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Author Topic: Digger digs too deep  (Read 6200 times)

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Digger digs too deep
« on: May 28, 2009, 11:29:44 pm »

Here's a unique look at digging too deep. I reminded me of some good discussion I read on the Suggestions board. Be sure to read at least to the shackle's inscription to get the full impact.

http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=243

Ursula Vernon is awesome. I'm starting to wonder if she's a DF fan. The main character of Digger is very dwarf-like, and she draws some little lizards that look a lot like the Cutebold sketches that show up from time to time.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 12:48:31 am »

That's really awesome. Thanks for the link. Reminds a lot of the HFS and what they could eventually become.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2009, 01:53:56 am »

http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=658

This is exactly what df needs, vampire squash! I am so making a thread in the suggestions forum.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2009, 03:03:41 am »

Wow, started reading this from the beginning. Now, several hours later, I'm hooked!
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2009, 03:18:25 am »

How didn't I find this before? This is brilliant. I love the white on black.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2009, 06:46:38 am »

I, er, am unable to read what's on the shackle, could you write it down ?
As a guess, does it say "Rex" ?
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2009, 10:57:13 am »

I, er, am unable to read what's on the shackle, could you write it down ?
As a guess, does it say "Rex" ?

It's a multipage comic, the inscription is read about four pages later.

This looks like a sweet comic, I'm gonna go read from the beginning. So much for productivity today, thanks!
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2009, 11:14:52 am »

http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=658

This is exactly what df needs, vampire squash! I am so making a thread in the suggestions forum.

The weirdest part is, this is a real world myth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_pumpkins_and_watermelons
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2009, 09:39:14 am »

That furry mocked dwarves' ability to dig. It lost me there.
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2009, 10:00:01 am »

That furry mocked dwarves' ability to dig.

This is true, though I suppose she has a point. If you look at, say, Ironforge of Warcraft Fame, I'd like to see how that holds up without magic if you dig it out like that.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2009, 01:41:07 pm »

That furry mocked dwarves' ability to dig. It lost me there.

Professional rivalry. I'm sure the dwarves would say the same about wombat mining.
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2009, 01:52:57 pm »

That being said, we now require a mod for a Wombat controllable civilization and race, do we not?
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2009, 02:00:45 pm »

How didn't I find this before? This is brilliant. I love the white on black.

Digger used to be behind a paywall, until earlier this year.  So even though it's got great reviews, relatively few people have read it.

I'm glad that's changed.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2009, 02:38:07 pm »

This is pretty awesome.
the drawing stile is awesome, and the story stays varied while still exploring a lot of possibilities and doing that without dragging on too slowly, it's pretty good overall.

This makes 2 comics I learned of through this forum, both of which are fantasy taken seriously in exactly the awkward parts, making them funny, and both are black and white.
In case you're wondering, the other is yafgc.
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Re: Digger digs too deep
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2009, 02:46:09 pm »

Awesome comic, it really reminds me of DF.

But he underestimates dwarves, use magic to keep mountains from collapsing? Real dwarves fill the mountains with magma, let it solidify, and then dig the mountain again. Ah, the circle of dwarven geology.

Anyone got a wombat mod?
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