Mouse Guard

Writer/Artist: David Petersen


Mouse Guard is my comic book store's best kept secret. i stumbled upon the first issue while perusing the independent publisher rack one day. every week as other customers discuss topics such as Civil War, Infinite Crisis or the latest comic book movie, i quietly make my way to the indie rack to see if the latest issue of Mouse Guard is out.

the story follows the exploits of three Mice Guard dispatched to find a missing grain peddler, but quickly turns to a mystery surrounded by jeopardy and betrayal. danger looms around each shrub in the form of snakes, crabs, and the villainous threat of a masked warrior known only as The Axe. Great acts of heroism are committed, and brave mice live and die.

i like everything about this book. i like the fact that it's published from a small company, i like the imaginative story, i like that the characters are cute little mice that speak ye old tongue and wield swords, staffs, axes, and could just as easily exist in my front lawn than on the pages of this comic. i don't even mind that its published in an odd shape (8"x8"), and wont fit into my comic boxes correctly.

to date, only issues one thru five (of six) have been released. there is also talk of a collected hard copy of these issues, as well as more Mouse Guard stories next year.

pick up this book.