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Challenges Complete:
- A-Z Challenge (V for Vernon)
- Spell Your FULL Name (D for Digger)
- Completed Webcomic (FOR MY FIRST BINGO SQUARE!)
- The Rainbow Challenge (White)
Stop what you’re doing right now and read this delightful webcomic.
You can also visit the author’s site and read it that way, but it IS 800 plus pages in book form. You may want either the physical copy or to choose an eBook version.
Anyway, you may recognize Ursula Vernon’s pseudonym T Kingfisher, as she has written a number of highly regarded fantasy novels under that name as well.
Digger perfectly showcases both her drawing and her storytelling.
The story begins when Digger, a wombat, tunnels up and into a room with a statue of the Hindu god Ganesh. Digger quickly realizes that she got well off track at some point, and the statue starts talking to her. She soon realizes that this part of the world is much different than what she’s used to, and because she’s a brave little wombat, she also undertakes several adventures that will go a long way to saving the entire world.
You’ll fall in love with Digger and the friends she accumulates, including a shunned hyena, a mighty shrew, an acolyte, a not-shunned hyena, and a demon.
I’m a total sucker for any book with talking animals, so it’s fair to say I delighted in Digger’s story from the very first pages. Fans of Jeff Smith’s Bone will probably enjoy this one, and while I’d say it’s good for all ages, know that there are some scary bits and some sad ones, too.
Digger Unearthed is a joyous, sumptuous story, and I am obsessed with Vernon’s art. Every little character has perfect details, from Digger to even just the little rat messengers that inhabit the statue’s temple. You can sense the movement and vibrance on the page. I’m so excited about Digger, in fact, that I convinced my Sci-Fi/Fantasy bookclub to read T Kingfisher’s new book that was released earlier this month (A Sorceress Comes to Call).
So… I’ll wait. Go read this now. Come back and tell me what you thought – but know that I’ll be deeply disappointed in you if you don’t adore it.
By the way, the song to accompany this book is Burl Ives’ Fooba Wooba John, which is simply a whimsical, joyous tune that makes me as happy as Digger does.
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