Not only is Girl Genius starting Volume 10, but two pages of Phil and Dixie have
been added, bringing that comic back up to sync.

Ah, the things you find at yard sales...

http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2009-12-06

--
Ron/yumitori

"... the moment we Christians think it's OK to berate another human
being for saying the wrong nice thing, we go from being champions for
Christ to bullies for Jesus"

- Connie Schultz

Turns out there was just some glitch on the forwarding from
ww.zapgunforhire.com

It's been fixed, and the change should propagate overnight.

Dave asked:
>does anyone know what the  shortcut url for the What's
>New strip home page is?

http://www.philanddixie.com/

Alice "doesn't always know the answers, but this time I do" Bentley

Well, the website hosting costs are consolidated anyway, they all link back
  to a main site, all it takes to keep a web domain active (such as
girlgenius.net  or zapgunforhire.com) is a $10-$15 yearly payment to one of the
internet  registrar companies.  But yes, they probably just let that  one drop
for one less thing to keep track of.  I DO see though that  they still own
buckgodot.com, I didn't even realize they had that domain  name.  They have
Airshipentertainment.com, studiofoglio.com,  girlgeniusonline.com,
girlgenius.net, buckgodot.com, does anyone know what the  shortcut url for the
What's
New strip home page is?

Dave



In a message dated 11/8/2009 10:48:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
leeandalexis@... writes:

From  what I understand, they let Zap Gun go because it was old and
specifically  formed to advertise that Godot series period.  Now that they have
several  irons in the fire, it made sense to consolidate rather than pay for
four or  five seperate websites.




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Quoting fiawol@...:

> Hmm, looks like with no new Buck Godot material planned, Phil and Kaja
> decided to let the _www.zapgunforhire.com_ (http://www.zapgunforhire.com)
> domain name  expire, and it got snapped up by one of the internet squatting
> sites.  I  usually used to go to that URL, read Buck's strip, and
> then use the
> links  on the side to get to the What's New strips.  Guess I'll have to get
> into  the habit of going directly to the Studio Foglio site now.  Wonder why
> Buck  Godot and What's New have always had links to the Girl Genius strip,
> but Girl  Genius has never had any links to the other strips that Phil did?
>
> Dave

As I've said before, I really, REALLY would have preferred more Buck
stories to _Girl Genius._  It isn't that I don't like Girl Genius---I
do, a lot---but I like Buck _better._  I can understand that it's the
Foglios' decision to do this, and that they had this character, and
this world, that they were just aching to do...but I do wish they had
chosen differently.

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--- In philndixie@yahoogroups.com, fiawol@... wrote:

> Wonder why
> Buck  Godot and What's New have always had links to the Girl Genius strip,
> but Girl  Genius has never had any links to the other strips that Phil did?

My guess is that the Foglios believe that What's New with Phil and Dixie, or at
least Buck Godot, Zap Gun for Hire, contain slightly more mature content than
Girl Genius does and will contain.

I suppose one could go to the "Our Store" link, and then trim everything off of
the URL except

http://www.studiofoglio.com/

but there is indeed no path consisting only of links that I can find.

From what I understand, they let Zap Gun go because it was old and specifically
formed to advertise that Godot series period.  Now that they have several irons
in the fire, it made sense to consolidate rather than pay for four or five
seperate websites.

Every Day An Adventure





To: philndixie@yahoogroups.com
From: fiawol@...
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:44:59 -0500
Subject: [philndixie] Zap Gun For Hire (was Re: Phil and Dixie)





Hmm, looks like with no new Buck Godot material planned, Phil and Kaja
decided to let the _www.zapgunforhire.com_ (http://www.zapgunforhire.com)
domain name expire, and it got snapped up by one of the internet squatting
sites. I usually used to go to that URL, read Buck's strip, and then use the
links on the side to get to the What's New strips. Guess I'll have to get
into the habit of going directly to the Studio Foglio site now. Wonder why
Buck Godot and What's New have always had links to the Girl Genius strip,
but Girl Genius has never had any links to the other strips that Phil did?

Dave


In a message dated 11/8/2009 12:27:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
savardj@... writes:

--- In _philndixie@yahoogrophilndi_ (mailto:philndixie@yahoogroups.com) ,
"quadibloc" <savardj@...> wrote:
>
> It was updated in the middle of the week again, after missing the update
last weekend.

And it's had its regular update again for Sunday, so we can hope this will
keep up.

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quadibloc wrote:

> In addition, just as there was an advertisement for Spy Battle on the News
page for Girl Genius, there was also a Space Pirates ad - with Buck Godot as its
star - which is "the first new Buck Godot content in ten years". I didn't
discover this, rather I just heard of it from a newsgroup posting.

Said ad can be found here...

http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php

Hmm, looks like with no new Buck Godot material planned, Phil and Kaja
decided to let the _www.zapgunforhire.com_ (http://www.zapgunforhire.com)
domain name  expire, and it got snapped up by one of the internet squatting
sites.  I  usually used to go to that URL, read Buck's strip, and then use the
links  on the side to get to the What's New strips.  Guess I'll have to get
into  the habit of going directly to the Studio Foglio site now.  Wonder why
Buck  Godot and What's New have always had links to the Girl Genius strip,
but Girl  Genius has never had any links to the other strips that Phil did?

Dave


In a message dated 11/8/2009 12:27:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
savardj@... writes:

--- In  _philndixie@yahoogrophilndi_ (mailto:philndixie@yahoogroups.com) ,
"quadibloc" <savardj@...> wrote:
>
> It was updated in  the middle of the week again, after missing the update
last  weekend.

And it's had its regular update again for Sunday, so we can  hope this will
keep up.




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--- In philndixie@yahoogroups.com, "quadibloc" <savardj@...> wrote:
>
> It was updated in the middle of the week again, after missing the update last
weekend.

And it's had its regular update again for Sunday, so we can hope this will keep
up.

It was updated in the middle of the week again, after missing the update last
weekend.

In addition, just as there was an advertisement for Spy Battle on the News page
for Girl Genius, there was also a Space Pirates ad - with Buck Godot as its star
- which is "the first new Buck Godot content in ten years". I didn't discover
this, rather I just heard of it from a newsgroup posting.

Sweet, thanks!

Dave


In a message dated 9/20/2009 6:39:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
savardj@... writes:

...has  been updated again, after a brief hiatus. Move back to earlier
dates as well,  as three pages have now been  added.




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...has been updated again, after a brief hiatus. Move back to earlier dates as
well, as three pages have now been added.

Amazon.com will let you read sample pages (sometimes lots of them) of many
books, including this compilation of the first two "Myth" books.  Note that you
probably have to be logged in to Amazon to use this feature.

http://www.amazon.com/Another-Fine-Myth-Conceptions-2-in1/dp/044100931X/ref=sr_1\
_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251988363&sr=1-1

--- In philndixie@yahoogroups.com, "paoconnell99" <gypkap@...> wrote:
> I have this habit of wanting to read a bit of a book by an unfamiliar author
to get a feel of the author's style before I buy it. While I know that most
Pratchett books are truly funny and can be bought sight unseen, I know less
about Robert Aspirin, and those books are hard to find here...even in the local
library.
>

I will grant you that it is a wise move to read something by an unfamiliar
author before buying it. However how much risk is there in buying the first book
of a series in order to see if it is worth reading? Especially if you can find a
good quality used edition at a very reasonable price. Hellfire, I've bought new
books from some of my favorite authors that I've not been able to finish. 




________________________________
From: paoconnell99 <gypkap@...>
To: philndixie@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:07:13 PM
Subject: [philndixie] Re: The Myth Series

 
--- In philndixie@yahoogro ups.com, "Baralier" <baralier@.. .> wrote:
>
> > I want to check out MythAdventures, but the books are hard to find in
> > Albuquerque.
>
> They have this brilliant thing now that lets you buy books in other states
> or even other countries! It's called the internet.
>
> My own preference of use is www.abebooks. com Since you can email the
> booksellers direct you can ask if they accept things like postal orders, if
> credit cards are an issue. From this antipodean country I've ordered books
> from Alaska, Canada, the UK, Germany and Denmark.
>
> Alternatively, try eBay. The books turn up there quite frequently.

I have this habit of wanting to read a bit of a book by an unfamiliar author to
get a feel of the author's style before I buy it. While I know that most
Pratchett books are truly funny and can be bought sight unseen, I know less
about Robert Aspirin, and those books are hard to find here...even in the local
library.




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--- In philndixie@yahoogroups.com, "Baralier" <baralier@...> wrote:
>
> > I want to check out MythAdventures, but the books are hard to find in
> > Albuquerque.
>
> They have this brilliant thing now that lets you buy books in other states
> or even other countries! It's called the internet.
>
> My own preference of use is www.abebooks.com Since you can email the
> booksellers direct you can ask if they accept things like postal orders, if
> credit cards are an issue. From this antipodean country I've ordered books
> from Alaska, Canada, the UK, Germany and Denmark.
>
> Alternatively, try eBay. The books turn up there quite frequently.

I have this habit of wanting to read a bit of a book by an unfamiliar author to
get a feel of the author's style before I buy it. While I know that most
Pratchett books are truly funny and can be bought sight unseen, I know less
about Robert Aspirin, and those books are hard to find here...even in the local
library.

I have to agree with some others that I found Xanth to get a bit "childish" as I
got older. That and I started to find Peirs Anthony (the man) a bit weirder as I
read more and more of his introductions, which started to put me off. <grin>

IMHO, Alan Dean Foster's "Spellsinger" series probably stands up to reading (or
re-reading) by a more mature audience better than PA's Xanth.

Of course, all stories would benefit from a Studio Foglio treatment. (he says,
madly trying to get things back on topic, since he is co-moderator!) But I guess
we need the Foglio empire to grow a bit more before they can be sub-contacting
work out to South Korea and elsewhere. Still dreaming of seeing some animated
Foglio work at some point too. An adaption of "Illegal Aliens" would be awesome!


Michael
High Priest of Slag-Blah

> Xanth is a great series...but if you don't like puns, you will
> either end up with a head-size hole in your wall or a large knot on
> your head...probably both...

If you're interested in Piers Anthony's non-Xanth (but still punny)
work, such as his "Key to Chroma" series, you can find some of it here:
http://www.mundania.com

Elaine

Elaine Corvidae
Author of EXILES BURN
A medic with a broken body. A stowaway with a broken mind. And a ship
in exile.
Download this science fiction novel for FREE here:
http://www.exilesburn.onecrow.net

Also, Studio Foglio.  Preferably, honestly.



They've got the two collections that collect most of the novels.



To: philndixie@yahoogroups.com
From: baralier@...
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:00:05 +1000
Subject: RE: [philndixie] Re: The Myth Series





> I want to check out MythAdventures, but the books are hard to find in
> Albuquerque.

They have this brilliant thing now that lets you buy books in other states
or even other countries! It's called the internet.

My own preference of use is www.abebooks.com Since you can email the
booksellers direct you can ask if they accept things like postal orders, if
credit cards are an issue. From this antipodean country I've ordered books
from Alaska, Canada, the UK, Germany and Denmark.

Alternatively, try eBay. The books turn up there quite frequently.

Paul
--
"Bother," said Pooh, "Eeyore, ready two photon torpedoes and lock phasers on
the Heffalump, Piglet, meet me in transporter room three. Christopher Robin,
you have the bridge."
http://www.users.on.net/~baralier/
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> I want to check out MythAdventures, but the books are hard to find in
> Albuquerque.

They have this brilliant thing now that lets you buy books in other states
or even other countries! It's called the internet.

My own preference of use is www.abebooks.com Since you can email the
booksellers direct you can ask if they accept things like postal orders, if
credit cards are an issue. From this antipodean country I've ordered books
from Alaska, Canada, the UK, Germany and Denmark.

Alternatively, try eBay. The books turn up there quite frequently.

Paul
--
"Bother," said Pooh, "Eeyore, ready two photon torpedoes and lock phasers on
the Heffalump, Piglet, meet me in transporter room three. Christopher Robin,
you have the bridge."
http://www.users.on.net/~baralier/
Costumier & Reprobate

--- In philndixie@yahoogroups.com, Martin J Hooper <martinjh@...> wrote:
>
> fleetcommander@... wrote:
> > Ah, a wonderful collection of hilarious books!  Such joy!  Such wonder!
>
> :)
>
> > My wife and I had a large collection of Myth books until a small flood took
care of our library for us.  (We've been rebuilding our book collection since
then.)
>
> :( Not good...
>
> > IMHO, Myth ranks up there with the Callahan's series by Spider Robinson or
the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
>
> Not read  either of those series...
>
Personal opinions, YMMV:

I like Spider Robinson's Callahan's stories, though if you don't like bizarre
puns this series might not be for you. Start with Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
and go on from there. Warning: Callahan's wife runs an "enlightened" bordello in
some of the books, so if you have issues with that (or with Phil Foglio's sexier
comics), go no further.

I want to check out MythAdventures, but the books are hard to find in
Albuquerque.

I don't like Xanth, because of the unfunny, childish jokes. Sorry.

Xanth is a great series...but if you don't like puns, you will either end up
with a head-size hole in your wall or a large knot on your head...probably
both...

Micky




________________________________
From: Martin J Hooper <martinjh@...>
To: philndixie@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:31:11 AM
Subject: Re: [philndixie] The Myth Series

 
fleetcommander@ att.net wrote:
> Ah, a wonderful collection of hilarious books! Such joy! Such wonder!

:)

> My wife and I had a large collection of Myth books until a small flood took
care of our library for us. (We've been rebuilding our book collection since
then.)

:( Not good...

> IMHO, Myth ranks up there with the Callahan's series by Spider Robinson or the
Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Not read either of those series...







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> IMHO, Myth ranks up there with the Callahan's series by Spider Robinson
> or the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Read the Xanth books as they came out up to about book 9. Never bothered to
go back a reread them. Myth series on the other hand gets a sporadic
rereading every now and then. I even have the first 6 books signed by Bob
Asprin. Now if I ever get to the US or manage to get Phil out here for a
convention...

Paul
--
"Bother," said Pooh, "Eeyore, ready two photon torpedoes and lock phasers on
the Heffalump, Piglet, meet me in transporter room three. Christopher Robin,
you have the bridge."
http://www.users.on.net/~baralier/
Costumier & Reprobate

fleetcommander@... wrote:
> Ah, a wonderful collection of hilarious books!  Such joy!  Such wonder!

:)

> My wife and I had a large collection of Myth books until a small flood took
care of our library for us.  (We've been rebuilding our book collection since
then.)

:( Not good...

> IMHO, Myth ranks up there with the Callahan's series by Spider Robinson or the
Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Not read  either of those series...

Ah, a wonderful collection of hilarious books!  Such joy!  Such wonder!

My wife and I had a large collection of Myth books until a small flood took care
of our library for us.  (We've been rebuilding our book collection since then.)

IMHO, Myth ranks up there with the Callahan's series by Spider Robinson or the
Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Jason

The MYTH stories are some fun stuff, hope you have a good time reading
them.

Dave


In a message dated 8/27/2009 9:43:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
martinjh@... writes:

Anyways will probably enjoy reading and I thought Id scan the
cover for you all to  see...




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philndixie@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>   File        : /myth-chief.jpg
>   Uploaded by : martinjh99 <martinjh@...>
>   Description : Myth Chief Cover

As far as I can remember I have never read a Myth book before - I
looked at this cover and thought "I'm sure I know who this artist
is" and sure enough it was Phil... ;)  Got from the library...
Hoping they have all the others in the series...

Anyways will probably enjoy reading and I thought Id scan the
cover for you all to see...

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the philndixie
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Just a few hours left on this Girl Genius page from issue #1...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120461517473

Mention that you're a Phil N Dixie group member, and I'll give you free shipping
on it!  (or rather I'll refund your shipping fee, as it's near impossible to
change an amount once eBay sends a completed auction notice).  Thanks for
checking it out!

Dave

And Don't Forget The Winslow!!  (hi! hi hi hii!



To: philndixie@yahoogroups.com
From: fiawol@...
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:41:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [philndixie] Historic Page Appears on What's New Site





A doubly-historic page (purely for geeky reasons) because the "evil" snail
familiar is given a message to deliver in this installment, and he
continues to appear at the bottom of the page (slowly advancing across it) for
the
rest of the run of "What's New" until the final strip is printed. I wonder
if the Foglios ever put THIS page up for sale, and what it would fetch
now, with getting close to a decade of "Girl Genius" stories in print.

Dave


In a message dated 8/23/2009 10:30:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
savardj@... writes:

The page
_http://www.airshipehttp://www.aihttp://www.airshttp://wwhttp://w_
(http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20090823)
appears to be from issue 278 of Dragon magazine, which would have a cover date
of December 2000, and not only does Krosp appear in a panel, but he is now
accompanied by a young lady who appears to be _Agatha_, a few months before
the Secret Blueprints.

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