Digger

Digger is a comic by Ursula Vernon concerning a female wombat called Digger of Unnecessarily Complex Tunnels.

[edit] Synopsis

Digger arrives in an unknown land, and starts to seek a way back home, aided and hindered by an assortment of interesting characters, including hyena warriors, a statue of Ganesh, and a Shadow Child.

[edit] History

• June 2006 - At Anthrocon, Ursula Vernon said that Digger does have a definite ending, but anticipates a total of five or six trade paperback collections before the story wraps up completely.
• June 2010 - Five trade paperback volumes of collected strips have been published by Sofawolf Press.
• November 23, 2010 - 732 pages in twelve chapters were posted.
• March 17th, 2011 - The series came to an end at 759 pages in length.
• April 2012 - Digger was nominated for^[1] and won^[2] "Best Graphic Story"^[3] at the 2012 Hugo Awards.

[edit] Books

1. Digger Vol.1 ISBN 0-9769212-2-7
2. Digger Vol.2 ISBN 0-9769212-6-X
3. Digger Vol.3 ISBN 0-9791496-3-0
4. Digger Vol.4 ISBN 0-9819883-3-4
5. Digger Vol.5 ISBN 0-9819883-9-3
6. Digger Vol.6 ISBN 978-1-936689-06-4

[edit] References

1. ↑ Ursula Vernon's 'Digger' nominated for Hugo Award - GreenReaper, Flayrah (retrieved April 9, 2012)
2. ↑ Ursula Vernon's 'Digger' wins Best Graphic Story at 2012 Hugo Awards - GreenReaper, Flayrah (retrieved September 3, 2012)
3. ↑ 2012 Hugo Awards nomination list (retrieved April 9, 2012)

[edit] External links

• Digger comic - official webpage
• Metal & Magic - Ursula Vernon's home page and gallery

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