Doctor Nightfall wrote this in the Girl Genius mailing list, and I thought people might get a chuckle out of this…. This was in response to Friday’s Web Comic… > >> Does anybody else find it really funny that the Heterodynes would BUY a > >> mechanical squid? Had to have been an impulse buy. […]
Have you seen / read Girl Genius by Phil Foglio? The setting: In a time when the Industrial Revolution escalated into a full-on war, rival mad scientists, (“Sparks†to be polite), are the ruling powers in most of Europe. Keeping them all in line is Baron Wulfenbach, a particularly powerful and cranky Spark who, when […]
Here’s a interview with Phil Foglio, 2007 Wonder Con in San Francisco. Phil Foglio is a cartoonist and comic artist, who won 2 Hugo Awards. He done art work for the Magic: The Gathering CCG for Wizards of The Coast, XXXenophile, Buck Godot: Zapgun for Hire, Angel and Ape, and MythAdventures. Phil’s has a monthly […]
Cheyenne Wright, all around great guy, colorist, and serial friend to the Foglio’s…  Is currently in the hospital…. Kaja Foglio has indicated that they are going to setup a fund raiser for Cheyenne, more details pending at Girl Genius Online Comics!. Please consider donate a few dollars to help out, either directly to Cheyenne, or via […]
Well, Charles Babbage invented the first mechanical computer… It wasn’t actually constructed into 1991, but still the plans were from 1871… Punch cards are from 1725 (Basile Bouchon & Jean-Baptiste Falcon), but here’s proof of a thumb drive from that era… Okay, maybe proof is too strong of a word, but still… It’s a neat […]