Gold Digger is a manga-style comic book series, written and drawn by Fred Perry, and published by Antarctic Press. Fred came up with the initial inspiration for Gold Digger during his tour of duty in the First Gulf War, and released the debut oneshot in Antarctic Press' Mangazine, in 1991. A four-issue miniseries followed in 1992 and 1993, followed by a regular monthly black-and-white series, and finally the current colour series beginning in 1999.
If counting all the regular series issues, alongside all the connected miniseries, annuals, special issues, and handbooks produced by the author, it is the most extensive, long-running, entirely original creator-controlled, self-contained North American comicbook in history.
Fred himself describes the book as a mixture of Indiana Jones and Final Fantasy. He has recently been inspired by the way the current Doctor Who TV series develops storylines, and adapted the series to a similar consistently self-contained format from issue 101 and onwards, with each issue easily accessible and possible to enjoy for new readers.
Gold Digger focuses on the adventures of Gina Babette Diggers, polymath superscientist, archeologist, teacher, adventurer, nerd, and idealist extraordinaire, accompanied by her colourful extended family, friends, students, and acquaintances, as she explores the strange and ancient hidden histories of the world, spanning a wide distinctive variety of characters, stories, environments, worlds, societies, times, species, and universes of magic and science fiction, in a world filled with possibilities.
Thanks to the author's very diverse interests, and personal experiences ranging from the U.S. Marine Corps to physics studies, the stories have included tongue-in-cheek references to a wide variety of popular culture, spanning anything from science, fantasy, science-fiction, television series, books, superheroes, computer games, animation, manga, or even internet memes.
See: List of Gold Digger characters
Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 1 - Collects the original miniseries issues #1-4. - ISBN 1-932453-00-8Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 2 - Collects the first issues of the Gold Digger regular series. - ISBN 1-932453-07-5Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 3 - ISBN 1-932453-35-0Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 4 - ISBN 1-932453-61-XGold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 5 - Collects vol. 2 #17-21. - ISBN 1-932453-71-7Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 6Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 7 - ISBN 1-932453-94-6Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 8 - Collects vol. 2 #32-35 plus Ninja High School #54-57. - ISBN 0-9768043-0-1Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 9 - Collects vol. 2 #36-40.Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 10 - Collects vol. 2 #41-45. - ISBN 0-9728978-7-9Gold Digger Pocket Manga, vol. 11 - Collects vol. 2 #46-50.Gold Digger Max Pocket Manga - Collects the Asrial vs. Cheetah and A Science Affair miniseries, plus the Gold Digger Beta and GD Minus 18 one-shots. - ISBN 0-9776424-1-0Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 1 - Collects issues #1-8 of the colour series. - ISBN 0-9787725-3-9Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 3 #9-15. - ISBN 0-9792723-0-0Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 3 #16-21. - ISBN 0-9797719-0-0Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 3 #23-30. - ISBN 0-9797719-7-8Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 5 - Collects vol. 3 #31-36. - ISBN 0-9801255-3-7Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 6 - Collects vol. 3 #37-42. - ISBN 0-9816647-9-2Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 7 - Collects vol. 3 #43-47. - ISBN 0-9816647-1-7Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 8 - Collects vol. 3 #48-52. - ISBN 0-9822253-9-3Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 9 - Collects vol. 3 #52-56. - ISBN 0-9841107-2-0Gold Digger II Pocket Manga, vol. 10 - Collects vol. 3 #57-61. - ISBN 0-9841107-7-1Gold Brick, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 2 #1-25.Gold Brick, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 2 #25-50.Gold Brick, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 3 #1-25.Gold Brick, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 3 #26-50.Gold Brick, vol. 5 - Collects vol. 3 #51-75.Gold Brick, vol. 6 - Collects vol. 3 #76-100.Gold Digger Platinum, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 3 #101-105. Starring Gina and her new batch of supernatural archeology students. - ISBN 0-9843375-7-1Gold Digger Platinum, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 3 #106-110.Peebo Manga Vol. 1 - Starring Brianna, Peebri, and the Peebos.Peebo Tales TPB - Collects "Gold Digger: Peebo Tales #1-6".Tifanny & Charlotte Pocket Manga - Collects the first miniseries.Tifanny & Charlotte, 2nd Semester Pocket Manga - Collects the second miniseries.Throne of Shadows Pocket Manga - Collects "Throne of Shadows" #1-4, starring the wererats.Maidens of Twilight Pocket Manga - Starring Gennadrid and Seance.Gold Digger Tangent Pocket Manga - Starring Ayane and the Northern Edge Guard.Gold Digger Sourcebook TPB - Collects the Gold Digger Sourcebook #1-17.Gold Digger Tech Manual - Collects Gold Digger Tech Manual #1-9GD-ROM 1.0 - Collects Gold Digger vol.1: #1-4, vol.2: #1-50, vol.3: #1-75, and Ninja High School #54-57.GD-ROM 2.0 - Collects Gold Digger vol.1: #1-4, vol.2: #1-50, vol.3: #1-100, and Ninja High School #54-57.GD-ROM 3.0 - Collects Gold Digger vol.1: #1-4, vol.2: #1-50, vol.3: #1-125, and Ninja High School #54-57.Gold Digger: Time Raft - A full length OVA movie.
