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A review by kittyg
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Vol. 1 by Karl Kerschl, Jason Shawn Alexander, Terry Moore, Ted Naifeh, David Petersen, Lowell Francis, Nate Pride, Mark Smylie, Jeremy A. Bastian, Gene Ha, Sean Rubin, Alex Kain, Katie Cook, Guy Davis, Craig Rousseau, Alex Sheikman
4.0
This was far cuter, more imaginative and varied, and just plain fun, than I had anticipated.
Full review to follow but suffice to say I have discovered some excellent new illustrators through reading this and will be looking up some of their other works.
I also fully intend to pick up all the rest of the Mouse Guard books very soon! 4*s
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Full Review:-
So, this was my first venture into the world of the Mouse Guard, a world originally created by David Peterson. I wanted to try this book out right from the first time I saw it in a shop, becuase the cover and interior art was stunning to look at and it's about cute mice! (what more could you want). However, with that said I didn't really know what sort of stories it would be or the tone of the writing and so I was just hoping it would be something I'd at least enjoy.
Luckily for me this story is super diverse and easy to follow and we see that it\s introduced by David Peterson in a little tavern where the patrons are challenged to come up with interesting stories and win the day. These smaller stories are then illustrated, written and coloured by a whole variety of different artists and writers with Peterson just filling in the in-between moments with his own illustrations.
I think that the short story format worked very well becuase it doesn't spoil anything about the general Mouse Guard universe, but it certainly makes you want to see more of the mice. I found myself absorbed in their adventures right from the first story, and I was pretty hooked through to the end.
Each of the creators within this have been specially picked by David Peterson which means that you have a great mix of styles, but they're all top quality. I would honestly say that there were no styles I disliked, although there were certainly some that really stood out, and so this is a great way to see some work by some wonderful talent.
Some of the stories I most enjoyed were:
The Battle of the Hawk's Mouse and the Fox's Mouse - Jeremy Bastian
Potential - Sean Rubin & Alex Kain
Bowen's Tale - Karl Kerschl
There were lots of other fun ones, but the art styles and stories of these three were my favourites and the most memorable ones for me :)
On the whole a great entry point and it's made me want to keep discovering more of the cute little mice. I also loved the page showing each of them and their roles in the world! 4*s
Full review to follow but suffice to say I have discovered some excellent new illustrators through reading this and will be looking up some of their other works.
I also fully intend to pick up all the rest of the Mouse Guard books very soon! 4*s
__________________
Full Review:-
So, this was my first venture into the world of the Mouse Guard, a world originally created by David Peterson. I wanted to try this book out right from the first time I saw it in a shop, becuase the cover and interior art was stunning to look at and it's about cute mice! (what more could you want). However, with that said I didn't really know what sort of stories it would be or the tone of the writing and so I was just hoping it would be something I'd at least enjoy.
Luckily for me this story is super diverse and easy to follow and we see that it\s introduced by David Peterson in a little tavern where the patrons are challenged to come up with interesting stories and win the day. These smaller stories are then illustrated, written and coloured by a whole variety of different artists and writers with Peterson just filling in the in-between moments with his own illustrations.
I think that the short story format worked very well becuase it doesn't spoil anything about the general Mouse Guard universe, but it certainly makes you want to see more of the mice. I found myself absorbed in their adventures right from the first story, and I was pretty hooked through to the end.
Each of the creators within this have been specially picked by David Peterson which means that you have a great mix of styles, but they're all top quality. I would honestly say that there were no styles I disliked, although there were certainly some that really stood out, and so this is a great way to see some work by some wonderful talent.
Some of the stories I most enjoyed were:
The Battle of the Hawk's Mouse and the Fox's Mouse - Jeremy Bastian
Potential - Sean Rubin & Alex Kain
Bowen's Tale - Karl Kerschl
There were lots of other fun ones, but the art styles and stories of these three were my favourites and the most memorable ones for me :)
On the whole a great entry point and it's made me want to keep discovering more of the cute little mice. I also loved the page showing each of them and their roles in the world! 4*s