Phil Foglio

From Girl Genius

Professor Phil Foglio
"Can't you just say we're on vacation?!"
Name	Prof. P. Foglio (foh-lee-oh)[1]
Age
Occupation	Creative Historian, Comic Book Artist
Residence
First Appearance	Vol. 1, p. 1
Death	They'd have to catch him first.
Parents
Relatives	Great-Great Grandpapa Ognian
Children	Yep!
Marital Status	Married to Prof. Kaja Foglio

Professor Phil Foglio of Transylvania Polygnostic University, and his wife Professor Kaja Foglio, are the primary chroniclers of the early life of Agatha Heterodyne. Their work is rendered in spectacular full color by the preeminent authority on transdimensional color frequencies, Professor Cheyenne Wright.

Contents 1 Phil, the Character 2 Outside world 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Phil, the Character

To date in the Girl Genius story proper, Phil is an itinerant storyteller always in search of that perfect story, a vocation which seems to constantly get him into trouble. Being close to the action, however, often gives him a unique first-hand perspective. Originally from Mechanicsburg, his Jägermonster great-great grandfather, the loveable and dangerous goofball Ognian, occasionally pesters him about continuing the family line. ^[2]

We know that he eventually meets and marries Kaja, as he appears along with her outside the main storyline in one of the Revenge of the Weasel Queen interludes. He also becomes member of the faculty at Transylvania Polygnostic University.

[edit] Outside world

Misunderstood and persecuted for their more creative interpretations of Agatha's history, the Professors Foglio seem to have fled to our dimension, where they have turned their arduous years of work into an extremely successful print and web comic. Before Girl Genius, Phil Foglio was probably best known for his D&D gamer comics, "What's New...?"^[3] in Dragon magazine; illustrations for Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures series^[4]; campy, sexy XXXenophile (requires a sense of humor and being old enough to vote); and the adventures of high gravity spacer, Buck Godot.^[5]

He won two Hugos for "Best Fan Artist", one in 1977 and the other in 1978, and has now come full circle; he was nominated again in 2008, this time for "Best Professional Artist". (See the list of his awards.)

He is sometimes seen with The Winslow, a small plush alligator^[6] who may be the cornerstone of all creation.

[edit] See also

• List of Professorial Interviews

References

1. ↑ His card in The Works says the "P." stands for "Philbert".
2. ↑ According to one of the coolest con reports ever, they never decided if Oggie had a family before or after he became a Jäger. At any rate, the Professor is wholly human and not part Jäger.
3. ↑ "Growf?"
4. ↑ Myth Adventures Collection on Studio Foglio Store
5. ↑ Buck Godot, Zap Gun for Hire!
6. ↑ As seen on The Kid's head in Kaja's LiveJournal