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A review by lordofthemoon
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Vol. 1 by Jason Shawn Alexander, Karl Kerschl, Nate Pride, Jeremy A. Bastian, Lowell Francis, Gene Ha, Craig Rousseau, David Petersen, Katie Cook, Sean Rubin, Terry Moore, Alex Kain, Mark Smylie, Alex Sheikman, Ted Naifeh, Guy Davis
4.0
I came to Mouse Guard through the role-playing game, and this is my first exposure to the universe, other than the short game that we played (although the stories in this book are non-canonical). It's a lovely volume with stories and artwork provided by different artists, all within a framing story of a tale-telling competition in a tavern somewhere in the western end of the mouse territories.
The stories are all quite different, although many of them stick to a mythic quality. We have light-hearted, comic stories; myths of the origins of the Mouse Guard itself; even a retelling of Poe's The Raven, with a mouse protagonist. All enjoyable and short enough to not outstay their welcome.
What I did find slight odd was the epilogue. I'm not sure, but it seemed to be a drunken dream of one of the clients in the tavern of the framing story. I didn't find that it made much sense and it seemed like an odd way to close off the book.
For people who are unfamiliar with Mouse Guard this is a nice little introduction, and for those who are, I imagine it's a lovely set of stories within the universe.
The stories are all quite different, although many of them stick to a mythic quality. We have light-hearted, comic stories; myths of the origins of the Mouse Guard itself; even a retelling of Poe's The Raven, with a mouse protagonist. All enjoyable and short enough to not outstay their welcome.
What I did find slight odd was the epilogue. I'm not sure, but it seemed to be a drunken dream of one of the clients in the tavern of the framing story. I didn't find that it made much sense and it seemed like an odd way to close off the book.
For people who are unfamiliar with Mouse Guard this is a nice little introduction, and for those who are, I imagine it's a lovely set of stories within the universe.