The Mice Templar Volume 1 v 1
The young mouse Karic seeks to rescue his family from slavery and save his people from rat oppression by reuniting the legendary Mice Templar. But the Templar have been sundered by a vicious civil war, distrustful of one another, and despised by the very people they failed to protect. The fate of all creatures now rests in the paws of one small mouse, if only he can find the courage and strength to become one of the Templar knights himself.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars This is the edition we’ve been waiting for:
MICE TEMPLAR Vol. 1: The Prophecy
* Oversized Hard Cover edition
* 262 pages — Collecting issues 1-6 + extras
* Foreword by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Mark Buckingham, creators of FABLES
* Map of the Dark Lands as rendered by Brian Quinn
* Issues 1-3 revisions in text, art, layouts & color
* 4-page Roll-fold of the snake god wheeled into Dealrach Ard-Vale
* Preview of the second arc: Destiny
* Afterword by Mike and Bryan on the personal significance of their creation
* Reprinting the original Mice Templar short story from 1998 “CASSIUS”
* A HISTORY OF THE REALM by Glass & Dirk Shearer, chronicling the mythology of the Dark Lands
* Representing MYTH, LEGEND & The MICE TEMPLAR by Tim Daniel, showcasing the mythological parallels in the series, with pin-ups by Brian Quinn, Taki Soma, Cat Staggs, Nic Klein, Robert Hack & Stuart Saygar
* Pin-up Gallery by John Broglia, Val Staples, Ron Salas, Victor Santos, Rob Reilly, Kelsey Shannon, and featuring never before seen art from the development of the series by Mike Oeming
* Ribbon bookmark
This extraordinary edition is the perfect jumping on point for new readers, and a terrific re-introduction for those who tried the series and considered those first few issues predictable or inaccessible.
Buy it, and read the first arc of the series as it was intended…
4 Stars An Inspiring coming-of-age tale
writer Bryan Glass does a good job wielding medieval mythology in a way that it inspires wonder by intertwining the awe that mice would naturally have for larger animals like snakes, cats, and owls with the phenomena of mysticism, religion and prophecies. i’m not big on Lord of the Rings fantasy knock-offs or funny animal comics, but Oeming and Glass put such a stamp on these characters that it just comes off as good, old-fashioned world building!
as one of those who read Mice Templar as individual comics, i will say it actually reads better as a collected volume. plus, the hardcover has tons of DVD-style extras too. I definitely recommend Mice Templar… one of the best comics of 2008.
COP IT!
- samax
ghettoManga.com
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