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Digger Unearthed: The Complete Tenth Anniversary Collection Kindle Edition

by Ursula Vernon (Author), Patrick Rothfuss (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
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The story of a wombat on an incredible journey of discovery Kurt Busiek calls "utterly charming with a delightful (and refreshingly practical) hero."

Digger Unearthed is the story of a shrewd, sensible wombat engineer named Digger-of-unnecessarily-convoluted-tunnels, who finds herself stranded in a fantasy world that is far from logical. Thrust into the middle of a puzzling and often perilous situation involving gods, demons, destiny, and redemption, she finds her way based on a pragmatic honesty and the sincere belief in doing the right thing.

This tale manages to be both serious and light-hearted: it explores complex themes of honor, responsibility, and the gray areas between right and wrong, but it does so with a frequent application of humor, wit, and absurdity that makes the journey fun.

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Digger Unearthed offers the complete webcomic collection in a single volume that can be fully enjoyed by young adult readers, yet also contains layers of sophistication that become deeper and more meaningful with age and experience.
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About the Author

Ursula Vernon is the author and illustrator of Nurk, Digger, Dragonbreath, Castle Hangnail, and Hamster Princess. Her Eisner-nominated comic "Digger" won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and the Mythopoeic Award, and her children's book Dragonbreath won the Sequoyah Award in 2013.

Ursula grew up in Oregon and Arizona, went to college at Macalester College in Minnesota, and stayed there for ten years, until she finally learned to drive in deep snow and was obligated to leave the state.

Having moved across the country several times, she eventually settled in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where she works full-time as an artist, writer, and creator of oddities. She lives with her husband, a beagle, and a small collection of cats.



Patrick Rothfuss had the good fortune to be born in Wisconsin in 1973, where the long winters and lack of cable television encouraged a love of reading and writing.

After abandoning his chosen field of chemical engineering, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theater, and sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to finally complete his undergraduate degree in English.

When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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"Has inspired comparisons to Bone and Finder." —Publishers Weekly

"A visually powerful strip." —The New York Times

"A rich fantasy adventure, a bitingly sarcastic satire, a meditation on myth and religion, and possessed of a quirky and beautiful black-and-white art style." —Eric Lindberg, Broken Frontier

"Digger is an amazingly successful comic that wouldn't work in any other medium. I love it!" —Phil Foglio, Girl Genius creator

"Stunning black-and-white art, a wry sense of humor, and one of the most engaging protagonists in webcomics." —The Webcomics Examiner --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BD9VGWQV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Underthing Press (December 6, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2022
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Ursula Vernon is the author and illustrator of "Nurk," "Digger," "Dragonbreath," "Castle Hangnail," and the forthcoming "Hamster Princess." Her Eisner-nominated comic "Digger" won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and the Mythopoeic Award, and her children's book "Dragonbreath" won the Sequoyah Award in 2013.

Ursula grew up in Oregon and Arizona, went to college at Macalester College in Minnesota, and stayed there for ten years, until she finally learned to drive in deep snow and was obligated to leave the state.

Having moved across the country several times, she eventually settled in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where she works full-time as an artist, writer, and creator of oddities. She lives with her husband, a beagle, and a small collection of cats.

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Stephen Harmon
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book, and not just for kids!
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
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This book was a joy to read. I’ve previously stuck with the author’s T. Kingfisher stuff, as I’m an adult, but this book had a delightful complexity and depth. The characters are very unique, quirky, and about as far from cookie cutter as it is possible to be. The whimsical side-paths Digger explores seem random, but so often tie back in later in the series. I’m extremely glad I read this book!
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Digital Knitter
5.0 out of 5 stars A. Welcome Wombat Reappears
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2023
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I first met Digger online, about when the vampire squash made their first appearance. Needless to say, I was instantly entranced. I followed Digger through the rest of her adventures online and bought the five-volume print version and reread it any number of times. Then the first single volume print version was released and I bought it. All the paper versions got packed away when I re-tiled my house a few years ago and I hadn't tracked them down to reread yet, so you can imagine my joy when this ebook showed up in my Amazon recommendations. I bought it immediately and about halfway through my second rereading in this form. Much of my fondness for Digger stems from my having met real live wombats in Australia. Adults, babies, adolescents--they're all charming in their wombat way. Remarkably dense, rather like furry bowling balls. Somehow Digger's philosophy of life seems to be a logical extension of intrinsic wombatness, true to their basic nature. The hyenas here remind me of the boudas (were hyenas) in Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniel's series much more than they remind me of real-life hyenas. Real hyenas are quite unpreposessing, even unattractive, no matter what modern science has to say about how wrong previous accounts were.
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Casey
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book. Then read it seventeen more times!
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2022
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If you are a fan of science, science fiction, fantasy, table top games, novels, any written media this is a must read.

This gives a fascinating look at gods, their flaws and strengths.
It shows that normal people are the ones who becomes hero's wit something as simple as standing in a doorway with a broken arm and and sword.

Kindness, practicality, and a healthy acceptance of what is, is, and all you can do is work with that.
That is what I learned from this story. I hope I will be able to grow up enough to use the lessons well.
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Alison
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2022
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I read Digger online years ago, then had family buy me the giant ttade when it came out, then bought this new edition as soon as I was notified it existed. There's no difference between this and the old trade except that it's hardcover & has a forward by someone whose name is vaguely familiar. But it anyway to support the publisher, or else Digger won't stay in print. Basically, we're told it's too big a book to be published easily, even if it's brilliant, interesting, & hrartwarming. (Digger would probably be uncomfortable with that description.)
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The_L
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2022
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Digger is how I discovered Vernon’s writing, and it is wonderful. Matriarchal hyena societies! Gods! Demons! Adventure! This graphic novel hooked me from the beginning when I first saw it, and I binged the whole thing in 2-3 days. A decade later, I saw it in my Amazon recommendations like an old friend, and how could I say no?

Read it. You’ll like it. Trust me.
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C. S. Schofield
5.0 out of 5 stars finally, in a place I can always find it
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
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I love Digger. I love it so much I’ve bought it twice because I lose volumes of the original printing. It’s quirky and funny, and sad, and even a little wise. It reminds me a little of the work of the late Sir Terry Pratchett, and of Robin McKinley.
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Elisabeth Carey
5.0 out of 5 stars A brave and practical wombat, and her adventures
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023
Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Complicated-Tunnels is a sensible, pragmatic wombat engineer, who is hard at work when she discovers she has broken through into an unfamiliar cave system.

A cave system where magic is at work. Digger, and wombats generally, have no use for magic. It only makes trouble.

She finds an interesting stone (she, like apparently all wombats, is heavily into geology, and not just for practical reasons), puts it in a pocket, and starts looking for a way out. No, the way in isn't available anymore.

She hears and sometimes sees strange things, some of which may be ghosts, or may be hallucinations from the physical stress of a quite long journey through caves and tunnels. Eventually, Digger comes to a place where she can break through to the surface, again, and finds she is in a temple of the god Ganesha.

Wombats, and Digger in particular, have no use for any gods. But she's in a temple, and the statue of Ganesha is talking to her. The news isn't good.

There's something very dark associated with the tunnel she just came out of. Trying to go back home through the tunnel would be disastrous. Also, no one here has ever heard of wombats, or anything like a wombat warren. The Temple librarian, Vo, is very knowledgeable, kindly, and helpful, but in the end he can find nothing useful, and suggests that she might want to talk to a traveling merchant who passes through the village periodically. So she starts walking...

Along the way, Digger meets veiled priests who are quite well-trained in the martial arts, including one who is mentally unstable but otherwise quite nice; hyenas, including one who is outcast from the tribe; slugs who can prophesy but not in enough detail to be helpful; the Shadowchild, who might be a demon, and the servants of a dead god. Oh, and the ghost of one of her ancestors.

Her wanderings and adventures are not safe, but they are entertaining. On the whole, Digger would rather be in her home warren, near her family, and digging good and useful tunnels.

For the reader, though, both the story and the art are a lot of fun.

In addition, there's an excellent introduction by Patrick Rothfuss, a charming epilogue, and an original short story, about the building of the temple of Ganesha, about a thousand years earlier than Digger's story.

I backed the Kickstarter for this 10th Anniversary collection.
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Evren A.
3.0 out of 5 stars High anticipation to meh
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2023
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Lots of hype for this. Started reading. It was like walking through mud for me. Not to say It's not quality, because objectively it's a solid piece work. But subjectively, it was too think with slow burn meandering dialogue. The art is chunky black and white. Not my thing. I knew it wasn't my thing from an early start though. Try it, you never know. But I like artsy art and color. I like a good contemplative smart story but this was just walking through mud for me. And I like philosophy!
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docrick49@cogeco.ca
5.0 out of 5 stars Digger-a must read
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2023
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Truly a wonderful evocative story. Many levels of thought. Eleven stars
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cyberalchemist
5.0 out of 5 stars the best comic about a wombat and Ganesh I've ever read
Reviewed in Australia on January 20, 2024
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Seriously this is a really good leisurely graphic novel.
It is based in a continuous plot so there's no monster of the week action, but it does not need it.
the drawing is very expressive, and there is no colour.

First few pages of Story: a wombat gets cuaght in magical cross currents and ends up a long way away in a temple to Ganesh, with a talking statue.
The statue works out that something is wrong - the wombat should not be here.
the wombat wanders about trying to find out where they are, makes friends of a sort, and eventually Ganesh and the wombat and friends find out the problem....

Its much better than I can describe.
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