Love the outfits, coloring, and emotion! :3

this looks sooo coooool, kinda reminds me of redwall =o

i really do like your art, it reminds me of the redwall books and the were wicked ^^

aww aww awwwwwwww!!!!

Damn cute, Mary! XD

You know, with all these medival mouse comics out now a days (Mice of Templar and Mouse Guard) maybe you can get your story hooked up with a major comic company. So love seeing your character designs.

I'm actually nervous about the trend of mouse comics now. Here I've been working on mine for years and now I'll be accused of copying. :(

yeah, but now you have dated copies of it t]hat are older than either of them. I say take the shot and submit them now.

I second that!

I third it. Put youe issue and volume numbers on the covers in big bold type so the world will know you've been in the comics game for the LONGEST!

I totally know what you mean. >_> I've had my Samurai Mouse ever since I was in middleschool, and now that there are a bunch of mouse stories out on the market there's virtually no way I think I want to get in on the market.

I got a little irritated because about two or three years ago I brought my Samurai Mouse designs with me to Gencon and the panel reviewing my portfolio wanted to take it out of the room. I told them no, that if they wanted prints they could contact me when I was home, but then all of a sudden a bunch of Mouse stories hit the market.

Needless to say I'm pretty nervous. I'd say do what a bunch of people do to protect their intellectual property by preserving the date of origin and mailing it to yourself then keeping the letter with the postmark date in your social security box until you have enough material to have it all copyrighted as a collection.

Well, I am lucky that my comic, although it's called "Mice" isn't really at all like Redwall or Mouseguard, etc. I was actually much more influenced by Jeff Smith and his comic, "Bone". Heh, the mice aren't even mouse-sized. More like short hobbits or something.

Also, I don't think my book will ever even get a wide recognition like Mouseguard, and self-publishing is probably going to have to be the way I go. This drawing in particular is Redwall universe based, so I don't mind. But draw a mouse and people are all like OMG REDWALL MOUSEGUARD! <=)

All that blabbing aside, I would be curious to see any art you had of the Samurai Mouse... anything online?

I do have a couple of the character drawings I put up last year. Like I said I've been uber hesitant about putting -anything- with my Samurai Mouse in it, up : ) Though they're all on elfwood
http://www.elfwood.com/art/c/a/cate.....mouse.jpg.html
http://www.elfwood.com/art/c/a/cate.....stuff.jpg.html
http://www.elfwood.com/art/c/a/cate.....abuto.jpg.html

Oh that Mantis is great. These are all awesome, definitely something I would read.

Lol <3 Yeah I love Jade Fan. : ) She's one of my favorite characters thus far. I really need to redraw these guys and post them up after having a few years of practice on anthros.

But like I said, even though the market's inundated with characters like yours and like mine, they're still awesome.

wow love the expressions

Nice use color to capture the emotion of the moment!

Cool art... reminds me of Rats of NIMH.

Wow, very good.

Cute...that's Nim?

Touchingly sweet scene this is.

Ooooo! Nice! :)

Very pretty and moody.

<3!!!! Thanks again Mary!! And to finish off the quote for this picture... "Not knowing your pain make mine worse..." I'll get this up on my page and give more detail of this scene soon. And yes, these characters are ORIGINAL Redwall characters. ^_^

Mn... heh. Yeah, seems like everyone is pointing out the Redwall thing.

Just lovely! Lots of emotion.

Cute cute! ^.^ Loves cloaks too, always handsome/cute I think. Hehe.

Definitely NIMH-ish :3
The cloaks are awesome as well as the expression. Thumbs up!

Redwall, good sir, Redwall. ^_^

Great job! Also, the female mouse's red cloak reminds me of Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH.

heh.... ^_^;; Kinda got inspiration from her...

Is that redwall? Ahh seeing an above comment it is. <3 Redwall very good read and also an interesting series.

This actually reminds me of Secret of NIMH...

It's gotta be the red cloak. :) Mrs. Brisby would wear one just like it!