This is a web comic I found (actually It is better described as a comic placed on the internet for reading) while doing some of my meanderings around the internet. The basic story is of this girl who finds out there is more to her then she first thought. The theme is steampunk (think steam powered robots in the Victorian era) and the country side has a bunch of people who has the "spark." The spark is basically an ability to conceive and build contraptions. (The the authors like to call these people "mad scientists")
anyways the comic started in 2002 and is updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So it goes without saying that there is a lot to read. FEAR NOT! for it is easy to follow along and has a very good storyline and pretty good graphics.
WARNING!: This comic is recommended for "teens" and up since it has scenes of violence, innuendos, and people running around in Victorian underwear. Don't worry there is no sex scenes and most of the time the characters are very well dressed.
Homepage:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
First comic:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104
Cool radio broadcast available in podcast:
http://switchpod.com/users/studiofoglio/feed.xml
The broadcast is of Girl Genius and funny to listen to. Too bad there is not a lot more of them