Comments on: Britons rejoice! The Foglios' Agatha H books come to the UK http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 17:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gfish http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1638117 gfish Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1638117 I was really happy to see the new covers. The art for the American editions are so cheesy and not at all Foglio-esque. The first one made Agatha look weirdly weak, which is a terrible travesty. I was really happy to see the new covers. The art for the American editions are so cheesy and not at all Foglio-esque. The first one made Agatha look weirdly weak, which is a terrible travesty.

]]> By: James Penrose http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637835 James Penrose Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637835 Wonderful books but those are the worst/ugliest covers I have seen in years.  Really ugly.  Why they chose not to use the Foglio art for the American editions or similar escapes me  There's an audiobook version of Agatha H. and the Airship City that is quite worth the listening. Wonderful books but those are the worst/ugliest covers I have seen in years.  Really ugly.  Why they chose not to use the Foglio art for the American editions or similar escapes me 

There’s an audiobook version of Agatha H. and the Airship City that is quite worth the listening.

]]> By: Ken Rokos http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637704 Ken Rokos Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637704 The books actually add and clarify some points from the webcomics.  The first book has an intro that gives previously-unknown clues about The Other.  The second goes farther with bits of new information scattered throughout, fills in some gaps (like Agatha's time at the Circus and relationship with Lars), and Pratchettian footnotes.  I read them side-by-side with the graphic novels.  The first book covers Vols. 1-3, the second 4-6. The books actually add and clarify some points from the webcomics.  The first book has an intro that gives previously-unknown clues about The Other.  The second goes farther with bits of new information scattered throughout, fills in some gaps (like Agatha’s time at the Circus and relationship with Lars), and Pratchettian footnotes.  I read them side-by-side with the graphic novels.  The first book covers Vols. 1-3, the second 4-6.

]]> By: jackbird http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637693 jackbird Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637693 What about Coraline? What about Coraline?

]]> By: Alice Bentley http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637521 Alice Bentley Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637521 Are the ebooks at baenebooks.com http://www.baenebooks.com/s-269-phil-foglio.aspx only US distribution then? I got the impression they had a wider reach. Are the ebooks at baenebooks.com http://www.baenebooks.com/s-269-phil-foglio.aspx only US distribution then? I got the impression they had a wider reach.

]]> By: lev36 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637503 lev36 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637503 Agatha Crumb? She was Agatha Clay in the comic. Did they change her name for the prose version? Agatha Crumb? She was Agatha Clay in the comic. Did they change her name for the prose version?

]]> By: aliktren http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637498 aliktren Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637498 really Cory, how long have you lived here, we never rejoice for anything. really Cory, how long have you lived here, we never rejoice for anything.

]]> By: Heartfruit http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637487 Heartfruit Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637487 I am a huge fan of the comic and I'm just reading the novel's now.  While I agree the artwork makes the comic, the books are a great read too.  And they work as a beautiful companion piece to the comics.   Clearly the Foglio's had a lot of things worked out about their world.  It comes across in the little details in the art.  But the novel format allows them to explain and expand on some of those, so when you return to the comic, you can understand those details better. That said, the choice to move away from the Girl Genius art style on the covers seems like an odd one. I am a huge fan of the comic and I’m just reading the novel’s now.  While I agree the artwork makes the comic, the books are a great read too.  And they work as a beautiful companion piece to the comics.   Clearly the Foglio’s had a lot of things worked out about their world.  It comes across in the little details in the art.  But the novel format allows them to explain and expand on some of those, so when you return to the comic, you can understand those details better.

That said, the choice to move away from the Girl Genius art style on the covers seems like an odd one.

]]> By: novium http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637471 novium Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637471 I don't know about that. I would never think to compare his novels unfavorably to pretty much anything. I don’t know about that. I would never think to compare his novels unfavorably to pretty much anything.

]]> By: Chris Hogan http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637461 Chris Hogan Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637461 Girl Genius minus the artwork? I like this not. Have we learnt nothing from the career of Neil Gaiman? Some stories require their visuals to be fully told. Aught else is adaptation decay. Case in point: "American Gods" and "Anansi Boys" weren't a patch on "Sandman" or "The Books of Magic". Girl Genius minus the artwork? I like this not.

Have we learnt nothing from the career of Neil Gaiman? Some stories require their visuals to be fully told. Aught else is adaptation decay.

Case in point: “American Gods” and “Anansi Boys” weren’t a patch on “Sandman” or “The Books of Magic”.

]]> By: Fang Xianfu http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637437 Fang Xianfu Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637437 No ebook, no purchase. Sorry Profs Foglio! No ebook, no purchase. Sorry Profs Foglio!

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/britons-rejoice-the-foglios.html#comment-1637433 Chentzilla Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=208215#comment-1637433 Looks like you were slightly misquoted on the first cover. Looks like you were slightly misquoted on the first cover.

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