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Mouse Guard
Series · 8 books · 1614-2015

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Mouse Guard

The Black Axe

2013

This prequel, set in 1115, fulfills the promise the wise oldfur Celanawe made to tell Lieam of the day his paw first touched the Black Axe. 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 axe.
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Mouse Guard

Fall 1152

2007

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 "Mousguard: 1152 Autumn" is a book about the story of the murderous warriors in the background of the human age without medieval times. As of 2017, 20th century Fox is working on a scenario for film production.
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Mouse Guard

Winter 1152

2007

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 Eisner-Award winning Mouse Guard series with an all-new epilogue and bonus content.
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Mouse Guard

Spring 1153

2010

In the spring of 1153 the Mouse Guard deal with the onset of the spring thaw and the havoc it wreaks on their territories.
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Mouse Guard

Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales

2014

Behind every brave mouse, there is a tale. Kenzie's father tells him a bedtime story about a Wise Weaver who takes on three terrifying predators with the sharpest weapon of all: his mind. Young Saxon goes to see a puppet show about the great Baldwin the Brave, whose optimism and courage changed his town forever. Sadie hears the love story of the worthy mouse Thane in his quest to win the heart of the talented and beautiful Ilsa. Young Rand hears the rarely heard tale of the Black Axe Trio, three sisters who carried on a legend, each in their own special way. Plus, stories of Seyan, the land where Mouse warriors travel after death, and of Insects, the faeries of the Mouse world! Every hero was once a child, listening to the stories of the heroes who came before them. It is the same with the Mouse Guard. Eisner Award-winning creator David Petersen spins six mouse fables, as told to a few familiar young furs, in this beautiful collection. Four Mouse Guard Free Comic Book Day stories brought together for the first time, as well as two brand new tales, reminding us all to be brave, stay true to ourselves, and follow out hearts.
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The Art of Mouse Guard 2005-2015

2015

Celebrate ten years of Mouse Guard from the very beginning. Since its debut in 2005, Mouse Guard has become a New York Times bestseller, Eisner-Award winner, and an influential staple of comics and sequential art. In honor of the ten-year anniversary of the series’ debut issue, The Art of Mouse Guard is a stunning celebration of the world, characters, and artistic process of David Petersen’s beloved series. An unprecedented look behind the scenes at the history, process, and art of the beloved, Eisner-Award winning series Mouse Guard, this title is an indepth look at the artistic and creative process behind the creation of the series and each volume of Mouse Guard. \-Featuring never before seen art from the creation of the characters and world of Mouse Guard, including the first ever doodles, sketches, and illustrations of Saxon, Kenzie, Rand and more Mouse Guard fan favorites. \-Photos of the hand-crafted models of in-world locations and buildings used for illustration reference.
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Mouse Guard

Art Of Bricks

1614

In 2015, as part of the 10 year anniversary of Mouse Guard, David Petersen teamed up with famed Lego-builder Alice Finch to build an expansive Mouse Guard LEGO display at the 2015 Emerald City Comic Con. In conjunction with the fine folks at Crazy Bricks, who make custom pieces that fit LEGO®, Kre-O®, Kubrick®, Character Building®, Si-Dan® and Friends®, Petersen also kicked off a crowd-funded campaign to create sculpted mouse heads, custom weapons, cloaks, tankards for fans to recreate the world of the Mouse Guard in minitature LEGO form. In this collection of photos and essays from Finch, Petersen, and their builder collaborators, the process of sculpting, molding and assembling the incredible multi-section diorama of more than 150,000 LEGO bricks is documented with love and in intricate detail. A must have for collectors of LEGO and Mouse Guard.
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Mouse Guard

Roleplaying Game

2008

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Authors

David Petersen
David Petersen
Author · 20 books

Note: There are more than one David Petersen on GR's database. For catch-all profile, see here (dissambiguated via 7 spaces). David Petersen was born in 1977. His artistic career soon followed. A steady diet of cartoons, comics, and tree climbing fed his imagination and is what still inspires his work today. David won the 2007 Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2008, David won the Eisners for Best Publication for Kids (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 & Winter 1152) and Best Graphic Album – Reprint (Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Hardcover). He is the creator of the Mouse Guard series and is excited to be working on projects he dearly loves doing. David and his wife Julia reside in Michigan with their dog Autumn.

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