Mouse Guard
Creator: David Petersen
Synopsis
In Mouse Guard, mice struggle to live safely and prosper among all of the world’s harsh conditions and predators. Thus the Mouse Guard was formed. They are not simply soldiers that fight off intruders; rather, they are guides for commonmice looking to journey without confrontation from one hidden mouse village to another. The Guard patrol borders, find safeways and paths through dangerous territories and treacherous terrain, watch weather patterns, and keep the mouse territories free of predatory infestation. They do so with fearless dedication so that they might not just exist, but truly live.
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 1: FALL 1152 Collected Edition Hardcover
The series that started it all! Saxon, Kenzie, and Lieam, members of the fearless Mouse Guard, are dispatched to find a missing merchant mouse. Their search through dangerous terrain for the missing mouse reveals much more than they expect, as they stumble across a traitor in the Guard’s own ranks. Collects the first Eisner-Award winning MOUSE GUARD series with special bonus material.
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 1: FALL 1152 Black and White Limited Collected Edition Hardcover
This is a limited print run of the first MOUSE GUARD collection, presented in black and white and in the original size (12″ x 12″) and format of David Petersen’s artwork. Includes vellum overlay pages and a handsome slipcase.
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 2: WINTER 1152 Collected Edition Hardcover
In the Winter of 1152, the Guard face a food and supply shortage threatening the lives of many through a cold and icy season. Saxon, Kenzie, Lieam, and Sadie, led by Celanawe, traverse the snow-blanketed territories acting as diplomats to improve relations between the mouse cities and the Guard. This is a winter not every Guard may survive… Collects the second EisnerAward-winnnng MOUSE GUARD series with an all-new epilogue and bonus content.
MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOL. 1 Collected Edition Hardcover
Collects the first volume of Legends of the Guard, a new Mouse Guard anthology series featuring the work of artists and storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen, including Jeremy Bastian, Katie Cook, Guy Davis, Lowell Francis, Gene Ha, Alex Kain, Karl Kerschl, Terry Moore, Ted Naifeh, Craig Rousseau, Sean Rubin, Alex Sheikman, and Mark Smylie. Bonus content includes an all-new Epilogue illustrated by João Lemos (Avengers Fairy Tales), cover gallery, character lineup, floor plan of the June Alley Inn and creator bios.
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 2: WINTER 1152 Black and White Limited Collected Edition Hardcover
This is a limited-edition collection of Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, presented in the original size and format (12″ × 12″) of David Petersen’s black-and-white artwork for the second volume in this Eisner-Award-winning series. Includes incredible vellum overlays on select pages. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies in a beautiful slipcase. Perfect for collectors or the Mouse Guard fan in your life!
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 3: THE BLACK AXE (Hardcover collection coming Spring 2013!)
The Eisner Award-winning MOUSE GUARD returns with The Black Axe, a third volume to be told in six bi-monthly issues. Set in 1115, this prequel to Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 fulfills the promise the wise oldfur Celanawe made to Lieam the day his paw first touched the Black Axe: to tell the young warrior about the mouse who first wielded the deadly weapon. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic Black Axe.
Achievements
WINNER: Eisner Award for Best Anthology, 2011
David Petersen, Legends of the Guard: Nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist, 2011
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152: Won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album-Reprint, 2008
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152: Won an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids, 2008
Reviews
- 03-16-2012 Mouse Guard – I Smell Sheep
- 05-14-2012 Mouse Guard (Best Indie Book of 2006) – IGN
- 02-13-2013 Mouse Guard Black Axe – Comic Book Resources
- 02-13-2013 Mouse Guard Black Axe – Dork Shelf
- 04-05-2013 Mouse Guard Black Axe – Eoghann
- 02-01-2013 Mouse Guard Black Axe – Major Spoilers
- 02-22-2013 Mouse Guard Black Axe – Star Clipper
- 09-14-2012 Mouse Guard Fall & Winter – Fyrefly Book Blog
- 03-28-2013 Mouse Guard Fall & Winter – Lazy Day Literature
- 06-06-2010 Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 1 – CBR
- 06-03-2010 Mouse Guard Legends of the Guard Vol. 1 – IGN
- 08-12-2012 Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard – Buy Indie Comics
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(about 13 hours ago) - @uncomfortably Amazon has it up for pre-order, and you can ask your local comic shop to order a copy for you.
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