Gold Digger (comics)

Gold Digger

Gina Diggers and Dreadwing
Publication information
Publisher Antarctic Press
Schedule (vol 1)
Bimonthly
(vol 2)
9 times a year (roughly)
(vol 3)
11 times a year (roughly)
Format (vol 1)
Limited Series
(vol 2&3)
Ongoing series
Genre Action/adventure
Publication date (vol 1)
September 1992 — March 1993
(vol 2)
July 1993 — June 1999
(vol 3)
July 1999 —
Number of issues (vol 1)
4
(vol 2)
50, 4 Annuals
(vol 3)
129+, 10+ Annuals
Creative team
Colorist(s) Wes Hartman
Creator(s) Fred Perry

Gold Digger is a manga-reminiscent 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.

It is the second most extensive, long-running, entirely original creator-controlled, self-contained North American comicbook in history, only exceeded by Cerebus, and has the most issues among comics that are still regularly published, followed by Usagi Yojimbo.

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.[1]

Contents

Summary

Gold Digger focuses on the adventures of Gina Babette Diggers, 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.

Plot influences

Thanks to the author's very diverse interests, and personal experiences ranging from the U.S. Army 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.

Characters

See: Gold Digger Characters

Collected Editions

DVDs

External links

References

  1. ^ Perry Celebrates Twenty Years of "Gold Digger"
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