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Mouse Guard: Free Comic Book Day #2010
Mouse Guard: Spring 1153
In the spring of 1153 the Mouse Guard deal with the onset of the spring thaw and the havoc it wreaks on their territories.
15 pages
First published May 1, 2010
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David Petersen
168 books338 followersNote: 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.
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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August 9, 2018
In the trying time that is spring the mice are spread thinly to gather resources and scout the mouse-occupied lands for threats. The main focus for Gwendolyn is the seasonal summit that will gather the leaders of the towns in Lockhaven. Lieam has been missing for three moons, but no mouse can be spared to search for him.
This last item is the only new thing added in this one-shot that leads to The Black Axe miniseries. It's a nice sample for the Mouse Guard universe, but the real stories offer so much more.
This last item is the only new thing added in this one-shot that leads to The Black Axe miniseries. It's a nice sample for the Mouse Guard universe, but the real stories offer so much more.
April 8, 2020
This was a one-shot free comic that now serves as the prologue in Mouse Guard: The Black Axe.
The artwork is stellar and it confirms some assumptions from the previous novel, expertly bridging volumes two and three. However, it's not good enough to be a standalone but it serves its purpose.
The artwork is stellar and it confirms some assumptions from the previous novel, expertly bridging volumes two and three. However, it's not good enough to be a standalone but it serves its purpose.
March 5, 2018
Ogni sinolgo episodio di questa serie è spettacolare per un diverso motivo.
In questo brevissimo racconto non c'è una trama, è semplicemente la narrazione di cosa fa il regno dei Topi al disgelo: riparare i danni causati dall'inverno, preparare le offerte di cibo per gli orsi che si risvegliano dal letargo, neutralizzare i predatori troppo intraprendenti, e, soprattutto, reclutare nuove leve per la Mouse Guard.
In questo brevissimo racconto non c'è una trama, è semplicemente la narrazione di cosa fa il regno dei Topi al disgelo: riparare i danni causati dall'inverno, preparare le offerte di cibo per gli orsi che si risvegliano dal letargo, neutralizzare i predatori troppo intraprendenti, e, soprattutto, reclutare nuove leve per la Mouse Guard.
November 14, 2020
Beautiful little Free Comic Book Day entry into the Mouse Guard series. I loved how all the activities in the illustrations revealed, at the end, what exactly the mice were up to and what the guard leader was talking about when she mentioned a troubling foe. The Fraggle Rock comics in this same issue were cute, too.
October 4, 2022
Free Comic Book Day 2010. A very short 10 page Mouse Guard story.
In the rainy spring weather, the mice must focus on the needs of their territories while a redfur Guard is missing.
Petersen illustrates many lovely panels of the mice going about their daily tasks such as farming, fishing, defending the land from giant tortoises and racoons.
In the rainy spring weather, the mice must focus on the needs of their territories while a redfur Guard is missing.
Petersen illustrates many lovely panels of the mice going about their daily tasks such as farming, fishing, defending the land from giant tortoises and racoons.
February 22, 2013
A one-shot that simply showed all the mice at work while Gwendolyn recanted the current situation the mouse towns find themselves in. Also reiterated that Lieam did, indeed, run away at the end of the last book
January 21, 2021
I reread all of the Mouse Guard books this year.
This is just a one shot, showing how the mice fared through the winter of the previous year, following the events of the first two volumes. It was given away for free on Free Comic Book Day in May, and also for a time available online.
This is just a one shot, showing how the mice fared through the winter of the previous year, following the events of the first two volumes. It was given away for free on Free Comic Book Day in May, and also for a time available online.
October 2, 2011
A must-read for the ongoing story line, although it's infuriating to think how long it'll take for this story to be continued!
June 14, 2015
Wonderful Free Comic Book Day story that supposedly leads into Spring 1153's main story...but alas it has been 5 years and it has yet to see the continuation of this story. Shame.
May 24, 2016
Short, but poignant tale in the form of a diary entry by the Matriarch of the Mouse Guard from spring of 1153, giving an update on the Mouse Territories after the Winter 1152.
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