Girl Genius, by Phil Foglio. (Doesn't a handful of Hugos count?)
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My preference when looking into a new (to me) series would be to look at an individual issue before committing to spending $'s on a tpb collection.
As for Girl Genius, I don't recall that name popping out on the shelf at comic book stores I've been to. (Would have to look again specifically for that, though.)