Phil Foglio

Phil Foglio is an American published author. Born in 1956, Phil Foglio first gained recognition as a science fiction fan artist in the seventies. He started writing and drawing cartoons and comics professionally in the eighties.

The best place to start is the Buck Godot series, the earliest of Phil Foglio's multi-book series: it opens with Zap Gun for Hire (1986) and runs to 3 books across 1986–2008, ending with Gallimaufry (2008). Phil Foglio's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Phil Foglio has 40 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2021. 35 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Girl Genius series with 13 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Phil Foglio's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Buck Godot (1986–2008, 3 books), The XXXenophile Collection (1989–2000, 7 books) and What's New (1991–2000, 3 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Phil Foglio's 40 books into 6 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Girl Genius (13 books, 2002–2014); The XXXenophile Collection (7 books, 1989–2000); Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne (5 books, 2015–2021); Girl Genius Novels (4 books, 2011–2020); Buck Godot (3 books, 1986–2008), plus 1 further series.