For this month's (not that we're on any kind of schedule anymore, hehe) Four-Color Flashback, Paul, Arlo, and Eric are scurrying over to the first three volumes of David Petersen's Mouse Guard. Published from 2006-13 by BOOM! Studios, Petersen's medieval epic takes place in a world devoid of humans, where a civilization of mice attempt to survive harsh weather, even harsher predators, and each other. The gang discusses the many, gloriously illustrated sequences of absolutely brutal animal-on-animal violence; Petersen's awe-inspiring attention to detail, including a number of songs and poems that enrich the culture of his world; and Paul's newfound obsession with the series and its many ancillary offshoots.

NEXT: we're going back…to That Was Then! We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Robert Zemeckis' classic blockbuster Back to the Future.

BREAKDOWN

00:00:48 - Intro / Banter

00:28:13 - Mouse Guard

01:41:54 - Outro / Next

LINKS

David Petersen's Mouse Guard "Creator Commentary" videos

MUSIC

"One Brown Mouse" by Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses (1978)
"…And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps" by Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses (1978)