Pimp Post: Digger

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

Digger is only sort of a webcomic, in the sense that the entire series can be read online, and a new page is released every Tuesday and Thursday. But you can also buy paperback volumes of it.

Digger is a sentient wombat. Wombats, as Vernon sees them, are work-oriented, down-to-earth creatures with no use for magic or gods, as such things tend to complicate building secure tunnels. This doesn't protect Digger herself from becoming embroiled with the god Ganesh, a mad teenage priestess, an oracular slug, a baby demon, and a tribe of sentient hyenas. And more.

Digger herself is deeply charming. She's slow to anger, even befriending people who originally tried to eat her with no grudge held, but when something does make her mad, watch out. With no fuss or dramatics, she does her duty. When a magician is telling her what happened to his last apprentice, he asks, "If I gave you a box and told you that it must never be opened, what would you do?" She immediately starts talking about how to encase it in steel and concrete, not even thinking of the temptation members of less pragmatic species (like, you know, humans) feel at such a command.

The story has a great deal of humor, especially based on the bizarre magics and circumstances that intertwine, but it's also an epic adventure, and a fascinating twisty plot.

In sum, this is a really good comic, and all of you should go read it. It was nominated for an Eisner and you have hundreds of pages of it to enjoy. Under the cut is a scan from it for legality and tantalization.

And here is the link to the comic!

Comments

[jeyl.insanejournal.com]

Ok. That was a different type of cute I was looking for. Thanks!

[endis_ni.insanejournal.com]

O

[endis_ni.insanejournal.com]

I have no clue what happened there.

Original text: Oh, this is is one of the first pages, judging by the art. Ursula's improved her megascribble style even more since this. The pages of hyena mythology are outstanding.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

Yes, this is the conclusion of the first, very short story she wrote about Digger. Her art has definitely become even better since then.

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

I love Ursula. I've been meaning to re-read Digger since the archives went free.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

I love Ursula.

She writes fanfic about her D&D characters, has a set of theme drawings concerning adorable penises, and introduced the phrase "raised by moles" to my vocabulary. Not loving Ursula is like... not loving chocolate, or hugs.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

Hee! Was "raised by moles" in Digger? I forgot it. I have been tempted to express anger by saying, "I shall build their dwelling out of inferior materials!"

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Yup, it's the wombat equivalent of "raised by wolves." It was really more memorable to me for the incomprehensibly cute baby-wombat-in-a-diaper crawling up to a group of moles than the phrase itself.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

It *is* an adorable image.

[nezchan.insanejournal.com]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been a fan of Ursula and Digger for a few years now, and she just keeps getting better and better. The cast of the strip has gotten so much more developed and complex too, what with the shadow demon and Grim Eyes (many, many hearts for Grim Eyes).

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

*G* You're very welcome! I'm new to it myself - one of my LJ friends pimped it when the archives became free - but it didn't take me long to get hooked.

I love Grim Eyes too. And the heartbreaking story of the skinpainter. That might be my favorite part, but how can I choose?

[nezchan.insanejournal.com]

I'd say you're pretty much on there. The whole Grim Eyes/Boneclaw Mother/Ed/hyena mythology thing is pretty much win all the way around.

And is there any more win than Boneclaw Mother herself? Seriously now?

[lookingforsigns.insanejournal.com]

Ed breaks my heart, I swear.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

Mine too. I'm glad that at least he has Digger.

[his_spiffyness.insanejournal.com]

Guess he should have take a left turn at Albuquerque...

[erlgirl_9.insanejournal.com]

She, even ;)

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

*G* Yeah. To be fair, I was far into the story before I was sure that Digger was a girl.

[dejadrew.insanejournal.com]

Which is kinda cool, because it means the artist didn't feel the need to code her as female with big knockers or long eyelashes or a pink bow. Digger is a female comics protagonist who is short, stocky, with the superpowers of engineering and sarcasm. YES.

[silvercatmon.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Am I the only one who can't find a Next or Back button on the Digger site?
I have read part of this when it wasn't free with no problems and when it became free I go to read it and can't find anyway to move to the next page.

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

Under the comic, there are first/previous/next/current buttons.

[silvercatmon.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Weird, I just checked it in Opera and the buttons are there, but they don't show up in Firefox.
I'm using Ubuntu, so no IE.
At least now I can read it. Woot!

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

Huh. I've never had any problem.

[vignettelante.insanejournal.com]

Two words: squash vampires.

Great one-off gag, AND an unexpected case of Chekhov's gun.

I'm also a big fan of the oracular slugs, for some reason.

Also: Ed and Murai, two fantastic woobies in their own particular ways. And the shadow child! And Digger herself. There is just too much cute and awesome in this comic.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

I had forgotten the vampiric squash!

[stuka_junker88.insanejournal.com]

I love that comic, and Boneclaw Mother... "He smells delicious..." Those teeth!
Squee!
And the troll-pirate-shrew!

[seawolf10.insanejournal.com]

Why did I have to encounter this at quarter till midnight?! I should have been in bed HOURS ago.

[mosellegreen.insanejournal.com]

*G* Sorry.

Oops, hit 'post' too soon. Continued from previous post...

[seawolf10.insanejournal.com]

But thanks anyway. Lack of sleep aside, this is fun.