Kaja Foglio

From Girl Genius

Professor Kaja Foglio
Places!
Name	Prof. Kaja Foglio
Age
Occupation	Professor of Interpretive History, Artist, Writer, Web Mistress, Evil Queen of No-Fun
Residence	currently (in-story) Vienna, eventually Beetleburg, now fugitive. Also Seattle.
First Appearance	First Appearance[1]
Death	Greatly exaggerated.
Parents
Relatives
Children	Yup!
Marital Status	(Known eventually to be) Married to Prof. P. Foglio

Historian and wife of Professor Phil Foglio, the brilliant and beautiful Kaja Foglio^[2] is one of the few recognized authorities on the early life of Agatha Heterodyne. Along with her husband, Phil, and Professor Cheyenne Wright, Prof. Foglio has compiled an exhaustive collection of stories^[3] about the young heroine in a fun and easy to read format for her dedicated students at Transylvania Polygnostic University.

Though she is one of the primary culprits behind the Agatha Heterodyne radio plays, she has only recently been seen for the first time in the Girl Genius story proper, commenting on an opera in Vienna. Will she soon meet the man of her dreams? Will Oggie finally shot op 'bout great-great-great-grand cheeldrens? Stay tuned to find out!

[edit] Outside World

Because too many sparks fail to understand the need for dramatic tension, the Professors Foglio are now in our dimension, where they have found a more appreciative audience for their tales of adventure. Before Girl Genius, Kaja Foglio was perhaps best known for her artwork in collectible card games, becoming a fan favorite for her prolific work in early editions of Magic: The Gathering. She has also produced original artwork for convention programs and posters, and illustrated several fantasy novels, including the World Fantasy Award winning Bridge of Birds.

Kaja founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995, originally for independent distribution of her art prints, but it has since turned its primary focus to being the extremely productive publisher and distributor of Girl Genius. Airship Entertainment, a branch of the Studio, has an on-line store offering trade paperbacks, cloisonné pins, music, games, these really great-looking backpacks and occasionally seasonal or food novelties. And goggles, in two different colors!

One of her current Girl Genius-specific projects is writing and co-illustrating the Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game, to be powered by GURPS (Generic Universal Roleplaying System) and published by GURPS creator and iconic gaming publisher Steve Jackson Games. According to a phone interview conducted on January 27, 2008 (Part 2 is here), Kaja said that Agatha's story is approaching a pausing point which would allow the RPG to be published with both crystallized concepts and characters, and without spoiling the storyline for readers. She also mentioned that Steve Jackson is the most patient man in the world. Kaja has referred to the RP manual as a sort of Secret Blueprints Volume II.

Kaja has lately been spotted frequenting cons, where she has entertained audiences by reading the part of Agatha in the radio plays.

She has also comments frequently on her LiveJournal in-between catching up on copious amounts of blog comments and e-mail, and renovating the Studio Foglio/Airship Entertainment website. (Also, she has a husband, a couple of kids, an apartment reported to be buried in paper, and a stack of manga.)

Go here for a peek at her comic style artwork -- not to mention a good story about a girl and her bear.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ↑ But what's in the upper left corner here? Aww!
2. ↑ Holds the rights to the subject of this wiki
3. ↑ Available at low, low prices! On sale at the Studio Foglio Store and through your favorite comic book retailers.
4. ↑ Hmm...