Mouse Guard Fall 1152

Mouse Guard Fall 1152; story and art by David Petersen. Archaia, Los Angeles CA, 2007. 3rd printing. From the author s Preface In the following pages you will find the first in a series of adventure stories I conceived over ten years ago. On a scrap of paper, I had quickly scratched mice have a culture all their own, too small to integrate with other animals. This scribble led to more thought about how mice would survive as characters in such a hostile world populated with predators: Hide the cities, make them self sufficient and spread apart from one another. From a storytelling perspective it meant the mice were prisoners of their own homes. Sketches followed of three mice, Saxon, Kenzie, and Rand. Destined to play the roles of pathfinders for their kind. As Mouse Guard rattled around my head, the world became populated with more characters, towns and villages, and a history of its own, until 2005 when it began spilling onto paper. I am very happy to begin sharing that world. This book is in fine condition in a fine dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap.…