In "Girl Genius" does Princess Xerxsephnia von Blitzengaard have a little beard?

Is she sporting a beard or not?

I think it is just her chin.

Agreed… I’m pretty sure it’s just the underside of her lip. In the bottom-center panel, Agatha has a similar lip-shadow.

But… With the Foglios, ya never know! It would be far, far, far from the weirdest trick they’ve ever pulled on us! Naughty Paris, land of the Can-Can and the Guignol, where any degradation is acceptable so long as you perform it with elan: why not have a bearded Princess? They certainly had Princes who wore dresses…

It’s the shadow under her lower lip.

I agree. If you look, you can see that Agatha and Martellus have the same feature (in the second, seventh, and eighth panels).

Yeah, it’s just her lip.

I think if Phil wanted her to have a beard, there’d be no question about it.

Also, I don’t think this would match his tendency when drawing beards - he seems to prefer chinstraps. Even to full beards, let alone random soul patches (which I don’t remember any of his characters ever having).

Lighting, in the place the character is standing.

The “Gorgo” card bearer / chauffeur was unique enough looking that I googled him for an amusing surprise.

It looks like a double chin to me.

Nah, Elan is from a different webcomic, and he’s not very degraded. But he is a good person to perform with.

Chronos: I’d never heard of it before. Very nice art!