Mouse Guard through the years! Timestamps for ease of navigation and recall: 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Main titles 00:59 2006 - The first series 05:52 2007 - Fall 1552 Hardcover 06:59 2007 - Winter 1152 the series 08:42 2009 - Winter 1152 HC 09:26 2010 - The FCBD issue - Spring 1153 11:15 2010 - Legends of the Guard, the first series 12:32 2010 - Legends of the Guard Vol 1 HC 13:32 2010 - The Black Axe, the series 14:06 2011 - The FCBD issue - The Tale of the Wise Weaver 15:03 2012 - The FCBD issue - Baldwin the Brave 16:35 2013 - The Black Axe HC 18:36 2013 - The FCBD issue - The Tale of Thane and Ilsa 19:40 2013 - Legends of the Guard Vol 2 HC 21:01 2014 - The FCBD issue - The Axe Trio 22:00 2014 - Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales HC 22:24 2015 - Legends of the Guard Vol 3 HC 23:42 2016 The Legends box set/ slipcase 24:16 2021 - The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales 25:10 The thing about Mouse Guard...
I am just learning about this series today for the first time. Thank you for the great introduction. I was wondering about your thoughts on the black and white hardcover books. You cannot really find them at the price you mentioned in your other video any longer, $30. Have you heard anything about them reprinting and would you expect them to print a black and white version of all the versions eventually? I appreciate any insight you are able to offer.
@@roproart6529I am so thrilled to hear this. And thank you for the kind words. Re: the black and white editions, unfortunately, I don't think there will be a reprint, at least in the limited numbered HCs (the limited edition stops making sense then) but I do hope they can attempt it again in paperback. I don't think black and white sells as well. Which makes it an author passion project that is not that common to see...
A lovely series from a fellow Michigan resident...I do hope he puts out more issues soon, but I also understand he's had a number of personal issues that have prevented him from writing as much new material as he'd like.
I didn't know about his personal life at all until very recently. I can't imagine such art is quick to create in any circumstances, but the fact that he is the writer artist, letterer and colorist also make a diifference I'm sure.
This was a fantastic overview; thank you for the video! I've only recently stumbled into Mouse Guard from the tabletop roleplaying scene and picked up Black Axe at my local library (with the intent of going chronologically) and the county only had 3 books total. I thought that was it, just three. I've just finished Black Axe and I have never been so happy to be wrong in my life. I am dying to get my hands on the rest of the publications and this video helped me get a feel for what's out there in this surprisingly large universe of the Mouse Territories.
Thank you, that's so kind! And wow, I've never thought about going chronologically starting with the Black Axe. How did all the 'origins' work for you? Now I'm dying to know what you think of Legends of the Guard ! 😁
Another great video. Your channel is a real compendium to comics in my collection. It enhances my enjoyment of not only what I own but the medium in general. I skipped on some of these mouse guard books but will have to pick them up now.
Oh my what a collection you have, total eyecandy, what a treat. I missed the single issues and I've never seen those freebies before apart from the one my comic shop slipped into my bag, the Mouse Guard / Dark Crystal comic, five pages of pure treasure. I did manage to order and get my hands on The Owlhen Caregiver & Other Tales issue the other year, what a masterpiece.. if this is a taste of his return to Mouse Guard then I think we're in for a treat.
So glad you enjoyed the video, and i agree with you - i think the future looks very promising for Mouse Guard stories. Will you try nd get the collected editions?
@@ftloc I love the square hardback books, great quality and I really like the format style and size, so tactile. Legends volume 2 arrived this morning with Anno Dracula 1895, I was a couple years late to the magic of Mouse Gaurd but I've been 'nibbling away' (pun intended) at the back catalog, catching up.
I've gotten my graphic novel club to agree to read this for an upcoming meeting and I'm so excited to finally dive into the series. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@ftloc I've not read it! And I don't think anyone in the group has either, though some people, like me, have been wanting to for a while. The meeting is in a few weeks (we'll be discussing Daytripper at our next one), but I'll update when we've gone over it!
Excellent recap of Mouse Guard........so far (hopefully). I've been a fan since the first hardcover collection and all volumes sit proudly on my shelf. Admittedly I don't have the most recent floppy, so hopefully that's a sign we'll be seeing more collected editions in the future.
Mouse Guard winter 1152 is by far one of my favorite books ever. The story is so amazing it made me cry in certain parts of it and i was obssesed with its world for a long time
It's fantastic! Have you read more of Mouse Guard after that? Also, since you mentioned loving the world, there's an excellent TTRPG that uses every element of the comics, and expands on them, that I also love 😁
Wow! Only just discovered your channel, and man, you deserve 100x the views and subscribers! Excellent presentation, filming, voice recording and analysis. Here in the UK, it seems that getting hold of these is essentially impossible (without spending BIG bucks!), which I find very sad. I used to read all the 'Redwall' books as a kid (similarly about woodland animals living in a medieval world), and would love to read all of these comics some day. Hopefully they'll be reprinted... Thanks for the excellent content! Keep it up
A friend of mine in the UK recently picked up the first two volumes used, so that is always an option I suppose? I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you find plenty more to enjoy here on FtLoC!
Oh, thank you so much for this video! As I do not collect floppies anymore, I never knew how I was going to collect the FCBD books. I just assumed I'd never have them. I had no idea about Baldwin The Brave. Now I've got all of the hardcover stories! Hoping that the new ones get collected as well!
@sleepy haha good to know! I often wonder if I'm a bit overheated in these videos! @Amha, Sleepy reader was referring to my first name with the A, not giving me a grade I think, but i definitely appreciate the A plus! 😁👍🏽
Lovely video exploring the wonderful world of Mouse Guard. Thank you so much! I was wondering when you would come up with the usual long format video...Looking forward to the next already 😊
Haha, I was wondering the same thing - It's been a long time since I did a long, 'full publication history' type of video. Luckily, Mouse Guard ended up being a perfect opportunity. So glad you enjoyed it and haha, yes, I'll get on the next one as soon as I have caught my breath! Maybe I'll do a smaller shorter one in between? 😁
Mouse guard's art itself is enough for me to buy every last edition of it I really like the story and pacing .(also thanks for you're reply last video it was very helpful .l do have a question for u which volume of bone is you're favorite ?) And again nice vid keep it up!!!
Thank you! And i have to say that the Great Cow Race is just brilliantly done comedy, perhaps some of the funniest comics I've read. But building on themes from there, I think Dragonslayer is a great arc. I love how Phoney shows the pettiness of all humans
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much! I do have an 'update video' of sort about the Black and White edition here if you're interested! th-cam.com/video/HWb7swb419g/w-d-xo.html Cheers!
Excellent video! The art in these is really incredible, so I'm definitely going to read at least the first two books to see if they hook me. Also, fun fact, I recognize every comic from the main titles save for one!
Thank you! And I'd love to know what you thought once you get to read those volumes. Also, throw in the Baldwin the Brave collection 😁 As for the title sequence, which is the only one you're missing now, the rifleman on the horse? 😁
Did anybody else know that David Petersen also did some covers for Usagi Yojimbo and the illustrations for Wind In The Willows by IDW? I just found out and now need these books!
I don't buy variant covers (or singles in general) but I appreciate when they are collected in the trades, as well as the pin ups he's done over the years for Usagi Yojimbo. But of course I had to get the Wind in the Willows edition as soon as I learned about it. It is superbly illustrated, and a lovely edition of one of my favourite books. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
I ordered the reprint of the 2nd Edition ages ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered! I'm not familiar with The Burning Wheel system at all, but it sounds fascinating. Needless to say, I can't wait.
I loved the series but I actually do think I like the art in the beginning slightly more than the more recent issues. He has incorporated more digital effects recently and I like the earlier issues that are seem more hand drawn with less manipulation. Just a personal preference. The newer issues are still awesome of course.
Ah, i am probably not savvy enough to be able to tell the digital stuff perhaps? I do think that given how much of an 'auteur comic' Mouse Guard is and how much he personally does, that I'd understand the use the more complex the work gets. I wouldn't mind if he worked with a colorist/painter though.
@@ftloc the colors are fine. I just see a lot of fancy effects that I am less into. Like on the first page of Owlhen with the light coming through the window. It just really calls attention to itself and I feel like he didn’t have the same set of tools earlier in the series. It’s nothing major, just little things like that. I just like comics that feel more homemade I guess. It’s funny because someone like Tom Scioli draws completely on a tablet now but his art seems more homemade because it’s less perfect I guess.
@@essaywhu i completely see what you mean. I've never enjoyed photorealistic art for similar reasons - i like thinking of things as drawn. But on the other hand i love people like the Franco Belgian artists of Studios Herge and Chris Ware, whose work makes me think it has somehow just come to be. Computers make things a bit muddy i guess, but i definitely will keep an eye out for the kind of things you mention!
@@ftloc Ware is just so ridiculously talented. It’s so crazy looking at his graphic novels and comparing the styles between them and his sketchbooks or his monograph. His sketchbooks show how wide his actual range really is and then add in all his models and contraptions with moving parts or weird printing techniques. Then add in design work for books of comic strips like Krazy Kat and Gasoline Alley, and a book of architecture photography, and mural work, movie posters and magazines about old-timey music. He’s a real renaissance man. I honestly can’t think of another comic book artist that has such a diverse repertoire, and a lot of his sketches don’t even use in his style that he shows in his graphic novels. And the amount of work that he has produced is staggering. I look at it and can’t figure out how he finds the time to produce so much and take on so many projects in addition to keeping these impeccable sketchbooks. Does he ever sleep? I sometimes think about what a third sketchbook volume from him would look like and I almost feel ill because I know it will just be insane.
Of those three, I only work and even then I don't get out much! 😁 But I always imagine everyone in the US forever attending cons and events, meeting with local creators ...
Just read mouse guard fall 1152 and finished it I have got to say this comic is AWESOME BEYOND COMPREHENSION I love every thing about it from the art to the story to the characters thanks for this vid dude seriously keep it up( yet another question who is you're favorite character?)
Ooh, a subset of the 'Best Anthropomorphic' list I have been mulling for so long! I'd need to read more specifically mouse comics (I have a few in prose for sure) but one thing I would definitely NOT have on the list is Maus. That is a story about humans, of course represented as mice, but not the same thing as an anthropomorphic animal. In other words, I'd say that is an 'animalized human' and not a 'humanized animal' story.
@@drderrickchua No, I'd say there's always human concerns in anthropomorophic fiction, the idea of that is to attribute human qualities and behaviour to non human creatures. Over there you would either have a human world (Peanuts,) or a an animal world (Uncle Scrooge) or a mix. Maus is an autobiography and biography and history using a literary tool so they're not nice being given human qualities, they're humans being depicted as mice, pigs, dogs etc. The image may be similar, but the device is very different. At least that's the way I look at it.
Yes indeed, it will feel familiar to readers of The Wind in the Willows and Mrs Frisby and the Rats of the NIMH, but also Redwall and other Anthroporohic stories. Unlike NIMH, there are no humans or human civilization at all, and the societies and the mediaeval setting really give Mouse Guard a very distinct identity!
Have you read Scurry by Mac Smith? It reminded me a little of Mouse Guard - mouse colony with a few mice that go out on patrols. It was excellent. It's originally a webcomic but a TPB just came out.
Mouse Guard through the years! Timestamps for ease of navigation and recall:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Main titles
00:59 2006 - The first series
05:52 2007 - Fall 1552 Hardcover
06:59 2007 - Winter 1152 the series
08:42 2009 - Winter 1152 HC
09:26 2010 - The FCBD issue - Spring 1153
11:15 2010 - Legends of the Guard, the first series
12:32 2010 - Legends of the Guard Vol 1 HC
13:32 2010 - The Black Axe, the series
14:06 2011 - The FCBD issue - The Tale of the Wise Weaver
15:03 2012 - The FCBD issue - Baldwin the Brave
16:35 2013 - The Black Axe HC
18:36 2013 - The FCBD issue - The Tale of Thane and Ilsa
19:40 2013 - Legends of the Guard Vol 2 HC
21:01 2014 - The FCBD issue - The Axe Trio
22:00 2014 - Baldwin the Brave and Other Tales HC
22:24 2015 - Legends of the Guard Vol 3 HC
23:42 2016 The Legends box set/ slipcase
24:16 2021 - The Owlhen Caregiver and Other Tales
25:10 The thing about Mouse Guard...
I am just learning about this series today for the first time. Thank you for the great introduction. I was wondering about your thoughts on the black and white hardcover books. You cannot really find them at the price you mentioned in your other video any longer, $30. Have you heard anything about them reprinting and would you expect them to print a black and white version of all the versions eventually? I appreciate any insight you are able to offer.
@@roproart6529I am so thrilled to hear this. And thank you for the kind words.
Re: the black and white editions, unfortunately, I don't think there will be a reprint, at least in the limited numbered HCs (the limited edition stops making sense then) but I do hope they can attempt it again in paperback.
I don't think black and white sells as well. Which makes it an author passion project that is not that common to see...
A lovely series from a fellow Michigan resident...I do hope he puts out more issues soon, but I also understand he's had a number of personal issues that have prevented him from writing as much new material as he'd like.
I didn't know about his personal life at all until very recently. I can't imagine such art is quick to create in any circumstances, but the fact that he is the writer artist, letterer and colorist also make a diifference I'm sure.
A wonderful ode to Petersons work and the writer himself. Lovely video - thank you so much. A real bow to such a beautiful series of work.
I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much, and i hope David Petersen continues this lovely series for a long time to come!
This was incredibly well done overview. Impressive work! I'm sold. I'm ordering them all soon 😉.
I'm loving the channel!
Thank you! And that's so lovely to hear, I'd love to know what you think of the books once you've e had a chance to read them.
This was a fantastic overview; thank you for the video!
I've only recently stumbled into Mouse Guard from the tabletop roleplaying scene and picked up Black Axe at my local library (with the intent of going chronologically) and the county only had 3 books total. I thought that was it, just three. I've just finished Black Axe and I have never been so happy to be wrong in my life. I am dying to get my hands on the rest of the publications and this video helped me get a feel for what's out there in this surprisingly large universe of the Mouse Territories.
Thank you, that's so kind!
And wow, I've never thought about going chronologically starting with the Black Axe. How did all the 'origins' work for you?
Now I'm dying to know what you think of Legends of the Guard ! 😁
This makes me even MORE excited to read the rest of Mouse Guard!
Mission accomplished then! 😁
Another great video. Your channel is a real compendium to comics in my collection. It enhances my enjoyment of not only what I own but the medium in general. I skipped on some of these mouse guard books but will have to pick them up now.
Thank you so much! And I'd love to know what you think of the series whenever you get a chance to try it out!
Oh my what a collection you have, total eyecandy, what a treat. I missed the single issues and I've never seen those freebies before apart from the one my comic shop slipped into my bag, the Mouse Guard / Dark Crystal comic, five pages of pure treasure. I did manage to order and get my hands on The Owlhen Caregiver & Other Tales issue the other year, what a masterpiece.. if this is a taste of his return to Mouse Guard then I think we're in for a treat.
So glad you enjoyed the video, and i agree with you - i think the future looks very promising for Mouse Guard stories. Will you try nd get the collected editions?
@@ftloc I love the square hardback books, great quality and I really like the format style and size, so tactile. Legends volume 2 arrived this morning with Anno Dracula 1895, I was a couple years late to the magic of Mouse Gaurd but I've been 'nibbling away' (pun intended) at the back catalog, catching up.
'Nibbling away'! I love it!
Another great video, and very helpful for me as I plan my first foray into the world of Mouse Guard!
Thank you and that's great to hear. Be sure to let me know how the foray goes!
I've gotten my graphic novel club to agree to read this for an upcoming meeting and I'm so excited to finally dive into the series. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@oliviagabbay that's wonderful! Have you read it before or will this be your first time? I'd love to know what the group thinks!
@@ftloc I've not read it! And I don't think anyone in the group has either, though some people, like me, have been wanting to for a while. The meeting is in a few weeks (we'll be discussing Daytripper at our next one), but I'll update when we've gone over it!
Excellent recap of Mouse Guard........so far (hopefully). I've been a fan since the first hardcover collection and all volumes sit proudly on my shelf. Admittedly I don't have the most recent floppy, so hopefully that's a sign we'll be seeing more collected editions in the future.
Hear hear! They're lovely books and long may they continue!
Mouse Guard winter 1152 is by far one of my favorite books ever. The story is so amazing it made me cry in certain parts of it and i was obssesed with its world for a long time
It's fantastic! Have you read more of Mouse Guard after that? Also, since you mentioned loving the world, there's an excellent TTRPG that uses every element of the comics, and expands on them, that I also love 😁
Great video this was so helpful for me to get into the series
Thank you 🙏🏼
I am so glad it was helpful, and I'd love to know what you thought of whichever books you get to read!
You’ve sold me on this! I’ve asked my sister to get me the first volume for Christmas. 😉
Great job! You have to let me know what you think of it!
Wow! Only just discovered your channel, and man, you deserve 100x the views and subscribers! Excellent presentation, filming, voice recording and analysis. Here in the UK, it seems that getting hold of these is essentially impossible (without spending BIG bucks!), which I find very sad. I used to read all the 'Redwall' books as a kid (similarly about woodland animals living in a medieval world), and would love to read all of these comics some day. Hopefully they'll be reprinted...
Thanks for the excellent content! Keep it up
A friend of mine in the UK recently picked up the first two volumes used, so that is always an option I suppose? I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you find plenty more to enjoy here on FtLoC!
Oh, thank you so much for this video! As I do not collect floppies anymore, I never knew how I was going to collect the FCBD books. I just assumed I'd never have them. I had no idea about Baldwin The Brave. Now I've got all of the hardcover stories! Hoping that the new ones get collected as well!
That is terrific to hear, so glad I could help! And yes, that Baldwin the Brave collection is terrific, i am absolutely sure you'll love it!
With the announcement of Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe, I felt the need to watch this video again.
I can't wait!
That looks so good. Thanks for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Intense and passionate video! Another great one A.
Much, much appreciated sir!
Although, is 'intensity' code for something 😝?
@@ftloc Not meant as a code!
I think I reacted to a sense that the narrative of this video had an intense forward momentum, perhaps reflected the series under discussion.
@sleepy haha good to know! I often wonder if I'm a bit overheated in these videos!
@Amha, Sleepy reader was referring to my first name with the A, not giving me a grade I think, but i definitely appreciate the A plus! 😁👍🏽
Now I just feel like a third wheel
Lovely video exploring the wonderful world of Mouse Guard. Thank you so much! I was wondering when you would come up with the usual long format video...Looking forward to the next already 😊
Haha, I was wondering the same thing - It's been a long time since I did a long, 'full publication history' type of video. Luckily, Mouse Guard ended up being a perfect opportunity. So glad you enjoyed it and haha, yes, I'll get on the next one as soon as I have caught my breath! Maybe I'll do a smaller shorter one in between? 😁
Mouse guard's art itself is enough for me to buy every last edition of it I really like the story and pacing .(also thanks for you're reply last video it was very helpful .l do have a question for u which volume of bone is you're favorite ?) And again nice vid keep it up!!!
Thank you! And i have to say that the Great Cow Race is just brilliantly done comedy, perhaps some of the funniest comics I've read. But building on themes from there, I think Dragonslayer is a great arc. I love how Phoney shows the pettiness of all humans
Mine has to be either ghost circles or eyes of the storm but dragon slayer is a very close second
I bought it all because of your recomendation and 3 year old son loves it man! Thanks for this really
Absolutely thrilled to hear it! Your son has great taste! 😁
@@ftloc your recommendations are amazing and how you. Explain it... I really appreciate. Them and I thank you. For your work my man! Keep up
@@BrunoGBuey Much, much appreciated!
Fantastic video brotha! I'm ordering the first collection now. You did a great job explaining all this stuff and really got me excited for the series
Thrilled you liked the video, and I'd love to know what you think of the book after you've had a chance to read it!
@@ftloc I'll be back with an update lol
Fantastic mate, cheers for this go through!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much! I do have an 'update video' of sort about the Black and White edition here if you're interested! th-cam.com/video/HWb7swb419g/w-d-xo.html
Cheers!
Excellent video! The art in these is really incredible, so I'm definitely going to read at least the first two books to see if they hook me.
Also, fun fact, I recognize every comic from the main titles save for one!
Thank you! And I'd love to know what you thought once you get to read those volumes.
Also, throw in the Baldwin the Brave collection 😁
As for the title sequence, which is the only one you're missing now, the rifleman on the horse? 😁
@@ftloc Yeah, how did you know!?
@@sam.s.g I'm psychic! 😁
That's from The Lincoln County War by Rick Geary
Did anybody else know that David Petersen also did some covers for Usagi Yojimbo and the illustrations for Wind In The Willows by IDW? I just found out and now need these books!
I don't buy variant covers (or singles in general) but I appreciate when they are collected in the trades, as well as the pin ups he's done over the years for Usagi Yojimbo.
But of course I had to get the Wind in the Willows edition as soon as I learned about it. It is superbly illustrated, and a lovely edition of one of my favourite books. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Now I am desperate for you to hear and talk about the astounding tabletop roleplaying game for Mouse Guard!
I ordered the reprint of the 2nd Edition ages ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered! I'm not familiar with The Burning Wheel system at all, but it sounds fascinating. Needless to say, I can't wait.
Added to my read list!
Let me know what you think of it!
I loved the series but I actually do think I like the art in the beginning slightly more than the more recent issues. He has incorporated more digital effects recently and I like the earlier issues that are seem more hand drawn with less manipulation. Just a personal preference. The newer issues are still awesome of course.
Ah, i am probably not savvy enough to be able to tell the digital stuff perhaps? I do think that given how much of an 'auteur comic' Mouse Guard is and how much he personally does, that I'd understand the use the more complex the work gets. I wouldn't mind if he worked with a colorist/painter though.
@@ftloc the colors are fine. I just see a lot of fancy effects that I am less into. Like on the first page of Owlhen with the light coming through the window. It just really calls attention to itself and I feel like he didn’t have the same set of tools earlier in the series. It’s nothing major, just little things like that. I just like comics that feel more homemade I guess.
It’s funny because someone like Tom Scioli draws completely on a tablet now but his art seems more homemade because it’s less perfect I guess.
@@essaywhu i completely see what you mean. I've never enjoyed photorealistic art for similar reasons - i like thinking of things as drawn. But on the other hand i love people like the Franco Belgian artists of Studios Herge and Chris Ware, whose work makes me think it has somehow just come to be. Computers make things a bit muddy i guess, but i definitely will keep an eye out for the kind of things you mention!
@@ftloc Ware is just so ridiculously talented. It’s so crazy looking at his graphic novels and comparing the styles between them and his sketchbooks or his monograph. His sketchbooks show how wide his actual range really is and then add in all his models and contraptions with moving parts or weird printing techniques. Then add in design work for books of comic strips like Krazy Kat and Gasoline Alley, and a book of architecture photography, and mural work, movie posters and magazines about old-timey music. He’s a real renaissance man. I honestly can’t think of another comic book artist that has such a diverse repertoire, and a lot of his sketches don’t even use in his style that he shows in his graphic novels. And the amount of work that he has produced is staggering. I look at it and can’t figure out how he finds the time to produce so much and take on so many projects in addition to keeping these impeccable sketchbooks. Does he ever sleep? I sometimes think about what a third sketchbook volume from him would look like and I almost feel ill because I know it will just be insane.
Mouse Guard was a really solid read and I myself recommend it!
I also live in Michigan. lol
Have you ever met David Petersen? 🙂
@@ftloc nope.
I don’t get out much between school, work and being a parent. Lol
Of those three, I only work and even then I don't get out much! 😁
But I always imagine everyone in the US forever attending cons and events, meeting with local creators ...
Just read mouse guard fall 1152 and finished it I have got to say this comic is AWESOME BEYOND COMPREHENSION I love every thing about it from the art to the story to the characters thanks for this vid dude seriously keep it up( yet another question who is you're favorite character?)
So excellent to hear! More wonderful stuff lies ahead too!
Thanks for the I introduction my friend
I am sold.
Then you're in for a treat!
Do a Blacksad episode 🤩🤩
Haha soon, I hope! But what if I don't love it as much as many people do? I'm worried about the backlash if I do not worship it! 😁
@@ftloc at least praise its art detailing 😁
@@charbakdipta Goes without saying 😁
How would you rank the anthropomorphic mouse comics? Maus, Mouse Guard, Mice Templar, Mickey, Scurry, Squarriors, etc?
Ooh, a subset of the 'Best Anthropomorphic' list I have been mulling for so long! I'd need to read more specifically mouse comics (I have a few in prose for sure) but one thing I would definitely NOT have on the list is Maus.
That is a story about humans, of course represented as mice, but not the same thing as an anthropomorphic animal.
In other words, I'd say that is an 'animalized human' and not a 'humanized animal' story.
@@ftloc So there are neither rodent concerns in Maus nor human concerns in Mouse Guard?
@@drderrickchua No, I'd say there's always human concerns in anthropomorophic fiction, the idea of that is to attribute human qualities and behaviour to non human creatures.
Over there you would either have a human world (Peanuts,) or a an animal world (Uncle Scrooge) or a mix.
Maus is an autobiography and biography and history using a literary tool so they're not nice being given human qualities, they're humans being depicted as mice, pigs, dogs etc. The image may be similar, but the device is very different. At least that's the way I look at it.
Looks like the secret of nim
Yes indeed, it will feel familiar to readers of The Wind in the Willows and Mrs Frisby and the Rats of the NIMH, but also Redwall and other Anthroporohic stories.
Unlike NIMH, there are no humans or human civilization at all, and the societies and the mediaeval setting really give Mouse Guard a very distinct identity!
Have you read Scurry by Mac Smith? It reminded me a little of Mouse Guard - mouse colony with a few mice that go out on patrols. It was excellent. It's originally a webcomic but a TPB just came out.
I did read the first chapter of Scurry online, but decided to wait for the collected edition, which I see is now up for pre order!
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Your video is super dark