Girl Genius ArtDump 1

[mister_inkwell]

Click the cuts to view the images! As always, none of the characters or sigils in these pictures belong to me; I just like to borrow them from time to time. Professors Foglio and Foglio, I promise to put them back with minimal damage.

Comments

[geekhyena]

Tarvek looks kind of like a worried/slightly scared rabbit. Gil, on the other hand, looks like he just got caught doing something he oughtn't....a kind of 'um, trying to think of a plausible excuse that won't get me into trouble' look

"Father, I swear, they're anatomy textbooks!"

[mister_inkwell]

Oh jeez. Porn in the Girl Genius world.

'My goodness, your socket wrench is so big~'

Though really, actual 1800s porn is hilariously bad. OH LAWD I DO DECLARE THIS BOOK MENTIONS ANKLES. SO SCANDALOUS!

[gumbamasta]

Oh, ankles. Mmmmmmmm-mmmmmm. *shudders* ;)

[geekhyena]

Well there has to be some reason Gil didn't want Agatha reading that 'Seraglio of the Iron Sheik' book - *evil grin* and why 'the Socket Wench of Prague' was so scandalous. Never read actual 1800's porn, but I have read Madame Bovary and that was incredibly scandalous when it was published.

[mister_inkwell]

It's seriously the best thing ever, especially when you get into all the terrible euphemisms. 'Verdant lady garden' is not sexy, but then, I'm a person who reads porn to laugh.

[geekhyena]

Any particular titles? The university library here has a lot of really old books...and I'm the type of person who reads romance novels to laugh - the euphemisms are pretty odd, even in modern days. Some of the older stuff I've read (a lot of it in Spanish - El Conde Lucanor could make Chaucer blush in parts) is pretty funny, too.

[mister_inkwell]

Well, the 18-volume online version of The Pearl magazine (1879) is where I find most of it. Here is a link to volume one. Knock yourself out!