There are certain concepts, truly awesome concepts that only comics can pull off. I'm talking about stuff like super-genius, talking gorillas that wear pants, flying super-dogs, and radioactive animal bites that grant amazing powers. Right up there with all of those great ideas is a more recent trend: mice with swords! How great would it be if that field mouse in your garage was running around with a little sword and suit of armor? I think it would be pretty great.
Even though most of us don't want mice in our house, we love them as heroes. They're such natural underdogs (underrodents?) that you just can't help but root for the little guys against the cats, dogs, rats, and snakes that terrorize them in their anthropomorphic world. The amazing little mouse heroes of The Mice Templar are certainly no exception to that rule.
The Mice Templar are the furry little brain children of Mike (Red Sonja and Powers) Oeming and Brian J.L. Glass. According to the creators, the idea for this book has been around since 1998, but it took a while before they really decided the time was right to release the little guys into the "cat eat mouse" world of comics. Unfortunately, thanks to the timing, comparisons to the recent hit Mouse Guard are inevitable, but this book really does deserve to stand on it's own furry little paws.
Oeming and Glass clearly have an epic tale to be told. This first issue provides a big, satisfying chunk of story, but it is also obviously just the beginning. The mouse community of Cricket's Glen seems an idyllic and peaceful place. Whispered tales are told of the disgraced and fallen Templar, knights who once fought to protect the mice of the land. Karic is a young mouse who loves the old stories and idolizes the Templar, even though everyone tells him not to speak of them. When a raiding party of warrior rats attacks the Glen, Karic suddenly finds himself thrust into the dangerous world of the Templar. The fact that these characters are mice is almost incidental to the plot. The story is an epic fantasy in the Tolkien mold, the mice (as depicted by Oeming's gorgeous and stylized art) give the story a visual twist that makes it unique.
Don't hesitate! Scurry down to Four Color Fantasies now to try out Mice Templar #1, the guaranteed Book of the Week. You know you can't resist mice with swords!
Even though most of us don't want mice in our house, we love them as heroes. They're such natural underdogs (underrodents?) that you just can't help but root for the little guys against the cats, dogs, rats, and snakes that terrorize them in their anthropomorphic world. The amazing little mouse heroes of The Mice Templar are certainly no exception to that rule.
The Mice Templar are the furry little brain children of Mike (Red Sonja and Powers) Oeming and Brian J.L. Glass. According to the creators, the idea for this book has been around since 1998, but it took a while before they really decided the time was right to release the little guys into the "cat eat mouse" world of comics. Unfortunately, thanks to the timing, comparisons to the recent hit Mouse Guard are inevitable, but this book really does deserve to stand on it's own furry little paws.
Oeming and Glass clearly have an epic tale to be told. This first issue provides a big, satisfying chunk of story, but it is also obviously just the beginning. The mouse community of Cricket's Glen seems an idyllic and peaceful place. Whispered tales are told of the disgraced and fallen Templar, knights who once fought to protect the mice of the land. Karic is a young mouse who loves the old stories and idolizes the Templar, even though everyone tells him not to speak of them. When a raiding party of warrior rats attacks the Glen, Karic suddenly finds himself thrust into the dangerous world of the Templar. The fact that these characters are mice is almost incidental to the plot. The story is an epic fantasy in the Tolkien mold, the mice (as depicted by Oeming's gorgeous and stylized art) give the story a visual twist that makes it unique.
Don't hesitate! Scurry down to Four Color Fantasies now to try out Mice Templar #1, the guaranteed Book of the Week. You know you can't resist mice with swords!
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