ANTARCTIC PRESS

Antarctic Press is a Texas-based company that was started in 1984. Since then, we have grown to become one of the largest publisher of comics in the United States. Over the years we have produced over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5 million. Among our titles are some of the most respected and longest-running independent series in comics today. Since our inception, our main goal has been to establish a series of titles that are unique, entertaining, and high in both quality and profitability. The titles we currently publish exhibit all these traits, and appeal to a wide audience.

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Gold Digger #1

It's the triumphant debut of the ongoing, full-color adventures of comic' original female archaeologist/explorer! Join Gina Diggers and her lycanthrope sister, Cheetah, in a whirlpool o faction and excitement as they dive to the bottom of the the Pacific Ocean in search of Muthia --- a fabled floating city that sank 4,000 years ago. Treasure and ancient secrets await, but it won't be easy getting them. Not only is Lord "Peewee" Talon hot on Gina's trail with a sub full of goons, not only is the mysterious shape-shifter Taur lurking in the sunken ruins... but Cheetah forgot to "go" before getting in the submarine!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #2

Gold Digger #3

Gina's journey into the sunken continent of Muthia is complicated by the sudden appearance of one of her arch-rival treasure hunters, Erwin "Peewee" Talon... the 10 year-old biogenetic engineer. Peewee and his genetically enhanced bodyguards, in their desire to reach Muthia's ancient archives first, release Muthia's guardian spirit Grata, who has spent the centuries watching television through mystic receivers, has always wanted to be a game show host... and makes Gina and her group battle Peewee and his group in a deadly game show of his design for the secrets of Muthia's archives! Little does either contestant team know that Grata has no intention of letting either party win!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

Gina and the group begin to wrap up their expedition into Muthia. Their only prize from the harrowing experience is a simple black cauldron. Only when a mysterious mystic artifact collector visits Gina's lab does she begin to suspect the cauldron's true nature. Unfortunately, this collector has brought the means to take the cauldron by force! Gina and her lab's new defenses are soon overwhelmed. Her only hop for survival (with the cauldron) is to contact Britanny, who is baking cookies upstairs in the kitchen --- and Brit's made it clear that she's not to be disturbed 'til she's finished...!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #4

Gold Digger #5

Britanny discovers the true purpose of the "parting gift" she received from the ancient "game show" trap in the ruins of Muthia. The harmless, worthless square of tinted glass is actually a strange magical item that lets Brit gaze into her distant past, but does not let her control which part of the past she sees! Through this glass, she sees the fate of her werecheetah clan and the events that left her the last of the werecheetahs!
 

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

Gina takes the day off at the beach and everyone tags along! Unfortunately word has gotten out that Gina is close to unraveling the secrets of the Djinni-Stone, and a few of Gina's seedier competitors decide to take advantage of her taking a vacation by stealing her only link to the Djinni-Stone.

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #6

Gold Digger #7

Gina discovers the second of the five ancient cauldrons in the outback of Australia. Unfortunately, the mystic cauldron happens to be in the lair of Australia's legendary monster, the Bunyip--- and he's invited the Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Jersey Devil over for tea and biscuits! Things get a big complicated when a few annoying little acquaintances from Ireland, who've decided to follow Gina's lead and become explorers, come looking for the cauldron of fire as well, since rumor has it that it's made out of pure gold!
 

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

One Gina's next expedition, she finds herself searching the mysterious "Halls of the Extremely Dead," an archaic temple raised by the ancients to memorialize those who died in a most horrible fashion. Here Gina searches for the next Elemental Focus... alone!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #8

Gold Digger #9

"Gone Fishing" ---Brittany decides to take the day off and show Charlotte her new hobby, deep-sea fishing. However, Brit's real purpose for this fishing trip is to catch the bluefin tuna she has named "Scarface"... the very same tuna she caught before... the same one that swallowed her wedding ring and got away! Suddenly, a giant walking Moai statue from Easter Island appears... just when Scarface finally takes the bait!
 

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

Gina and her party continue exploring Uhm, Di Turrok, the Halls of the Extremely Dead, with Stripe bearing the brunt of the traps they find. While Gina confronts the hall's guardian, outside, her friend Seance confronts the dragon Fauntleroy — alone.

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #10

Gold Digger #11

Gina and company return from Uhm Di Turrok to check their notes and tend their wounds (mainly Stripe's). Meanwhile, Gina's champion fighter mother, Julia, reveals why she came back from her home world of Jade so badly hurt: She was challenged by her arch-rival for her title of Arms-Master, then robbed of both the title and her honor!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

Julia has finished healing and is eager to return to her home world of Jade. There she plans to challenge her arch-rival G'nolga for the title of Armsmaster and regain her honor. But to survive the tournament at her age, she will need a special healing technique. To learn it, she must return her old teacher, the lecherous Master Leep, and seek his advice!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #12

Gold Digger #13

Julia begins her long battle through the tournament of arms to regain her title as Armsmaster of Jade, but the other contestants aren't making it easy for her. Meanwhile, her mother Brunhildegard is ambushed by four armsmasters who, under G'nolga's orders, are tasked with capturing the 400-lb amazon. They say it's not over 'til the fat lady sings, but what happens when she has to fight off four of Jade's best warriors?
 

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

18 Pages - Color

At the tournament registry, Julia finds out that she is legally unable to register due to the dishonorable loss that got her disowned from her clan. In order to enter the tournament, she must defeat the clan's new champion -- but that champion turns out to be her own mother! On Earth, the Djinn Madrid observes her offspring Genn's affection for Seance and plots how best to use it to her own advantage...

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

23 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #14

Gold Digger #15

The Northern Edge-Guard attempts to infiltrate the Arms-Master's palace, now G'nolga's stronghold, as a band of minstrels, but find themselves cornered by the deadly ghost warrior known as Rook. Meanwhile, Julia and her husband Theo celebrate her victory in another tournament round, only to have the moment spoiled by G'nolga!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

23 Pages - Color

The scheming Dwarf G'nolga argues with her boss, Tirant, about facing her arch-rival Julia honestly and honorably. All this is witnessed by Sheila Silvear, were-jaguar and scout/spy of the Edge-Guard, until she is discovered by G'nolga's minion Hanza. Gina, Brianna, and Julia's new pupil Luan witness the ensuing fight, but when Brianna calls in weaponry and goes to help, she only makes things worse!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

23 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #16

Gold Digger #17

Julia's pupil Carla and Dr. Diggers go to Gina and company's rescue, leaving Julia to rest for the tournament tomorrow. Meanwhile, her other pupil Luan and Edge-Guard member Gar Silvear are barely holding up against G'nolga's attack while Rook keeps Brianna and Gina out of the battle!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

23 Pages - Color

While Gar and Luan recover from the battle with G'nolga, he reveals how he first met his mentor, Julia Diggers, and fell in love with the mere description of her daughter Britanny. Now Brit' married, so all he has are regrets-though Luan thinks she might offer him something more. Meanwhile, Julia faces off in the Tournament of Arms semi-finals against Rhoaton, one of the ten Weapon-Masters of Jade!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

21 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #18

Gold Digger #19

Following Julia's victory in the Tournament of Arms semi-finals, the Edge-Guard waits for the Earth-born supervillains Tirant and Array to make their move for one of Jade's Ziggurats. Sensing the villains departing, they move to head them off. En route, Tirant both celebrates and worries over Bain, the jewel-like artifact that has been the key to much of his progress on Jade. Meanwhile, Julia has entered the tournament's final round, facing against G'nolga. The fight quickly reaches fever pitch, and Dr. Diggers worries that battle-lust will overwhelm them both.

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

22 Pages - Color

At one of Jade's Ziggurats, Tirant and Array argue with the Captain of the Guard for the right to access the building's inner chamber. Suddenly, their minion Hanza recognizes the other guards as the Northern Edge-Guard in disguise, and a fight breaks out. Edge-Guard leader Onoli inverts Tirant's electrical powers, but this turns out to be exactly what he needs to gain total control over the artifact Bain! Tirant absorbs the entire Edge Guard into the artifact, then channels invincible power to G'nolga, who is about to lose her battle. Julia is stunned to find her supposedly unbreakable hold broken!

Writers: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

22 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #20

Gold Digger #21

Julia continues to fight G'nolga for her title, her honor and her life in Jade's Grand Arena. But with the Earthly supervillain Tirant giving G'nolga unlimited strength using ancient super-tech, Julia's sure to lose — unless Gina can trace the source of the power and stop Tirant in time!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

22 Pages - Color

Tirant has succeeded trapping the Edge-Guard, Gina, her arch-mage father, and many other heroes with the ancient artifact Bain, which turns out to contain a vast, high-tech city of some kind. As Gina and Brianna strive to understand the ruins within Bain to take control of it from Tirant, their mother Julia continues to take a beating from G'nolga. The power Tirant is beaming to G'nolga makes her invincible, and she will not be satisfied until Julia surrenders!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

26 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #22

Gold Digger #23

At the Diggers home, Britanny tests the combat training progress of Charlotte the harpy, timid bodyguard for Gina's ex-rival, Penny Pincer. Penny is more than satisfied with the results, and she and Charlotte go to bid at a museum auction of an artifact. They think themselves lucky to be the only bidders until bratty genetic engineer/boy genius Pee Wee Talon and his bully bodyguard Zelda arrive!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

22 Pages - Color

With first mate and lookout Charlotte the harpy there to help, Britanny is hot on the trail of Scarface, the giant tuna that bit her finger and swallowed her wedding ring months ago. They find their trip marred by the emergence of the Mau-Tai Colossus, a mammoth stone statue designed to stop a devastating blast of power triggered by a Mercurian eclipse. Brit' and Charlotte have only a few minutes to get to Scarface, now atop the Colossus, before they and the tuna are blackened extra-crispy!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

26 Pages - Color

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Gold Digger #24

Gold Digger #25

As Britanny beats up the giant, wedding-ring-swallowing Scarface atop the Mau-Tai Colossus the titanic statue activates. Exhausted from flying Brit' to the top of the Colossus, Charlotte is unable to avoid being dragged into its interior, where its inner workings threaten to crush her. Will Brit' sacrifice the tuna she spent months hunting, along with the wedding ring in its stomach, to save her friend? And if she does, will they survive the solar death ray the Colossus is designed to deflect?

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist:  Fred Perry

26 Pages - Color

Gina and Britanny journey to Thailand, where Gina hopes to uncover the lost secrets of the Nomad Artificers, who built a civilization on Earth or rather, inside the Earth millions of years ago. Unfortunately, both are trapped in a gigantic device called "The Wheel of Eternity" when they enter the ruins. They have to figure a way out before they run dry of supplies each wondering what the other will do when it comes down to that last can of tuna!

Writer: Fred Perry

Artist: Fred Perry

26 Pages - Color

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