Best Selling Books by Fred Perry

Madrid returns home after a year of mapping segments of the Astral Rifts, but is a little early for the annual family cookout. Before anyone can join her, she witnesses a bizarre, violent scene projected across the entire sky—but her companion Subtracto doesn''t see it at all! She''s going to need some consultation and help. Meanwhile, as Gina sets up the barbecue, Charlie and Tifanny (well, mainly Charlie) start plotting a romantic reunion for Madrid and her ex-husband (and fellow Djinn), Dao!

Six more issues'' worth (#7-12) of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa, and David Hutchison, all in one magazine-sized manga-monster of a collection!

Despite Gina''s formidable security, a duo of poor were-rat thieves break into her home and snag the "Tibetan Chaos Coil"! Caught in the act, the panicked pair activate the artifact''s teleportation circle, which takes them to the dream realm of Xanadu. There they find treasure beyond their wildest dreams—and a treasure-owner straight out of their worst nightmares: Gina''s ultimate nemesis, the dragon Dreadwing!

Six and 38-the would be Dragons- attack Gina, Penny and an injured Stryyp, but run away under threat of Gina’s gear, modified into Brianna mode! Meanwhile, a short distance away, Seance fights Fauntleroy, and Gina gets Stryyp injured some more! Twice! Then some Djinn stuff… and poof they were outside! And Seance is there…to welcome them with a change! 17pg.

Gold Digger Black and White #33 DEC 1996 Time Warp: Part 3 of 8 The Gold Digger/Ninja High School crossover continues! Doctor Peachbody springs his trap -- Gina and Ichi are stranded in ancient Troy, just in time for the Trojan War to begin! Arnie, Ryan and Brianna find themselves surrounded by Genghis Khan''s horde, and Britanny, Asrial and Jeremy fight for their lives in Camelot! Penny, Ms. Celande and May are the only ones who can set things right, but first they have to get past Doctor Peachbody''s forces! Continued in Ninja High School (1986 Antarctic/Eternity) #55. 26 pages. B&W

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 bit 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! FC, 17pg

The stars have aligned, and the unseen clock of the universe creaks to another "tock" as the cosmic chess game between Dreadwing and Ancient Gina jumps to a new stage of play! Ancient Gina must turn control over of the all-powerful "Infinity Engine" to Dreadwing in order to create a key to the salvation of the universe: the alternate timeline of Alfred Steiner Peachbody! But before Dreadwing can complete the design of his insidious alteration of reality, he is ambushed by a vengeful enemy: the Kobold Queen and her legions!

Serpentus botches a secret mission to Jade right in plain sight of Julia, G''nolga and Rhoaton, who are scouting for signs of Dreadwing''s newest terrifying weapon. They chase Serpentus into a volcanic ruin and corner him, only for him to trigger the mountain''s eruption!

The continuing adventures of Gina and Cheetah.

T''Mat, the queen of dragons, learns that Dreadwing, her mortal enemy from eons long past, is still alive and grown more terrifyingly powerful than ever. She convenes a powerful team to confront the super-dragon: his old parter, Montgomery; his former slaves, Tark and Mesha; his own daughter, Debra; and his archenemies, Gina Diggers and her sister Britanny. But the wily Dreadwing''s had ages to learn and plan his strategy, and even such a formidable assembly of his enemies might not stand a chance of stopping him!

The queen of the Pirate-Ninja Leprechauns, a fairy god-groupie, and the realm''s most dangerous "pocket monster" join forces to escape the most secure prison ever devised by the minds of elf, dragon, dwarf, troll and man: Super Dungeon. But before O''Mommah, Lulubell and Platinus can properly launch their escape plan, the prison''s lockdown system dumps them and their personal wardens into Super Dungeon''s emergency escape tunnels!

Gina''s friends, the Amarans Jan and Rol and all their family, have been captured and co-opted by Rio, Patriarch of the Dynasty of the Stars. Now Gina and her team must try to free the Amarans without hurting them—all while the heavily armed space-rabbits are trying to blow them to pieces!

When Mikra and Nadesko, two Ooshoosh giantesses of Monster Isle, actually cause a monster shortage, they are sent to the outside world to work off their extra energy (at human size). And what better place to test for resilient men than in the UFF! Unfortunately for Ryan and Mistress, the pair of Ooshoosh monster-rasslers are more than good enough for a shot at the tag title!

Contains cartoon stories that follow the adventures of the peebos, explosive little robots invented by Brianna Diggers, a clone and weapons expert.

Antarctic Press continues with the next evolution in our best-selling How to Draw series! This all-new supersize volume of How to Draw Manga: Next Generation schools you in all the sweet skills you''re gonna need to make your manga magical! Fill your eyes and head with exclusively created art, step-by-step guides, designs and comments from the hottest rising stars of manga. Don''t miss out on this chance to learn invaluable lessons that will catapult you to stardom.

With the sentient forests of Jade-Realm having named Brianna as their Arch-Druid, the other mystical nations are edgy over her exponentially growing power and influence. Brianna goes to meet with their council to assuage their fears, but her easily offended subordinates act like they might end up taking the council hostage!

Gina brings along Kylie and Elroy on another dig as part of her research into the Age of Wonders. But when they dig up the last of the three Centuria helmets, a trio of competitors, sore over a perceived theft of their site claim, strike to take the treasure for themselves. Britanny spares Gina''s group any major harm, but the trio accidentally take Elroy with them, and Gina has to find and save him before they unleash ancient powers too extreme to control!

Captain Mako and his band of pirates persuade a navigator named Kineas to decipher a map that leads to the treasure of the old gods, but a group of ninjas led by Ryusei also want Kineas and the map so they can find the treasure.

Gold Digger Black and White #18 DEC 1994 The Lich-King: Part 4 of 5 - Story, Art and Cover by Fred Perry. Cheetah and Dr. Diggers are trapped within the Realm of the Undead! Now it''s up to Gina and Brianna to rescue them, with the help of some creative mecha-engineering! B&W.

In the sweltering summer, the boiler room is too stuffy, and a full explorer''s kit can give even the most intrepid a case of heatstroke. Time to loosen up the leather and unbuckle the brass, and seek adventure in the surf and sand, or the nearest natatorium! (All while maintaining decorum so as not to shame Her Majesty, of course.)

Thanks to an unwitting error by visiting Ooshoosh hunters, a titanic alien life form lurking in a dimensional peninsula literally catches wind of were-cheetah Britanny''s existence. Now this monstrous "TALF" is speeding toward her home in search of its favorite delicacy: felines!

A new game is late for release, and to meet the deadline, one of the programmers decides to use code from an old game that seems to have the most realistic zombie characters he''s ever seen. To the shock and horror of the new game''s characters, the zombie enemies are less interested in being game targets than in eating digital brains!

More adventure!

The survivors of the arcade zombie apocalypse only escaped the carnage by jumping onto a GeoNeo arcade cartridge. Little did they suspect the zombie virus would be able to follow them! What began in the arcades comes to the living room, as the zombie game sprites stalk and devour hapless 16-bit characters! The DigiZombies are coming. Without "pause." With no way to "reset" the situation. And there is nothing that can "save" the game!

A routine education expedition for Professor Gina Diggers and her class becomes a nightmare when a secret tunnel opens into one of the enigmatic Death Trap Architect''s strongholds! Inside, each of Gina''s students is pulled away into an insidious dungeon, and Gina only has enough time to save one of them. This issue puts Gina head-to-head with the deadliest enemy she has ever faced!

In a conversation with Britanny, Gina makes the most shocking discovery of her career: She might be a fraud! Ever since she and Brit'' discovered the Time-Raft in one of their earliest adventures, she''s made fantastic leaps and developments in technology based on what she learned from that ancient artifact. But that''s just it -- ALL her work is based on copying and/or modifying what someone else created. The impact of this is enough send her into a deeply depressed determination, and unless she can come up with something all her own, she might be holed up in her room forever!

The final chapter in Penny and Ace''s honeymoon saga, and the final showdown between Ace and Dark Bird! It''s an underground volcanic dogfight to the death over the remains of the ancient buried city of gigantic, autonomous, transforming iron golems! One shall stand and one shall fall!

Worn out from late-night research on the Dynasty''s shapeshifting Gigas weapons, Gina conks out -- and that''s when mischievous Peebri creeps in! Easily assimilating the Gigas transformation matrix from Gina''s work, Brianna''s ornithophobic little bot finally can "deal" with the "birdies" that terrify her: the dragons of Jade-Realm! Can Brianna stop Peebri before she breaks an uneasy truce?

Fred Perry’s wily were-rat trio explode into their own miniseries! With the death of her parents, the were-rat clan elders, Lydia Iceron (a.k.a. McKraken) is now the heir to the clan’s throne. She doesn’t have any immediate interest in it, but there are others who do—mainly a few members of Crime Syndicate X! But as long as Lydia’s alive, no one else can claim the throne... Fred’s action- and hilarity-packed writing combines with the eye-catching art of fan-favorite Craig Babiar (Warrior Nun, I Hunt Monsters) to form one incredible, roller-coaster ride of a miniseries! This issue also features a front cover by Fred and a flip cover by Craig!

The parents of were-rat Lydia Iceron leaders of the were-rat clan, recently engineered their own demise after assuring that 1) Lydia was properly trained to survive their absence and 2) she had two friends whom she could trust absolutely. Now Lydia has inherited the Throne of Shadows, which allows its rightful heir to read his/her underlings'' minds, and all the power that comes with it. There''s a couple of problems, though. The first is that she doesn''t WANT it. She''d prefer to take the money and run with her two friends, Moisha Rich and Romeo Ellis. The second is that several former members of the super-criminal organization Crime Syndicate-X DO want it, and are all too ready to cause Lydia and her friends any amount of pain and suffering to get it! This thrill-packed paperback collects the entire fan-favorite four-issue mini-series by GD creator Fred Perry and monster-master Craig Babiar (I Hunt Monsters, Pirates vs. Ninjas)! Don''t let it get stolen from you!

Gold Digger Black and White #17 NOV 1994 The Lich-King: Part 3 of 5 - Story, Art and Cover by Fred Perry. Gina and Cheetah are trapped in the realm of Jade with Gina''s mother, Julia. Unfortunately for our heroes, the magical device used to bring them there is now...broken! B&W.

Britanny and her family head to New York to visit her childhood friend, Danielle "Avenger" Carter, who''s been dying to meet Tifanny. When they arrive, they find Dani''s apartment trashed and Dani abducted by the nightmarish supervillain, the Green Pumpkin. Leaving Tif'' with Auntie Gina, Brit'' and Stryyp set off to show the Pumpkin a real nightmare scenario!

Lydia, Moisha and Romeo regroup on their new yacht to figure out what to do about the people out to kill Lydia so the were-rat throne--and the reins of the criminal underworld--will be up for grabs. Between the stealthy Techninja scoping them out, the power-packin'' T-Hawk and the feral Rabid striking head-on, and the indestructible zombie Burnhead heading their way with an underwater mine, the were-rats might not survive long enough to leave a sinking ship!

While exploring the Astral Rifts for routes to bypass Dreadwing''s security measures, Madrid and Dao run afoul of a sexy sorceress who''s out to claim Dao as her latest conquest! She steals him away for some sinister snu-snu, but luckily, Madrid''s brought along Princess D''bra, newly appointed Brood Queen of the Dragons of Jade (and a good friend)!

As a special event for our 30th-anniversary year, Antarctic Press going back to one of its (hairy) roots -- anthropomorphic comics! Includes work from Sonic the Hedgehog artist David Hutchison, plus an all-new, all-furry fun-fest from Fred Perry!

Penny''s boyfriend Ace is mysteriously tied in with the hijacking of a gold shipment, and she asks Gina to help track him down. They soon learn that Ace has joined up with his archenemies, the air mercenary team Night Flight! Penny suspects this involves his new rival/possible object of infatuation, Skipper Von Richthofen, Night Flight''s top pilot. Can she save Ace—and will he want to be saved—before he helps Night Flight conquer an entire country?