Miniature legends

And if the "mouse of the people" was a good material to transpose a type of heroic fantasy universe? This seems to be the concept of this cartoon series made entirely by illustrator David Petersen. Indeed, for such a small animal, like a snake immediately to a dragon, a crab and a giant scorpion! Starting from this premise, it only remained to its author only transform its mouse knights and medieval mythology imagine a miniature version of ...!

The charm of all is the fact that David Petersen was able to combine the content and form giving his account the trappings of a children's story. "Legends of the Guard: Fall 1152" and looks like a picture book for children. Each sticker has the look of an illustration on the border of illumination and Gallimard, always at the forefront luxurious editions we have offered the ideal setting typical square-shaped book of illustrated tales. Also, see these little mice struggle to survive by holding a "gesture" noble chivalrous arouses immediate empathy.
However, the amateur cartoon that I am, doubled the lover of heroic fantasy tales and fantastic stories, did not have much to put in the tooth in terms of story and setting in conceptual form. This story of Knights mouse is not, ultimately, a very high density. It does not revolutionize the genre of heroic fantasy and suffers from too picked narration. It lacks the attention to detail and a possible metaphysical background that could give him a little more thick. It has some fun finds, as the architecture of cities interlocking bumps in natural forest, but nothing exceptional property. As for the strictly narrative form, again can remain unsatisfied: David Petersen is a more familiar picture books that a true comic strip author and it feels in some awkwardness when moving from one sequence to the other, free of the slightest suspense and narrative tension. So many interesting passages about their dramatic springs are simply recounted offscreen. In addition, each of its protagonists is characterized more or less the same way, making it difficult attachment to a character more than another.

At the finish, "Legends of the Guard: Fall 1152" stands out as a nice little art book and a nice library object. He staged engaging characters in their entirety but not in their uniqueness. It develops a real miniature mythology but did not come out much the beaten path in terms of background. It is easy to read and will appeal equally to young and old. Everything will depend on what you pick it ...