First, for those who got here through the category system, some people consider Gold Digger to be “American Manga” and I tend to agree. Now, on with the post.
It’s an epic. It’s a comedy. It’s silly. It’s awe-inspiring. It’s sad. It’s sweet…. It’s Gold Digger by Fred Perry.
Gold Digger is an amazing North American comic. It has a manga-like art style, it’s been full-color since it’s 51st issue, it’s still going strong, and it’s the most amazing epic you’ll ever read. I dare not elaborate, for it will spoil some of the surprise, but I can tell you that Fred Perry is either the world’s best plotter, or a master of retconning.
The story starts out as a fairly ordinary story about a female Indiana Jones-style adventurer who doubles as a mad scientist of sorts and has a were-cheetah for an adopted sister, an archmage for a father, and a master warrior for a mother.
In the beginning (the black-and-white series, and the first few issues of the color series), the story makes for a fun series of events involving amazingly addictive characters. However, once the color series revs up, the dominoes begin to fall. Dozens of threads (some you didn’t even realize were flowing until now) begin to weave together, and yet, through it all, the inherent humor never diminishes, nor does it feel out of place.
You can only stand in awe of the genius it takes to weave such a story. Forget Lord of the Rings. Forget Dune. Forget anime like Last Exile. Gold Digger is the ultimate epic, no… the ultimate story. I only wish I could say more without spoiling something.
Well, I can say one more thing. The battle scenes are like Dragonball Z done right. Instead of having the combatants constantly power up to ridiculous levels while driving many types of readers to boredom, the combatants in Gold Digger simply reveal new skills they’ve always had, a feature which Fred Perry uses to build in extra character development. Truly the work of a master storyteller, more like a game of chess than a tale.
…not to mention, the “Peebo Manga” sidestory collection is hilarious. (A Peebo is essentially a cute sentient bomb)
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