Popular examples include The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, as well as the Girl Genius series by Phil and Kaja Foglio, although seeds of the genre may be seen in certain works of Michael Moorcock, Philip Jose Farmer and Steve Stiles, and in such games as Space 1889 and Marcus Rowland's Forgotten Futures.

In 1976, he was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Capture, a cartoon slide show written by Asprin and drawn by Phil Foglio.

Originally illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas, and later by Phil Foglio, the highly pun-driven books follow a " demon " magician who has lost his powers and his inexperienced human apprentice as they travel through a variety of worlds in pursuit of finding their place in life, though under the guise of seeking wealth and glory.

* The Capture, cartoon slide show written by Asprin and illustrated by Phil Foglio ; nominated for a 1976 Hugo Award

Several cartoonists like Phil and Kaja Foglio of Girl Genius have stopped publishing traditional comic books and instead serialise their content as a webcomic to reach a larger audience.

Philip " Phil " Foglio ( born May 1, 1956 ) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work.

Beginning in 1980, Foglio wrote and illustrated the comic strip What's New with Phil & Dixie for Dragon Magazine from TSR Games, satirizing the world of role-playing games.

Phil and Kaja Foglio at Gen Con Indy 2007.

Best known for his SF / Humor novel, " Illegal Aliens ( w / Phil Foglio ), Fantasy / Humor novel " Bureau 13 ", and Fantasy / Humor novel " That Darn Squid God " ( w / Phil Foglio ).

Nick Pollotta and Phil Foglio, TSR BOOKS

Nick Pollotta & Phil Foglio, Armada Press, Russia ( translation )

Nick Pollotta & Phil Foglio, AST Press, Russia ( translation )

Nick Pollotta & Phil Foglio, Wildside Press

Buck Godot is the title character in a science fiction / comedy comic book series collected in two volumes ( Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire and Buck Godot: PSmIth ) and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue " Gallimaufry " series, all written and drawn by their creator, Phil Foglio.

After graduating from UW, she married Phil Foglio and they founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995.

Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic Girl Genius with Phil Foglio.

* The Biblio-File: Audio interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio ; January 27, 2008

Created, plotted and drawn by Doug Rice, it was scripted first by John Ostrander then by Phil Foglio.

Pencils by Phil Foglio.

The show's creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus, but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage without his glasses, and his vision was so poor that he feared tripping into the orchestra pit.

At a dinner party, Phil meets Minify's divorced niece Kathy Lacey ( Dorothy McGuire ), who turns out to be the person who originally suggested the story idea.

Wetton resurfaced with a 1987 album with guitarist Phil Manzanera, Wetton-Manzanera, based on material that had been originally intended for Asia.

It was originally defined by Phil Katz for version 2 of his PKZIP archiving tool and was later specified in RFC 1951.

* PKZIP: the first implementation, originally done by Phil Katz as part of PKZip.

In the 1880s, a railroad work crew leader and engineer by the name of Phillip Campbell ( originally from England ) established a work camp near the location of modern Phil Campbell.

Rubin had also originally envisioned Andie MacDowell's character Rita reliving the day with Phil, and portrayed the pair as being stuck in the time loop for far longer than in the final film, possibly for thousands of years ( Phil tracked time by reading a page of a book each day and had managed to read through the entire public library ).

Nick Lowe ( bass, guitars, vocals ) and Brinsley Schwarz ( guitar, piano, vocals ) originally met at Woodbridge School where they played in school bands with Barry Landerman ( keyboards, vocals ) and Phil Hall ( guitar ).

" Although Phil Gould is uncredited on the album, the track " Ship " is the first song since 1986 worked on by all four original members, as Phil originally arranged the track with his brother Boon.

Phil Leavitt of Dada originally took Rhodes ' place in the lineup, and then Gary Smith ( of The Pistoleros, another Tempe band ) stepped in.

The character of Zapp Brannigan was originally created and intended to be performed by Phil Hartman.

The group hit the top of the charts in 1964 with " Chapel of Love ," a song that Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich had originally written for The Ronettes.

He is voiced by Billy West, but was originally intended to be voiced by Phil Hartman, with West taking over the role after Hartman's death.

Zapp Brannigan is voiced by Billy West, though he was originally intended to be voiced by Phil Hartman.

Woolery has also hosted Love Connection ( 1983 – 94 ), The Big Spin ( 1985 ), Scrabble ( 1984 – 90, 1993 ), The Home and Family Show ( 1996 – 98, co-host ), The Dating Game ( 1997 – 99 ), Greed ( 1999 – 2000 ) ( which was originally supposed to be hosted by Phil Donahue ), and Lingo ( 2002 – 07 ).

Samurai Jack ( voiced by Phil LaMarr ) is the son of the Japanese Emperor who ruled the area where Aku originally appeared on Earth, and is banished to the future by Aku during their first battle, where he is left in every episode to search for a way home.

Anthony Michael Hall was originally cast as Phil " Duckie " Dale, but turned the role down, fearing being typecast as a " geek ".

The Phil Silvers Show ( originally titled You'll Never Get Rich ) is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special.

The role of Pseudolus was originally offered to Phil Silvers, who declined it, saying he did not want to do this " old shtick.

Phil of the Future is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004 to August 19, 2006 for a total of two seasons.

Gadahn's father, originally Phil Pearlman, grew up in Orange County, California, and he and his wife, Jennifer, later changed their name to Gadahn, after the Biblical warrior Gideon.

Jessie's turbulent marriage to the much-younger Dr. Phil Brewer ( originally portrayed by Roy Thinnes ; lastly by Martin West ) was the center of many early storylines.