Girl Genius XXVIII: Dancink! Ve is here for de dancink!

[Manga Shoggoth]

It is a world ruled by Mad Science! Things happen. Usually, they happen to other people. This is entertainment. That's when the front door gets blown in- And you belatedly realize that, once again, you are doomed to be the entertainment in another exciting installment of: GIRL GENIUS!

Many elegant, finely-crafted, and vintage links follow:

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Girl Genius! (thread)
Girl Genius II
Girl Genius III: Nize Thread!
Girl Genius IV: Because SCIENCE! is my mistress
Girl Genius V: Madre de Diodes!
Girl Genius VI: Der Pestle in Der Kestle
Girl Genius VII: Get on the Slab, I Want to Get to Work!
Girl Genius: VIII Will Show Them All!
Girl Genius IX: The Unstoppable Thread
Girl Genius X: The Othar Shoe Drops
Girl Genius XI: Ding Dong, the Baron's Dead!
Girl Genius XII: For Doom The Bell Tolls
Girl Genius XIII: "Gott's Leedle Feesh in Trousers!"
Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Girl Genius XV: The Weasel, the Spark, and the Wardrobe
Girl Genius XVI: The Wrath of Klaus
Girl Genius XVII: And Then He Had Pie
Girl Genius XVIII: Invisible Hand of the Legendary Smoke Knights
Girl Genius XIX: Worth a Third of Your Grade
Girl Genius XX: Endothermic Life Forms Are Inherently Heretical
Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers
Girl Genius XXII: Paris Needs Pants
Girl Genius XXIII: Screaming, Ranting and Egregious Violence
Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Girl Genius XXVI: Madness is the best possible response
Girl Genius XXVII: Hoy! Hennybody else not dead?
Girl Genius XXVIII: Dancink! Ve is here for de dancink!

Comic Links
Link to current comic and link to the beginning of the strip. (Updates MWF, usually after Midnight [Eastern Time])
The Continuing Adventures of Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer! (back on hiatus, may update in the future)
A compilation (and much easier to read if you're just catching up) of the first three chapters can be found here at the GG website.
And if one goes to snapbird.org and types in "Othar" in the 'Who?' field, all of Othar's adventures can be read on one page (albiet in reverse order of posting - Now must have a Twitter account to use).
Mirror of the comic found on LiveJournal (No longer being updated as of Mid-May, 2017)
Mirror of the comic found on Facebook (Will occasionally have Girl Genius related news)
And one can find mirrors of Girl Genius on deviantArt as well. (Occasionally Kaja will put up or link to interesting GG related art that is found on dA)

Reference Links
Wiki Project devoted to to Girl Genius
Wikipedia entry on Girl Genius.
TV Tropes page on Girl Genius.
The Secret Blueprints (NOTE: Contains background information on the GG Universe, so it should probably be read after "catching up" to the newest comic, as it contains many spoilers.)

Social Media and News Links
Phil Foglio's new Wordpress art, news, and blogging website.
Kaja Foglio's LJ Page and Studio Foglio News LJ Page (Not currently being updated)
Kaja & Phil's Personal Facebook Page (Not currently being updated)
A twitter account that basically is a catch-all feed for Girl Genius related news.
Cheyenne Wright's Twitter and LiveJournal Accounts (The colorist's twitter and LJ pages)

And finally,
Phil's old LJ page. (Occasionally contains crossposts from the Wordpress website)

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Q: What is this "Sneaky Gate" y'alls go on about?

Sneaky gate: Named from this hidden gate in comic, it has become a name for viewing new comics early. Remember, if you're going to discuss the new comic, put it in spoiler boxes until the release time (12am EST).

Sneaky Gate 101:

1. Right click the comic image.
2. Select view image or copy paste the image location into the address bar.
3. Modify the date to be the day you're trying to look at. (ex. 20120111 -> 20120113)
4. Go to the modified url.
5. Be disappointed when there's no early comic to read.
6. Alternately, enjoy the comic!

[Kantaki]

Is it just me, or is Bang posing like she's part of the exhibition?
It almost looks like she took the place of a Bangladesh DuPree sculpture that should actually stand there.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Well, she did disguise herself as a regular pirate when she was sneaking in on the Mopey Tortoise. It could just be that Queen's Privateers have to put in a little time in the museum when they're in port.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Perhaps she has realised how empty her life will be after her revenge quest, and is setting up another ongoing interest for the public good.

Or perhaps I need some sleep. That sounds more likley.

[Rogar Demonblud]

If I had to guess, she's trying to stalk Zeetha and learn more about her habits, and failing. Because, well, Bangladesh Dupree.

[Traab]

Just marking this for later. I will wait till something happens to talk about it. :p

[Agi Hammerthief]

I wonder if the price tag is plot relevant or just a quaint little detail.

[Radar]

Perhaps she has realised how empty her life will be after her revenge quest, and is setting up another ongoing interest for the public good.

Or perhaps I need some sleep. That sounds more likley.

Well... she would make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts - it's a common career after such a long time spent in revenge business.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I'm pretty sure Bang is planning on some other filling with Vole once the revenge thing is out of the way.

[Squire Doodad]

Dan's sink? Who would be after Dan's sink?

[Kantaki]

New comic

A sale on first aid kits?
You guys are pirates.

But Bang's face when Gil shouts at her...
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You know I'm a psycho."

[Rogar Demonblud]

Gil sounds like so many little brothers I've heard yelling at the big sister. Those really are found family, even if they'd probably rather be eaten by rabid mimmoths than admit it.

[factotum]

Wow. She's going to kill him last, *and* make it quick? She really does like him!

[Ailurus]

For an absolutely insane murderous psychopath, Bang is an amazingly likeable character.

Also, Tarvek, you've been stabbed how many times now? You need to bump up your con score or something if that's enough to knock you flat.

[theangelJean]

Who was asking for Buck Godot earlier? Looks like the PDFs have just been added to goodies for the Rain Games Girl Genius game Kickstarter, at the $30 backer mark - along with Girl Genius Volume 1-20 PDFs.

[HandofShadows]

Bang is a Axe Crazy Genki Girl who is always Affably Evil. Considering that Bang knows she has to control herself a bit while in England it seems that there has been some kind arrangement made and Bang probably wouldn't go around slaughtering English crews. And really wouldn't go after Crown expeditions like the one that found Skif.

You know, we never really did find out why some of the conspirators wanted to know Skif's location.

I guess that big old Chekov's Cannon last page still has to fire.

[eee]

So either Bang really likes that particular makeup, or someone really did very seriously cut her throat once.

I wonder who.

[Shining Wrath]

Yes, Bang is clearly not acting when she acts like a sociopath.
Gil is embarrassed, but Agatha is not having it. In fact, I'd say Agatha is already starting to suspect something.
And I'll reiterate - Tarvek is a master of sneaky. Unless Bang has gotten help from someone on Tarvek's level, he's going to spot her plot any minute now.
Madwa or Grandma. Or Albia, of course, but I think Albia would have strong opinions about someone offing a member of the Skifander royal family in England. In fact, I think Bang has to get Zeetha out of England if she wants to kill her and live.

[Rodin]

Who was asking for Buck Godot earlier? Looks like the PDFs have just been added to goodies for the Rain Games Girl Genius game Kickstarter, at the $30 backer mark - along with Girl Genius Volume 1-20 PDFs.

Do you have a link? I checked the Kickstarter page and I didn't see any mention of PDFs for either Buck Godot or Girl Genius at any of the tier levels.

[Squire Doodad]

Yes, Bang is clearly not acting when she acts like a sociopath.
Gil is embarrassed, but Agatha is not having it. In fact, I'd say Agatha is already starting to suspect something.
And I'll reiterate - Tarvek is a master of sneaky. Unless Bang has gotten help from someone on Tarvek's level, he's going to spot her plot any minute now.
Madwa or Grandma. Or Albia, of course, but I think Albia would have strong opinions about someone offing a member of the Skifander royal family in England. In fact, I think Bang has to get Zeetha out of England if she wants to kill her and live.

"You can kill her as much as you want, but you have to put her back together once you're done! I am not cleaning up Skifander blood again."

[Rogar Demonblud]

Do you have a link? I checked the Kickstarter page and I didn't see any mention of PDFs for either Buck Godot or Girl Genius at any of the tier levels.

Kaja has an announcement about the GG pdfs below the comic. I haven't seen anything about Buck though.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Well... she would make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts - it's a common career after such a long time spent in revenge business.

How true. It is inconcievable that I forgot this.

And Bang getting sentimental? That doesn't happen often.

[Zazu Yen]

Bang knows this group very well, particularly Gil. She knows attempts at kidnapping or an ambush would most likely result in her having to fight everyone, and losing badly. No, I'm thinking she's going through all this trouble to make her move above the board, get the Empires official pirate guild on her side and then use their rules to get Zeetha into a regulated and 'fair' (for pirates anyway) 1 on 1 combat with no outside interference allowed. That would be her best shot.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Apropos of nothing, nice Girl Genius avatar.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Bang knows this group very well, particularly Gil. She knows attempts at kidnapping or an ambush would most likely result in her having to fight everyone, and losing badly. No, I'm thinking she's going through all this trouble to make her move above the board, get the Empires official pirate guild on her side and then use their rules to get Zeetha into a regulated and 'fair' (for pirates anyway) 1 on 1 combat with no outside interference allowed. That would be her best shot.

I like that theory!

It's not like she couldn't challenge Zeetha directly, but this would spike Gil trying to stop things. Directly, at least.

[wingnutx]

Tagging the new thread.

[Fion MacCumhail]

Kaja has an announcement about the GG pdfs below the comic. I haven't seen anything about Buck though.

The bit about Buck Godot was edited in later on (above the cover art).
EDIT: And it's also on Twitter.

[Vinyadan]

So either Bang really likes that particular makeup, or someone really did very seriously cut her throat once.

I wonder who.

Since it's gone after she stabs Tarvek, I assume that it's actually a pirate game akin to tag, but called "stab", where the scar is passed on to the one you stabbed.

[ehsanmaster]

Thanks going for it

[Kantaki]

Since it's gone after she stabs Tarvek, I assume that it's actually a pirate game akin to tag, but called "stab", where the scar is passed on to the one you stabbed.

That would mean someone walked up to Bang and poked her with a pointy stick.
If they survived I wanna meet them.
Or not. They sound scary.