberg. She applied for asylum after the inevitable defeat.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comi...3#.Wtcx0H--q1s)

And Zeetha and Gil: Definitely siblings.

The grand benefits of being the Alpha Minion. (Emphasis on Alpha, quadruple emphasis on Minion)

[Rogar Demonblud]

The tall girl, she's the grad student of the last of the mad scientists who tried conquering Mechanicsberg.

Miss Baumhund.

She applied for asylum after the inevitable defeat.

No, she asked if Agatha was taking Grad Students yet.

[eee]

Miss Baumhund.

Sanaa Tryggvassen, Hexalina Snaug, Violetta Mondarev, and Miss Baumhund.

Certainly not your average bunch of names.

No, she asked if Agatha was taking Grad Students yet.

That is true. But in the GGuniverse, and Mechanicsberg, the one sort of implies the other. Or perhaps, it should.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Nah, she's just trading up on advisors. God knows I would've liked to be able to trade my incompetent advisor for another professor.

[Rockphed]

Nah, she's just trading up on advisors. God knows I would've liked to be able to trade my incompetent advisor for another professor.

I'm pretty sure when she surrendered she was granted clemency for any involvement she had with her previous advisor's schemes. Furthermore, low level sparks are probably acceptable minions for the Heterodyne. High level sparks can only be rivals or consorts (though friendly rivals are probably acceptable), but low level sparks know their place and are unlikely to try turning on the Heterodyne simply because a single experiment blew up. Plus, the general worldview of Heterodynes past had 3 types of people: Heterodynes, Heterodyne minions, and experimental subjects.

[Rogar Demonblud]

You forgot category four: entertainment.

[Manga Shoggoth]

You forgot category four: entertainment.

Nope. That's a superset of Heterodynes, Heterodyne minions, and experimental subjects.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Higgs looks thoroughly unimpressed.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Higgs looks thoroughly unimpressed.

This is the guy whose standard pose in Castle Heterodyne was "nonchalant". He was probably there when Franz was made.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I really hope this is the last piece of promo filler. I want my Mad Science, dammit!

[Kantaki]

I love the Heterodyne wing of the library.
All those books on evil topics.
Necromancy, murder, D&D 3rd Edition...
And Agatha looks totally unimpressed.

[geoduck]

I understand they're parodying James Bond with Wooster's sketch, but having his admirers be Oggie and Maxim is a bit.. odd.

[eee]

Snaug shows unexpected dexterity! Sanaa shows expected dexterity. And Dr. Mittlemind looks almost... nice... there.

I love the Heterodyne wing of the library.
All those books on evil topics.
Necromancy, murder, D&D 3rd Edition...
And Agatha looks totally unimpressed.

It might be her own library in Castle Heterodyne. Or she might have wandered into the Forbidden Stacks in the Immortal Library and found a book written by her ancestors. I was looking for "Everybody Wants to Talk" by Oglavia Spüdna, but didn't see it.

[Calemyr]

I really hope this is the last piece of promo filler. I want my Mad Science, dammit!

Good grief, yes. This is getting annoying.

I love the Heterodyne wing of the library.
All those books on evil topics.
Necromancy, murder, D&D 3rd Edition...
And Agatha looks totally unimpressed.

I think less "unimpressed" and more "disapprovingly unsurprised". Her expression just screams "Of course these would be the kinds of books I'd find in my great library. My family sucks.".

Snaug shows unexpected dexterity! Sanaa shows expected dexterity. And Dr. Mittlemind looks almost... nice... there.

Mittlemind was expressly described as uncommonly nice, describing himself as a mad social scientist, going so far as to let his experiments out for Christmas. Not the control groups, of course. He's mad, not crazy.

[The Glyphstone]

I love the Heterodyne wing of the library.
All those books on evil topics.
Necromancy, murder, D&D 3rd Edition...
And Agatha looks totally unimpressed.

Putting D&D 3rd Edition next to Cheap Shots was a nice touch.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I understand they're parodying James Bond with Wooster's sketch, but having his admirers be Oggie and Maxim is a bit.. odd.

Why? He's a smart guy, and good at being sneaky and subtle.

He just can't do the Jaeger accent.

[The Glyphstone]

And his expression seems to indicate he finds this as odd as you do.

[Manga Shoggoth]

I understand they're parodying James Bond with Wooster's sketch, but having his admirers be Oggie and Maxim is a bit.. odd.

Oh, I don't know. The Jagers do have previous form at playing the damsel in distress...

[keybounce]

Can someone help me with the titles on the top and bottom row?

[Divayth Fyr]

Can someone help me with the titles on the top and bottom row?

Top row: Torture, Pain, No fun for you, Suffering, Misery, Make 'em say 'ow', Slice, Chop, Dice, Gut, Cut, Snap
Bottom row (the ones visible enough to read anyway): Die, Doom, Distort, Poisons, Guns, Knives, Fast Food, Bye!

[Leewei]

That 3rd Ed D&D tome gave me a good chuckle!

[factotum]

OK. Have we seen "Lucrezia's Secret Lab" before, or is that a potential hint at a future plotline? I honestly can't remember.

[Lethologica]

OK. Have we seen "Lucrezia's Secret Lab" before, or is that a potential hint at a future plotline? I honestly can't remember.

That's where they found Otilia's body and Zola got her copy of Lucrezia. Starts here.

[factotum]

That's where they found Otilia's body and Zola got her copy of Lucrezia. Starts here.

Good Lord, has it really been eight years in real time since then? Anyway, thank'ee kindly, sir.

[PraetorDragoon]

Good Lord, has it really been eight years in real time since then? Anyway, thank'ee kindly, sir.

I remember how that storyline seemed to never, ever end.

[Calemyr]

I remember how that storyline seemed to never, ever end.

And now, the storyline doesn't seem to ever, ever start. For the love of cogs, get to what we came here for!