Mouse Guard

Mouse Guard
Official Mouse Guard logo
Publication information
Publisher	Archaia Studios Press
Schedule	Bi-monthly
Format	Metaseries (Series of Limited Series)
Publication date	2006–Present
Creative team
Writer(s)	David Petersen
Artist(s)	David Petersen
Creator(s)	David Petersen
Collected editions
Fall 1152

Mouse Guard is an American bi-monthly comic book series written and illustrated by David Petersen and published by Archaia Studios Press. Differently from American standard comics size (6½" × 10"), it is published in a square (8" × 8") format.

Series one and two of the series have been collected in a single volume each, titled, respectively Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (), and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (). In June 2013, Mouse Guard: The Black Axe (), a prequel which deals with Celenawe's earlier life, was published.

Mouse Guard is set in a world of sentient mice who live in a medieval era, paralleling the same age in human history, though in their world there are no humans. Its stories revolve around a brotherhood of mice known as the "Mouse Guard" who have sworn an oath to serve their fellow civilian mice in times of need, including making safe passage for them through the wilderness and protecting them from predators.

"The mice struggle to live safely and prosper among all of the world’s harsh conditions and predators. Thus the Mouse Guard was formed. After persevering against a weasel warlord in the winter war of 1149, the territories are no longer as troubled. True, the day to day dangers exist, but no longer are the Guard soldiers, instead they are escorts, pathfinders, weather watchers, scouts and body guards for the mice who live among the territories. Many skills are necessary for the guard to keep the borders safe. They must find new safeways and paths from village to village, lead shipments of goods from one town to another and, in case of attack, guard against all evil and harm to their territories." They are not simply soldiers that fight off intruders; rather, they are guides for the common mice looking to journey without confrontation from one hidden mouse village to another. The Guard patrols borders, finds safeways and paths through dangerous territories and treacherous terrain, watches weather patterns, and keeps the mouse territories free of predators. They do so with fearless dedication so that they might not just exist, but truly live.

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 is the title given to the first six-issue mini-series in its collected form.

Released: February 2006

includes pin-up by Guy Davis

A mouse peddling grain took the path from Rootwallow to Barkstone alone, but never arrived at his destination. Mouse Guard members Saxon, Kenzie and Lieam are dispatched by Gwendolyn, head of the Mouse Guard to find him.