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Revision as of 02:33, 9 May 2020
A database for David Petersen's Mouse Guard series, which anyone can edit.
279 articles since opening on 24 January 2010
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Mouse Guard is a series of graphic novels created by American author and illustrator David Petersen, and published through Archaia / BOOM!. First published in 2006, the series now comprises multiple books which have won numerous awards. Mouse Guard is made distinctive by its unusual square (8" × 8") format.
The series is set in a North American-esque universe without humans, and where animals possess complex language, and some species culture and technology — although none have advanced further than what we call the "medieval" era.
The mouse is one such species, and and it builds its hidden settlements throughout the Mouse Territories, struggling to survive between the dual threats of predators and adverse weather. The selfless group known as the Mouse Guard patrols the open country between settlements, protecting the common mouse from these dangers. The Mouse Guard series follows various Guardmice, their adventures, and their sacrifices in carrying out this most important of tasks.
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There are three main entries in the Mouse Guard series: Fall 1152, Winter 1152 and The Black Axe. Each of these entries ran for six, 24-page issues and was later published in a collected hardcover format including extras such as prologues, epilogues and lore guides. A fourth volume, Mouse Guard: Weasel War of 1149 is currently in production.
A spin-off series known as Legends of the Guard has also seen the release of three volumes. These shorter entries ran for four issues each, and comprise anthologies in which other authors and illustrators are invited to create short tales of mouse folklore, with Petersen providing a narrative flow between stories.
Petersen has released several in-universe Mouse Guard short stories for Free Comic Book Day, many of which have been collected in the short anthology Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales.
Finally, Petersen and Luke Crane have developed a successful, table-top Role Playing Game which has experienced two editions and a collected box-set.
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The Weasel War of 1149 is the working title for the upcoming fourth entry in the main Mouse Guard series. Set in 1149, the book will cover the Mouse Guard's war against an invasive force of Darkheather weasels.
Mouse Guard author and illustrator David Petersen has begun working on the story, but, as of April 2020, there is no release date set for the first issue.
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Gwendolyn was a female mouse and a Matriarch of the Mouse Guard (1141 – unknown).
Gwendolyn faced many challenges in her early years as Matriarch. In 1149, she led the Mouse Guard in war against an invasive force of weasels from Darkheather; and in the fall of 1152 she resisted an attempted coup d'état by Midnight, a former Guardmouse.
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