didodikali ([info]trickofthedark) wrote,
@ 2006-04-07 08:34:00
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Entry tags:fanart, fire, girl genius fanart, miracle of science fanart, non hp fanart

Fanart about Mad Scientists
I've not really been drawn into many web comics. The only two I've so far actually liked have been about Mad Scientists.



Here's Agatha from Girl Genius. I do love her. =)

This was inspired from a quote from someone somewhere about flamethrowers, something to the tune of that the very existence of flamethrowers implies that someone somewhere one day thought, 'Boy, I'd like to light those people over there on fire, too bad they're so far away.' Which is sick and twisted, but we like that. ;)


These guys are from Miracle of Science, which has charming characters who seem to be over the age of 30, and a very intriguing storyline, and Mad Scientists. I love this one, too. It's sort of like what you'd get if Varley did romantic comedy.

And the other thing I'm loving these days is Fullmetal Alchemist, also chock full of Mad Scientists. Everybody likes Mad Scientists! =)


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[info]amurderofcrows
2006-04-07 09:16 am UTC (link)
You're coming late to the FMA fandom. ;) But the sane people in it will welcome you warmly.

Girl Genius, btw, did not start as a webcomic. It used to be strictly paper.

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[info]meesto
2006-04-07 09:17 am UTC (link)
Yay! Something fun and neat!

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[info]ninjakitten
2006-04-07 09:33 am UTC (link)
SCIENCE!!!

...I love FMA too. This is a matter of great import.

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[info]theempathogen
2006-04-07 09:54 am UTC (link)
I really like these. ^___^

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[iconsquee!]
[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-07 11:39 am UTC (link)
(Wherefrom? Wherefrom?)

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Re: [iconsquee!]
[info]theempathogen
2006-04-07 12:01 pm UTC (link)
Hell, I don't know. Thanks. ^_^

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[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-07 11:37 am UTC (link)
Yaaaay! Agatha fanart! Yaaay, deathray!

I bet the Foglios would be tickled to see it?

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-07 12:26 pm UTC (link)
What, really? You think? Do they not do the I'm-going-to-pretend-fanthings-don't-exist-cause-I-have-to thing that Ms. Bujold and others do?

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[info]wombat1138
2006-04-07 01:27 pm UTC (link)
They let other people see their own fanthings, so I don't see why not....

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[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-07 06:59 pm UTC (link)
They have to do that for fanfic, but art? They've published some of the sketches in the backs of the original phys-comics, IIRC.

You could drop a note onto [info]kajafoglio's journal and ask if they're allowed to see non-plot-filled sketches.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:21 am UTC (link)
Eee, I feel shy about that. Waving fanart under an author's nose somehow feels dangerous to me- unless they have clearcut fanart-is-okay policies, like Miracle of Science does. I just don't know about that.

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[info]kajafoglio
2006-04-08 07:09 pm UTC (link)
It's awesome!

FanFic is what our attorney has told us we must not read. He said nothing about fanart. Heh. I actually have a fan art section of the Web site, but I haven't gotten off my * and posted anything new for a while.

Thank you!

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-09 05:45 am UTC (link)
Eee! Someone totally tattled on me!

Hi! Thank you, I'm glad you liked the fanart! And I love your comic! Eee! =D

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[info]electroweak
2006-04-08 07:33 pm UTC (link)
Not only do we have fanart-is-okay policies, we would love to put your beautiful art on our fanart page.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-09 05:40 am UTC (link)
Hi! Wow! It's you! I love your comic! You can certainly put my pic on your fanart page! =D

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[info]electroweak
2006-04-09 07:10 am UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-10 03:04 pm UTC (link)
Considering everything in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/girlgenius/files/ -- and yes, Kaja and some of the associated people are on the list -- and that they have a fan site FAQ (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/info/fansites.php ) which includes: Please have fun and let us have a look! Thank you for reading.

...I think they'd be tickled.

No, wait, I know they'd be tickled. http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/fun/fanart.php

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Fanart & Folios
(Anonymous)
2008-04-21 07:38 pm UTC (link)
I guess this might be late in coming, but the Folios say on their site that they love fanstuffs. I'm not surprised, any form of imitation is bound to stroke the fragile artists ego. While we're on it, and assuming that you care, I absolutely LOVE your stuff, and have read and reread your Escaflowne and HP stuff.

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[info]jeriendhal
2006-04-07 12:31 pm UTC (link)
Oh, fanart of two of my fave comics! Thank you! They're both wonderful, especially the expressions on Benjamin and Caprice.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:15 am UTC (link)
Thanks! I <3 Benjamin and Caprice. =)

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[info]timtylor
2006-04-07 12:48 pm UTC (link)
You might like Narbonic too. That's another of the really top-notch MadSci comics.

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[info]heavenscalyx
2006-04-07 01:40 pm UTC (link)
I *heart* Narbonic and was going to mention it...

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[info]isiscolo
2006-04-07 01:29 pm UTC (link)
My dad is a Mad Scientist! (Or at least he was, until he retired.) I sort of used to be a Mad Scientist. Well, a Slightly Crazy Scientist, anyway.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:14 am UTC (link)
...I am not in the least surprised. :)

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[info]heavenscalyx
2006-04-07 01:41 pm UTC (link)
The Agatha piece is sooo very cute. And thanks for the pointer to Miracles of Science! I'll have to check it out.

Another note on Narbonic: the Foglios have a short story, called Fan Fiction, posted, written by Shaenon Garrity, the creator of Narbonic.

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[info]maxineofarc
2006-04-07 02:52 pm UTC (link)
I didn't even know Girl Genius was on the web. I am so out of it.

Mad scientists rule.

I keep meaning to make an FMA uniform one of these days...

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[info]zeldaophelia
2006-04-07 05:32 pm UTC (link)
Girl Genius is my newest obsession and I'm seriously considering getting the graphic novels because not all the comics are up yet!!!! :O!! :D

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[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-07 07:03 pm UTC (link)
Doooooo eeeeeeeeet! Then you can read them all at once and not wait for the silly things to load.

(Yes, I'm waiting for book 4 to show up. *sob*)

(Last I saw, www.warehouse23.com still had some of the stock that the Foglios are currently sold out of, and haven't reprinted yet.)

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[info]zeldaophelia
2006-04-07 07:47 pm UTC (link)
I checked Amazon and it looked like they still had some as well, though I'd prefer to buy straight from the Foglios. But since they're sold out, I'm going to check Borders tonight on the off-chance they'll have them, otherwise buy them from Amazon here soon.

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[info]archangelbeth
2006-04-07 10:43 pm UTC (link)
Good luck!

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[info]ap_aelfwine
2006-04-07 07:23 pm UTC (link)
Lovely!
And hurrah for mad scientists!
I will have to check these two comics out.

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[info]kengr
2006-04-07 10:40 pm UTC (link)
[info]elfs once commented that if he won the lottery he was going to buy a flamethrower and get Sigourney Weaver to autograph it. :-)

Mad Scientists are fun.

I need to get around to making a sign

MAD SCIENTIST
VICTIMS
VOLUNTEERS
WANTED


And another somethingf like this:

EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT
SEEKING
MAD SCIENTIST


Yes, I'm weird.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:13 am UTC (link)
That last sign is particularly scary. o.O

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[info]kengr
2006-04-09 01:03 am UTC (link)
Well, it all depends on *why* said subject is seeking the Mad Scientist, doesn't it?

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-09 05:46 am UTC (link)
Hmm. You have a point there. I was thinking scary things, and now I'm thinking sexy things. Thanks for that. ;)

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[info]kengr
2006-04-09 09:12 am UTC (link)
Well, what's scary to one person may be sexy to another. Especially if you keep in mind the critical difference between (for example) "rape" and "acting out a rape fantasy".

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-09 09:34 am UTC (link)
Hmm. I think your scary is more scary than my scary. As it were. I was imagining consentual experimentings.

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[info]athelind
2006-04-08 01:04 am UTC (link)
Hooray, my two favorite web comics!

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:12 am UTC (link)
Those comics are just so entertaining, aren't they. =)

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[info]bobbie_watson
2006-04-08 02:34 am UTC (link)
*gasps*

Girl Genius fanart!

<33

The 'Mad Girl' expression on Agatha's face is great.

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[info]trickofthedark
2006-04-08 11:10 am UTC (link)
Thanks. =)

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[info]the_verb
2006-04-08 04:48 pm UTC (link)
*hides*

I like your version of Agatha better than Phil Foglio's... I've never been a fan of his drawing style, though the comic is still fantastic.

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[info]jeriendhal
2006-04-09 01:29 pm UTC (link)
WHERE is the image in your icon from? Please tell me!!

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[info]ravenclaw_eric
2006-04-08 06:04 pm UTC (link)
Cool! I love Girl Genius!

One of these days I may draw Bangladesh Dupree in a Combat Nightie...(term from Lois-Bujold fandom, long story)

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[info]annechen67
2006-04-09 02:26 am UTC (link)
Fanart is love - fanfic just makes authors' heads explode. *ooh, pretty!*

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[info]frankie_lee
2006-04-18 03:42 am UTC (link)
Have a look at Narbonic. Mad scientists, clones of mad scientists, isolation of the "madness" gene, genetically engineered super-intelegent gerbils, utterly mad henchmen (well, henchwoman...), the Dave Conspiracy, forensic linguists... And Shaenon Garrity is a wonderful person underneath her own mad artistry.

On Sundays she used to run a "Penny Dreadful" Jules Verne-esque tale of late 19th century mad scientists. I think there's a link to a snippet of one.

Narbonicon IV will be in Minneapolis this year... Last year the event featured a trip to The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, a repository of items like the Phrenology Machine and a Violet Ray Machine...

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[info]kettir
2006-06-29 12:20 am UTC (link)
I LOVE Full Metal Alchemist! Have you seen the OVA, there's one where "you" are a new state alchemist, and one where the actors are going out to what seems to be a sushi place after filming...you might try Tsukiyomi Moon Phase, 25 episodes, I really liked it.

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Four Minutes
(Anonymous)
2006-10-04 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Wow is the only thing I could say after finishing Four Minutes. One because it was so well planned and well written but also because you were unable to write anymore. I must say that I wish that there was a bunch more because I could sit and read it for ages. I know that it has probably been ages sense you have written the previous pages but I'm always late to find the good stuff and only happened to find this by chance when looking up pictures of Millerna on Google. I am rather sorry that you did not get to finish telling your story about Millerna and Dryden and the developing side story with Allen, Eries, and Gadeth. I would love to read more of the story if you have posted it anywhere else you can email me at heidishowgirl@hotmail.com thanks and love the story ^^

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