The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne: Book Seven: Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle

by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio

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Agatha must find a way into the bizarre mechanical fortress that is her family's castle, before a charismatic imposter takes her place!

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This series continues to fire on all cylinders. I'm not entirely sure there is much going on in this volume....there is a lot of exposition. But I still have found myself enthralled.
This is the 7th TP book in the Girl Genius series. This continues to be a super fun and laugh-out-loud series filled with fantasy, steampunk goodness, and a little romance.

Agatha has finally arrived in Mechanicsburg and is hoping to finally enter the mechanical fortress that was home to the Heterodyne’s for many years. Of course things get complicated when another girl claiming to be Agatha shows up. And then of course there is the fact that the Heterodyne fortress is always trying to kill people. Oh, yeah and Baron Wulfenbach is convalescing in Mechanicsburg too…

This graphic novel is filled with the crazy bright illustrations that fit the insane story so well. When I first started reading this series I wasn’t a huge fan of the show more illustration style, but I have to say I have grown kind of fond of it over the last few books...it just fits the story so perfectly.

Agatha continues to do amazing mechanical things (like making super efficient coffee makers). And now she has found a whole city of people who live to serve the Heterodynes...it makes for an explosive combination.

Krosp the emperor of cats is still there along with the rest of our favorite characters. I loved the Heterodyne castle and all of its oddities; this was just awesome fun.

I love that a synopsis of “the story thus far” is included in the beginning of the graphic novel as well.

I can’t recommend this series enough it is just so much fun. There is a lot of action, wonderful steampunk elements, fantasy elements, general shenanigans, wonderful characters, and a tiny bit of romance as well. This is just a spectacular graphic novel series. Highly recommended to graphic novel fans especially those who like humor and steampunk elements.
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Agatha Heterodyne arrives in Mechanicsburg, her family's ancestral home, to find that it has become a locale of contention for at least three major European powers. She must prove her own claim to the throne of Mechanicsburg, while the Wulfenbachs have their own challenge of keeping Europe's powers erupting into chaos.

The Foglios continue to deftly balance drama and humor, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments interspersed in a large-scale plot.
The ongoing adventures of Agatha Heterodyne, a young scientific genius in a World Gone Mad! Adventure! Romance! Mad Science! This is gorgeous. The illustrations are beautiful, the story is amusing, interesting and self-aware and I am utterly in love. http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
This is the 7th book in the Girl Genius series. Agatha has made it into Mechanicsberg and is trying to find a way into the castle so she can claim her families legacy. A fake has beat her inside with the intentions of shutting the castle down. Agatha needs to get inside, convince the castle she's the heir, fix it and avoid the fake heir and her lackey's. Just getting is a bit of a challenge.

Girl Genius is a web comic about a mad scientists who seem to be able to break the laws of physics, and it all happens in a gaslight/steampunkish universe. Great art, great story and lots of fun.
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one of my favorite Girl Genius stories so far. great story and I'm on the edge of my seat to see what comes next.
Deze serie blijf ik zo enorm sterk vinden omdat het hoofdpersonage Agatha Heterodyne als maar blijft groeien. En zoals het er naar uitziet, is zij nog lang niet uitgegroeid.

Zij zoekt, vindt en betreedt het kasteel Heterodyne in Mechanicsburg waarvan het verhaal te ronde gaat dat alleen dé erfgenaam dit kasteel kan betreden en commanderen. Ieder ander wordt door het kasteel onderworpen, voor eigen genoegen gebruikt en hoogstwaarschijnlijk gedood. Dit is ook waarom zoveel criminelen aan het kasteel gevoerd worden.
En zo gaat het maar door en door. Klaus in het ziekenhuis die voortdurend met aanslagen bedreigd wordt, Gilgamesh die zichzelf versteld doet staan met vijanden verslaan. En wat te denken van die andere vrouw die beweert dé show more erfgenaam te zijn. Alles blijft in elkaar grijpen en als lezer word je van tijd tot tijd ook nog van een stukje geschiedenis voorzien zodat je alle gebeurtenissen ook goed kan blijven volgen.

Dit keer werd het verhaal onderbroken door een op zichzelf staand vervolgverhaal genaamd Radio Theater Break: Revenge of the Weasel Queen. Een erg grappig verhaal vooral en door zijn luchtigheid voor tussendoor zeker niet te versmaden.
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Philip "Phil" Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois. He and his wife, Kaja Foglio, won the first graphic story Hugo for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones show more in 2009. In 2010, the Foglios, along with colorist Cheyenne Wright, again won the graphic story Hugo, for Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm. The Foglios founded Studio Foglio and began to produce their own graphic novels in the 1990's. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Canonical title
The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne: Book Seven: Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle
Original publication date
2008
People/Characters
Arella; Carson von Mekkhan; Kars; Master Payne; Pix; Abner (show all 34); Countess Marie; Yeti; Ardsley Wooster; Agatha Heterodyne; Balthasar Belloptrix; Krosp; Ognian; Dimo; Maxim; Jenka; Fust; Gilgamesh Wulfenbach; Sun Jen-djieh; Baron Klaus Wulfenbach; Bangladesh DuPree; Zeetha; Sergeant Scorp; Herr Vikel; Duke Steinbeck; Baron Oublenmach; Zola Heterodyne; Vanamonde von Mekkhan; Herr Mitrant; Captain Vole; Hristo Tiktoffen; Sanaa Wilhelm; Snapper Boikov; Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer
Important places
Sturmhalten; Mechanicsburg; Castle Heterodyne
First words
I was there! I saw it!
Quotations
I get is. A whole town of minions and no master.
Don't try to boggle me, Mister Talking Cat. This is Mechanicsburg. You are by no means the strangest thing in this town.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Young man, you have no idea.
Original language
English

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Graphic Novels & Comics, Teen
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741.5973Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawingComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic stripsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyNorth AmericanUnited States (General)
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PN6728 .G49 .F68Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Collections of general literatureComic books, strips, etc.
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