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Eisner Award winning creator of Mouse Guard. Covers for TMNT, Dark Crystal, Usagi Yojimbo, and Cards for MtG Bloomburrow. MouseGuard.bigcartel.com
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#MouseGuard Dawn of the Black Axe #1 Final order cutoff is Monday. Let your local comic shop or online retailer know what cover(s) you want. In stores March 19th

Art by Gabriel Rodriguez (@grcomics.bsky.social), Story by David Petersen –– Dawn of the Black Axe issue 1 in stores March 19th youtu.be/33NuWPddr58?...

New Blogpost about my Belladonna print that will debut at Emerald City Comic Con in March and in my online store shortly after davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/02/belladonna-print.html

Bardrick: 1st wielder of the Black Axe-sets off on an epic quest to rid the territories of the five snakes who surround all-that-is #MOUSEGUARD: DAWN OF THE BLACK AXE #1 by David Petersen and @grcomics.bsky.social Pre-order by Feb 24th to guarantee a copy. Available Wed, March 19th!

New blogpost about creating the artwork for the 2025 #MouseGuard bookplate: davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/02/2025-bookplate.html

Always love seeing these covers dressed up! #jimhenson #darkcrystal #comics @boom-studios.com

My latest books arrived from the printer. I love how they turned out. Sending them out to Kickstarter backers now.

Donatello, a teenage mutant ninja turtle. #TMNT

Small scale woodworking is still a big job #MouseGuard

Protect. Trans. Kids.

Gabe @grcomics.bsky.social : you are a master of this craft and I am honored to have you wander the Mouse Territories—the gates of Lockhaven are always open to you, and thank you for beautifully adding to the lore of the Black Axe!

New Blogpost about my cover art process for #MouseGuard: Dawn of the Black Axe #1 (written by me and drawn by @grcomics.bsky.social) available in March davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/02/dawn-of-black-axe-1-petersen-cover.html

February's Tenderpaw & Guardmouse tier coloring pages rewards are available on Patreon: Guardmouse induction, Archie Andrews, Snowy Valentine, Raphael, & The 7th Black Axe: patreon.com/davidpetersen

The four founding members of the Haven Guild opted to not include Rudolphus the master Glazier into their clandestine order. They cited that “Glasswork does not make a mouse-dwelling more secure, protected, or secret” when notifying the glass-maker in a letter delivered by beetle. #MouseGuard

New Blogpost about coloring @grcomics.bsky.social cover for issue #1 of #MouseGuard Dawn of the Black Axe (preorder at your online or local shop: JAN250016) davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/01/dawn...

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious" #StarWars

It's a Gnome-Tea kinda evening

Looks what just got announced! FATE OF THE FELLOWSHIP store.asmodee.com/products/the... Had my chance to work with something really magical.

If you're looking to follow some great artists on bsky, and Justin Gerard ain't on your radar yet, well, friends, he's here now, and absolutely worth following and poring over.

I love performing Mouse Guard stories aloud at libraries and conventions––Here's a playlist of videos of me (as well as a few others) reading shorts from Mouse Guard and Legends of the Guard: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Key to the Forbidden City from Rudyard Kipling’ The Jungle Book that I designed for Skelton Crew Studio Some signed copies are left: mouseguard.bigcartel.com/product/key-...

New blogpost about illustrating a #MouseGuard piece based on a 19th century Japanese ivory carving: davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/01/ivor...

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" -Orwell FREE 11x17 print-your-own poster for your classroom, library, or personal use to be on the lookout for pig-headed authoritarianism Parchment: www.dropbox.com/s/c37izp8n5q... White: www.dropbox.com/s/fb73katoou...

“I lay my weapon to rest, and with it, my lust for slaying beasts. For in hopes to make mouse life warm and light, I have found that to deliver death to another only makes my soul all the more dark and cold. I wish for intelligence to be my weapon and wisdom my armor henceforth.”

R-WOR #PlotmastersProject revamp of rag-tag space skallywag characters @jthomasglenn.bsky.social, Mike Davis & I created in the early 90's. Full episode of the video podcast for this IP: theplotmasters.com/ep8-r-wars

Michigan is getting some snow right now, so instead of going out to shovel, I thought I'd share this #MouseGuard piece

Limited qty of signed Legends of the Guard boxed sets in my online store mouseguard.bigcartel.com #MouseGuard

My card art for Magic the Gathering: Bloomburrow are available as playmats: mouseguard.bigcartel.com/category/games

Nothing Special Volume 3, Pride and Pompousness coming this year! Ten Speed Graphic coming in hot with so many books that will look so nice on your shelf from @wendylianmartin.bsky.social, @mirandamundt.bsky.social and @thepurpah.bsky.social as well! www.comicsbeat.com/ten-speed-gr...

I’ve updated my Blog’s index page! You can now easily get to hundreds of posts about my art process, projects, advice, models, videos, and more: davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2019/12/blog-index.html

'Feather' revisit illustration from episode 9 of The Plotmasters Project: www.theplotmasters.com/ep9-feather

January Tenderpaw & Guardmouse high-res coloring pages have posted on Patreon: patreon.com/davidpetersen

May we all be mice leaping into 2025 and hopefully hopping over as many of our obstacles as possible.

Service––Greater than Self & Sword. #MouseGuard