A (Spoiler Free) Guide for New Girl Genius Readers

This page is intended for people who have come across Girl Genius for the first time by reading the new Girl Genius omnibus Agatha Awakens and may be uncertain how to continue following the adventures of Agatha Heterodyne or for anyone who is confused about the different forms in which Girl Genius has been made available and how they all fit together.

The Comic
The primary form of Girl Genius is an epic comic, created by Phil and Kaja Foglio.

Web
Girl Genius is available to read for free on the Girl Genius web site and is ongoing, with new pages published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Some helpful reference points for the online version of the story are and the. Agatha Awakens ends with volume III, so this is where readers of the omnibus should pick up the story to continue reading Girl Genius.

Print
I will adopt the naming scheme being used by Phil and Kaja Foglio in their online store to distinguish between the various print editions of Girl Genius. The original graphic novels are referred to as studio collections and the new book from Tor is referred to as the color omnibus.

Graphic Novels
The Girl Genius saga is available in print as a series of graphic novels called the studio collections published by Airship Entertainment, a company founded by the Foglios for this express purpose. The story in this form is available in a series of paperback and hardcover volumes (called books on the covers), currently ten in number, with an eleventh volume due to be published soon. The titles are as follows:


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse


 * Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell