Professor P. Foglio frequently includes humorous references to other webcomics in the panels of Girl Genius. The Professora has started tagging these as "bumps for other webcomics" in the LiveJournal echo site. The following comics have all been mentioned at one time or another. The title of this page has become something of a misnomer, since references to comics that predate the web (in some cases by decades) have also been included. But since webcomics definitely dominate the list, it seems best to leave the title as it is.
Occasionally, other artists pay playful verbal or visual homage to one aspect of Studio Foglio's work or another. For sake of balance, these "shoutins" are included below the shoutouts.
Shoutouts to other webcomics[]
Comic | Author | Page | Notes |
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The Abominable Charles Christoper | Karl Kerschl | 2011-12-30 (Friday) ✣ | One of the Jägers is abominable even down to his trilobyte pacifier |
Accursed Dragon! | Ryan Smith | 2011-11-11 (Friday) ✣ | Communications with the Wulfenbach airship Accursed Dragon |
Arcane Times | Cheyenne Wright | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Small poster: "Read Arcane Times" |
Arcane Times | Cheyenne Wright | 2007-07-04 (Wednesday) ✣ | Poster in the background of the first panel |
Ask Dr. Eldritch | Evan M. Nichols | 2008-11-24 (Monday) ✣ | This proclamation paid for by: Ask Dr. Eldritch! / Pets found! Warts explained! Crops blighted! Family curses lifted! |
Basic Instructions | Scott Meyer | 2008-12-10 (Wednesday) ✣ | Science Fair project: Basic Instructions 1) Don't eat paint 2) or lead 3) … |
Blip | Sage Leaves | 2008-11-24 (Monday) ✣ | This proclamation paid for by: Blip |
Bob the Angry Flower | Stephen Notley | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Billboard: "See 'Bob' The Angry Flower! Now at the Botanical Gardens" |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2002-11-04 (Monday) ✣ | The Winslow has been well documented by Phil Foglio, but has been covered in the most detail in the Buck Godot books. |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2003-09-03 (Wednesday) ✣ | Theo using a hand puppet of The Winslow. |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2007-02-28 (Wednesday) ✣ | "Poiled Slurgs! Fried onna stick!" |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Billboard for "Buck Godot: Fashions for big and tall men!". |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2008-10-31 (Friday) ✣ | A person in the crowd is wearing a Buck Godot shirt. |
Buck Godot | Phil Foglio | 2009-04-08 (Wednesday) ✣ | The Winslow mounted on the wall. |
Crimson Dark | David C. Simon | 2008-11-28 (Friday) ✣ | Agatha, as Cinderella, decides not to enter the science fair. Instead, she stays home and drinks Crimson Dark Winter Ale. |
The Devil's Panties | Jennie Breeden | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Billboard: "The Devil's Panties: Lingerie – Notions – and discreet items" |
Digger | Ursula Vernon | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Small poster: "Drink Digger" |
Doc Rat | Jenner (pseudonym) | 2011-02-28 (Monday) ✣ | |
Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire | Michael Terracciano | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Poster on lamppost: "Dominic Deegan: Sees all/Tells all" |
Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire | Michael Terracciano | 2009-03-20 (Friday) ✣ | Gil: "The Comte de Terracciano's Ultimate Endgame chess set" |
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja | Christopher Hastings | 2011-02-28 (Monday) ✣ | Name on door 905 in the fourth pannel |
Dresden Codak | Aaron S. Diaz | 2009-04-13 (Monday) ✣ | Character: Professor Diaz |
A Dumbing of Age | David Willis | 2018-10-31 (Wednesday) ✣ | Dina Saruyama as an attacking Spark |
Freefall | Mark Stanley | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Billboard: "FreeFall Hair Style Salon" |
Freefall | Mark Stanley | 2016-12-16 (Friday) ✣ | One of the party guests is dressed like Sam Starfall. |
Geeks Next Door | Jessi Bavolack and Matt Pascal | 2008-12-10 (Wednesday) ✣ | Science Fair project: Geeks next door? (Previous shoutout the other way.]) |
Giant Days | John Allison | 2021-06-07 (Monday) ✣ | HMA Esther De Groot. Also a Scary Go Round character. |
Girls with Slingshots | Danielle Corsetto | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Small sign at bottom left. |
Goblins | Tarol Hunt | 2008-12-10 (Wednesday) ✣ | Science Fair project: Goblins — Threat or food? |
Goblins | Tarol Hunt | 2016-12-16 (Friday) ✣ | One of the party guests is dressed like Minmax. |
Gunnerkrigg Court | Tom Siddell | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | "Clean rooms/stable / Free breakfast / Gunnerkrigg Court / Indoor plumbing" |
Home On The Strange | Veronica Pare and Ferrett Steinmetz | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Billboard: "Home on the Strange: Mechanicsburg real estate" |
InkaLill | Inga Lill Røsberg | 2009-12-16 (Wednesday) ✣ | InkaLill bottle on the windowsill. |
It's Science with Dr. Radium | Scott Saavedra | 2007-08-17 (Friday) ✣ | Dr. Radium-like character in foreground of the line of evacuees (although it could be Professor Membrane instead... maybe.) |
The Katzenjammer Kids | H. H. Knerr | 2011-07-25 (Monday) ✣ | Quote: "Vot der dumboozle?" |
The Katzenjammer Kids | H. H. Knerr | 2012-03-28 (Wednesday) ✣ | Quote: "Holy Katzenjammer!" |
Lackadaisy | Tracy J Butler | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Small sign at bottom right: "Lackadaisy Pub" |
Namir Deiter | Isabel Marks | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Billboard: "Namir Deiter's Exotic Pets: 'A great souvenir!' " |
Nodwick | Aaron Williams | 2005-09-30 (Friday) ✣ | Aaronev Wilhelm himself is a nod to the creator of Nodwick. |
Nodwick | Aaron Williams | 2005-10-14 (Friday) ✣ | Artacz is an homage to Artax. |
Nodwick | Aaron Williams | 2005-10-19 (Wednesday) ✣ | Nod resembles Nodwick. |
Octopus Pie | Meredith Gran | 2008-11-28 (Friday) ✣ | Agatha, as Cinderella, decides not to enter the science fair. Instead, she stays home to lounge around in her pajamas and snack on Octopus Pie Chips. |
Octopus Pie | Meredith Gran | 2011-04-04 (Monday) ✣ | A shop "Octopus Exchange" in the window (and "No Squid" over the door) and, in another panel, the outline of an octopus over a sign saying "Pie". |
Order of the Stick | Rich Burlew | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Billboard: "Burlew's Restaurant: Try an Order of the Stick with our famous pie!" |
Penny Arcade | Jerry Holkins | 2009-10-16 (Friday) ✣ | There is a "Deep Crow" inspired clank in the background of the last panel. |
Prague Race | Petra Erika Nordlund (LEPPU) | 2015-11-02 (Monday) ✣ | On a poster in panel 5. |
Questionable Content | J. Jacques | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Billboard: "Questionable Content: A philosophical journal. 13¢ At all newstands(sic). Published monthly." |
Scary Go Round | John Allison | 2008-12-10 (Wednesday) ✣ | Science Fair project: Planet Earth: A Scary Go Round we live on" |
Schlock Mercenary | Howard Tayler | 2008-11-24 (Monday) ✣ | This proclamation paid for by: Schlock Mercenary / Cheap goods for thrifty heroes / We buy estate goods! |
Schlock Mercenary | Howard Tayler | 2009-08-17 (Monday) ✣ | The Professors thank for his support their fellow nominee for the Hugo award for Best Graphic Story of 2008 |
Shortpacked | David Willis | 2007-03-21 (Wednesday) ✣ | Sign on wall: "Short Packed Warehouse Storage" |
Skin Horse | Shaenon K. Garrity and Jeffrey C. Wells | 2008-11-24 (Monday) ✣ | This proclamation paid for by: Skin Horse / [It]'s not [ju]st for [brea]kfas[t] / [an]y mor[e] |
Something Positive | R.K. Millholland | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | Billboard: "Try Prof. Milholland's `Something Positive' Tonic!". Shoutout back. |
The Squirrel Cage[1] | Gene Ahern | 2006-07-26 (Wednesday) ✣ | Quote: "Nov shmoz ka pop?" |
Sunset Grill | Kat Feete | 2008-11-24 (Monday) ✣ | This proclamation paid for by: Good food with no Jägers / Sunset Grill |
Wapsi Square | Paul Taylor | 2007-03-19 (Monday) ✣ | sign on road: See Exotic Wapsi Square |
Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic | Rich Morris | 2008-12-10 (Wednesday) ✣ | Science Fair project: Why the world needs Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic |
Weapon Brown | Jason Yungbluth | 2009-03-20 (Friday) ✣ | "The unsettlingly large, acidic snails of Professor Yungbluth." |
What's New with Phil and Dixie | Phil Foglio | 2008-09-08 (Monday) ✣ | "Growf?" is a noise made by the Devil Dog in panel 6. This is the same noise made by a small dragon that frequently appears in What's New. |
The Whiteboard | "Doc" Nickel | 2015-05-04 (Monday) ✣ | The white bear who is the Swartzwalders' doctor and is shown taking care of Dimo is a shoutout to "Doc", a polar bear character in the web comic The Whiteboard. Phil confirms this in a blog entry. The Whiteboard has previously contained multiple shoutouts to Girl Genius (or, as they are referred to below, "shoutins"). |
Yenny | David Álvarez | 2009-04-22 (Wednesday) ✣ | "Yenny" brand beer with a very large feminine foot on the label |
Shoutins from other webcomics[]
Comic | Author | Notes |
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Arthur, King of Time and Space | Paul Gadzikowski | Apparently, Gil and Agatha run a business on the planet Pudsey IV. |
Carry On | Kathryn Garrison | Anthropomorphic comic concerning a hyena and her friends and family, with multiple Fogliesque references. Posters in the background showing various musicals currently playing includes one called "La Kaja Foglio, An Airship Entertainment Production" and uses the panel of Agatha surrounded by the three Jägergenerals. The female protagonist had read furry-versions of Studio Foglio works, including Grrl Genius, but finds a friend's collection of Insexxx (in a plain brown wrapper) - it continues for six strips. Later, the frog "Gil Froglio" (the pastiche of Phil Foglio himself) shows up and persists in conversation over the next few strips (Mrs. Froglio does not resemble Kaja very closely). Later there is a mention of Transylvania Polygnostic University. During a fight between Kath's grandmothers, her inventor grandfather is heard apparently heterodyning offscreen. [1] There is an extra non-story panel that speculates about the Foglio household]. The characters read Girl Genius. One of the characters acquired a hat by beating up Old Man Death. opopop |
The Devil's Panties | Jennie Breeden | Agatha's Coffee engine appears in a coffee shop. |
Full Frontal Nerdity | Aaron Williams | The characters compare the next Minecraft to "Girl Genius, The MMO". |
Freefall | Mark Stanley | A dingbot shows up representing clanks in general, as part of a series of strips with background "guest robots". The caption reads: "Clanks are from the excellent web comic Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio. © 2007" |
Legend of Bill | David Reddick | A character tries on various costumes, one being Agatha. |
The Mansion of E | Robert M. Cook | If you think Girl Genius moves slowly... at any rate, two references to Othar Tryggvassen (the second is explained in the notes for MARCH 07, 2017) and another to the Winslow. |
Nodwick | Aaron Williams | Nodwick is a fantasy RPG-themed comic. Technically, this is a shout to What's New with Phil and Dixie, but it remains of interest. |
Nukees | Darren "Gav" Bleuel | Nukees is very much a geek strip - it did a linux "Conjunction Junction" riff, for instance. In the News section (below the strip until archived) on the same day as this strip, Darren noted, "(1/23/2009) Wait, what day is it? I think I'm a couple days late, but happy twelfth birthday to Nukees. Soon my comic will start growing body hair, talking back to me, and noticing Girl Genius." |
Plugged Nickel | Ronald MacKinnon | Vanilla and Mycroft are dressed as Agatha and a jägermonster. |
PS238 | Aaron Williams | While not referring directly to Girl Genius, the villainous VonFoggs are a direct homage to Phil Foglio and his two children. (Confirmed by directly asking during Dragon*Con 2009.) |
Salem Uncommon | Mike Carey | "(blatantly(sic) stolen from Phil Foglio)" |
Shine | Erin Ptah | Agatha is shown running after a dingbot at a convention of mad scientists. |
Something Positive | R.K. Millholland | An offer in a store: "Goggles by Phil & Kaja - Look like a Girl Genius".
A Girl Genius poster at a comic book store. A sign proclaiming "Phil & Kaja Foglio Park" in response to a billboard ✣ . |
Two Lumps | J. Grant and Mel Hynes | "Utilising a Folgio macro-lens..." on the turret of a castle. |
The Whiteboard | "Doc" Nickel | A portrait of Boris Dolokhov is on the wall in the Christmas 2009 comic. The other two portraits are shoutouts to Something Positive and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. |
The Whiteboard | "Doc" Nickel | Humongulus wants paint. |
References
- ↑ Not actually a web comic; ran from 1936-1947. See Nov shmoz ka pop