Storyline: The Prophecy
Date: July 16, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Bryan J.L. Glass
Artist: Michael Avon Oeming

Synopsis: The sacred Readers of the Wheat declare final judgment on Karic’s life and his validity to fulfill the Prophecy within the heart of the Great Ash Tree. While Templar rivals Pilot and Cassius each face the ancient vengeance of bats. And Rat Captain Tosk’s slave train arrives at the capital city of the mice at last, Dealrach Ard-Vale–the Shining City–where rats, mice & weasels live together in peace… all under the cold and baleful gaze of King Icarus and his court.

Opinion: In a fresh new take on fantasy Glass and Oeming have recreated our own animal kingdom into a universe all its own. This story is familiar digging its roots into the archetypal foundation that has provided support for great literature throughout the centuries, yet at the same time weaving a new tale to expand our imaginations and stimulate our creativity. Glass and Oeming have used natural elements that to our eyes are mundane and old and shown us that through another’s eyes they can be magical and wondrous. From using the moon to be the eye of a god to using a wheat field as a way to predict events they have invited us to change our perspective and let our childhood imagination run wild. Continue to the jump for the rest of the review.

Mice Templar #1-#4 were great issues and issue #5 has continued the tradition. This issue is full of action, mystery, and betrayal. In the first four issues a mentor-pupil relationship was established between Pilot and our main character Karic. Then Glass and Oeming showed us by the end of this issue that everything is not as it seems.

With issue #5 they have shown they are breaking away from where we thought the story was heading and taking us in a new direction completely. I, for one, am very excited to see where the story is heading.

With every good story needs to be good art and Oeming steps up to the plate and knocks a homerun. The art style is very organic yet at the same time maintaing just enough of the cartoon element to blend into the perfect formula creating a colorful world and unforgettable characters. The covers of Mice Templar are some of the best I have seen seeing as how Oeming does all his covers in watercolor.

If you have not had the chance to read Mice Templar it is time you should. Don’t miss out on this wonderful story and amazing art. It might also help that there is a letter from yours truly in the back. I am just saying.

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