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Petersen David - Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Issue 6 Page 4

Artist: David Petersen (All)

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Petersen David - Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Issue 6 Page 4 Comic Art

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Midnight's Army Interior Study from "The Art of Mouse Guard"

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Title:	Petersen David - Mouse Guard Fall 1152 Issue 6 Page 4
Artist:	David Petersen (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,097
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	11/24/2015
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In the "Art of Mouse Guard" David Petersen explains the genesis of this part of the story.

"I'd drawn two pages of issue 6 and was banging my head against the wall because the story wasn't working for me. Feared I'd backed myself into a corner and was going to let down my publisher and readers. The solution came out of a lunch with Jeremy Bastian. He told me to walk him through the story of the issue: Saxon, Kenzie, and Celanawe arrive at Lockhaven's gates to find Midnight's army already there. My original draft had the reader following Saxon, Kenzie, and Celanawe through secret tunnels to build the suspense of what's happening with Midnight's army. Once the trio makes their way into Lockhaven, they find Midnight's army has already burst through the gates and are threatening the Guard's matriarch Gwendolyn. Showing the aftermath rather than the act was supposed to be suspenseful. Jeremy, however, was flabbergasted as to why I wouldn't show the reader the gates of Lockhaven coming down or follow the army in their conquest as they were moments the series was building towards.

Nervous about drawing an army of mice storming a citadel's gates, I told Jeremy I didn't know if I wanted to draw something so complex. His response was that if I wanted to be a comic book artist, I needed to get over it and draw the thing that was important to show, no matter how hard it was to draw."

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Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/24/2015

Quite different from the usual cute-ish Mouse Guard art. This one has a bit of grime and tension. Congrats!

Mat Allen
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/27/2015

I was hoping to get this page, but was too late. If you ever choose to let it go, let me know ;)

Eltanin C
Member Since 2012

Posted on 3/30/2016

Une super page de Mouse Guard. �pique et pleine d'action, avec le style graphique des d�buts.

Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007

Posted on 6/2/2016

the stuff of legends

Paul K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/26/2019

Amazing. Wonderful page from a great series and artist!

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