Kickstarting the next Girl Genius collection

I can only assume the above blurb is intended to be sardonic, for while Girl Genius may be many things, I would not call it profound.

I find it slightly surprising that there isn’t some big corporation ready to step up, throw money at this, and render the Kickstarter wholly unnecessary – even with associated stipulations about allowing the artists to retain the rights – but I know nothing of publishing, and I seem to recall they were screwed over quite badly at least once before.