ForeWord's Book of the Year Awards
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 won bronze in ForeWord Magazine's annual awards in the Graphic Novel category! This is the fifth straight year that an ASP book has won in the category:
**Gold Medal (2003): ARTESIA
**Silver Medal (2004): ARTESIA AFIRE
**Honorable Mention (2005): THE LONE AND LEVEL SANDS
**Bronze Award (2006): ROBOTIKA
**Bronze Award (2007): Mouse Guard Fall 1152
It is a huge honor and I thank the folks at ASP and the folks at ForeWord Magazine!!

By now fans of Mouse Guard have had a chance to see the news about ASP’s restructuring. Obviously, I have known about it for a while now, but waited for the news to go public before talking about it.

As one of the earlier additions to the ASP family, I’ve had many interactions with Aki Liao over the years and while I will miss him, I can see that this will be a positive change for the company. I still strongly believe in the vision, quality, and talent Mark Smylie has brought to ASP.

"What does this mean about future Mouse Guard issues and hardcovers?" you may be asking. I have no plans to move Mouse Guard to another publisher. Once the restructuring is complete Mouse Guard will be back on track. I apologize for the delays thus far and hope that the fans can bear with us. The coming weeks should give us a better idea of the timeline for upcoming releases.
No matter what, I am fully committed to creating more Mouse Guard and getting it into the fans hands as soon as possible.

I am thrilled to announce that Mouse Guard has been nominated for two Eisner Awards this year!!

Best Publication for Kids
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)

I am truly honored!

Winter 1152 #3 On Sale Today!

After the long delay, the third issue is hitting stores.
Thank you all for your patience.
Artwork from this issue is available.

-The Mouse Guard PVC figures have arrived!!!

I ran out to my local comic shop (Detroit Comics in Ferndale, MI) and snapped a photo of the trio all boxed up and sitting on the display table. Yay!!! It's very cool to have these guys out in time for Christmas. Word from Diamond is that the Lieam plush will follow 'in a few weeks'. I hope that can be out for Christmas as well. I can't explain how cool/surreal it is to walk into a shop and see figures of your creation...

-2008 Appearances:

I have not posted my full 2008 convention schedule yet, but I plan on nailing it down before the new year arrives. For now thought I wanted to highlight two that are coming up sooner than later and I wanted to get the info out.

-Mouse Guard Reading at the Flint Public Library.

The reading date has been moved again. I'm sorry

about any confusion this may cause, but the reading

is now set to take place Saturday January 5th at 2pm

Two of my close friends (of whom Lieam and Kenzie

are based) will be helping me read a selection of Fall

1152 aloud while the images of the book are projected.

directions to the Flint Public Library

-Mouse Guard Gallery Show

The Flint Institue of the Arts (FIA) has offered to display

original Mouse Guard artwork and asked me to do a slide-

show presentation/Q&A and signing. The gallery opening

and presentation will be Saturday March 29th.

FIA website

-Death Ray Magazine

A UK Sci-Fi magazine called Death Ray did an interview with me and is now out on newsstands (Issue #8). Big thanks to Clair who did the interview and to Death Ray for the oppertunity to reach a UK audience!!

Death Ray website

Happy Halloween!

Winter Issue 2 is out today!!

Stop by your local shop and check it out.

Also pages from this issue are listed in the

'for sale' section.

Mouse Guard Winter 1152 #2:
The second installment of the Winter series is due to be in stores October 31st! I have put a preview to the issue in the books and winter sections of the Mouse Guard site.


Original Art for sale:
I decided to make a gallery of the pages from Mouse Guard that are for sale. You will find a link in the 'for sale' section of the Mouse Guard site. I offer pages on a first come-first serve basis. New pages are available (even if I have not gotten them uploaded to the gallery) the day that particular issue arrives in stores. Covers are the same procedure. (I'm keeping the cover to issue 4 of Winter...which has not been posted anywhere yet...). I accept paypal.


Black and White Limited Fall 1152:
The 12" x 12" slip cased book limited to 1000 copies is currently in previews (OCT07 3262). It's the same size as the original pages all in black and white. The rain overlays will be printed on a vellum. If you want a preview of how this will look, stop by the pages for sale section for scans of my pages in black and white.


Mouse Guard Reading re-scheduled:
As announced before, I will be doing a reading of Mouse Guard Fall 1152 with the help of a few of the talented friends some of the Guard are based on. The reading will now take place at the Flint Public Library Saturday the 19th of January at 2pm.

Character section opened:
After it was suggested by a fan at the Baltimore show, I have taken the character pages from the 2007 sketchbook and added them as a reference on the site. The characters section will continue to expand with some of the ancillary characters and new characters as time goes on. I have also uploaded 4 guides to locations from Mouse Guard as well as the map in the same section as the character descriptions. Enjoy!!