Phil Foglio once said words to the effect that the Foglios were trying to establish their own little media empire.[citation needed] While it would probably be an overstatement to say they have achieved this, there are a good many products associated with Girl Genius, including games and merchandise featuring the characters from and world of Girl Genius.
The Girl Genius Saga[]
Without the original story by Phil and Kaja Foglio, there obviously could be no Girl Genius franchise. The original version of the story has been published as a series of graphic novels, which were later adapted as a series of prose novels by the Foglios.
The Games[]
Cheapass Games[]
Not only has Cheapass Games published Girl-Genius-related games and other games with artwork by Phil, the founders of the company, James Ernest and Carol Monahan, are friends of Phil and Kaja Foglio.
- The Works: first and second editions
- Pairs: the Muses Deck
- Deadwood Studios (art by Phil)
Steve Jackson Games[]
- Munchkin Steampunk: Girl Genius
- Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game
- SPANC: Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirl (art by Phil)
Appendix[]
Archival Sales Data for the original comic books[]
A mr_sites of the Yahoo! group documented these distribution numbers for the print comic as of Mar 29, 2005 after the Professora's announcement of the publishing changes:[1]
| Issue | Date | Rank | Sales | % Chg | (Months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 2001 | no data | no data | n/a | |
| 2 | Apr 2001 | 169 | 4853 | no data | 2 |
| 3 | Jun 2001 | 178 | 5580 | 15.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Aug 2001 | 178 | 6113 | 9.6% | 2 Color/price increase |
| 5 | Oct 2001 | 201 | 5889 | -3.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Jun 2002 | 183 | 6330 | 7.5% | 8 |
| 7 | Jul 2002 | 188 | 6316 | -0.2% | 1 |
| 8 | Oct 2002 | 175 | 6490 | 2.8% | 3 |
| 9 | Jul 2003 | 210 | 6406 | -1.3% | 9 |
| 10 | Oct 2003 | 247 | 6351 | -0.9% | 3 |
| 11 | Jun 2004 | 192 | 6172 | -2.8% | 8 |
| 12 | Aug 2004 | 193 | 5790 | -6.2% | 2 |
| 13 | Dec 2004 | 218 | 5523 | -4.6% | 4 |
These numbers were followed up by a comment from Alice Bentley warning of qualifiers to the data.[2]
References
- ↑ i.e., cease publishing as a comic, use the web and graphic novel formats instead
- ↑ "Just to be clear (I know *you* know this, but many may not) these numbers are what Diamond Comic Distributors sold in the first month of sale. They don't include wholesale sales to other distributors (and for books, unlike comics, there are several), wholesale sales to bookstores or - and this is probably a big one - sales through Studio Foglio itself."