Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 Comes Out TODAY!?

Whadahuh? So after several weeks of wondering what the heck happened to the second series of Mouse Guard (it recently premiered at Comic-Con, but has been M.I.A. in stores) author David Petersen had this to say on his blog:

"Winter 1152 Issue #1 *UPDATE* Due to a mix-up at Diamond, the books didn't ship out and have been at Diamond's warehouse for weeks. (The books were set to go out for the 25th of July!!!) Now it looks like the release date will be August 15th barring an unforseen incident."

Why, that's today! Winter 1152 isn't on the Diamond shipping list nor my local comic shop's in-store list for tomorrow, but I'm still going to expect that upon showing up for my comics, I'll be greeted with a big celebratory sales display adorned with adorable yet honorable sword-wielding mice. If this is not the case, there's going to be trouble. And by trouble, I mean tears.

Related: Geekanerd's musings as to which of the Guard will die in during Winter 1152...

UPDATE!!! David Petersen just updated his site - he meant to say August 22nd. It's still not on the Diamond Shipping list. I can't take the suspense....

Mouseguard 1152: Who's Gonna Die?!

Yesterday we posted a link to IGN's preview of Mouse Guard 2: Winter 1152 #1. IGN's write-up includes the cryptic phrase, "It's a winter not every Guard may survive." This would coincide with something author David Petersen told me way back in March, during the New York Comic Con - "I can't promise everyone's gonna survive this time." Eek! He wouldn't really kill one of our three heroes, would he? Surely it will be Sadie, the girl-mouse who the IGN preview indicates will become a more important player in the second series. Important enough....to die?

*cold wind blows*

But I don't want Sadie to die either, as she's the strongest and coolest of the two female characters in the book. Let's hope Winter 1152 doesn't yield another case of women-mice in refrigerators.

In other David Petersen news, fans should check out his new blog where he posts tons of never-before-seen original artwork, both from Mouse Guard and his personal collection, such as this awesome Han and Chewie watercolor.


Finally, after the jump, check out the super-short video interview I did with David Petersen where he drops the aforementioned death-quote, plus a few other tidbits of info on the second series of Mouse Guard.



The Mouse Guard segment starts at 1:19...the interview was part of the late great Pulp Secret Report.

Sneak Peek at Mouse Guard 2

IGN has some scans from the upcoming second book in the Mouse Guard epic, Winter 1152. They are, unsuprisingly, drop dead gorgeous. Please check them out at IGN. The first issue hits stores next week. Oh, and if you haven't read the first Mouse Guard book, you have to buy it right now. It's one of the most beautiful graphic novels you'll ever read, hands down bar none without a doubt insert cliche here. But seriously folks.