Dawn of the Black Axe Cover Roundup

With all issues of Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Axe now released (and a hardcover due out early next year) I wanted to look back at all the covers and share the process art posts about each of them and celebrate the work Gabriel, Goni, Derek, Walter, Kevin, Matt and I did for this mini series.

ISSUE #1

Gabriel Rodriguez:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/01/dawn-of-black-axe-1-rodriguez-cover.html

David Petersen:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/02/dawn-of-black-axe-1-petersen-cover.html

Goni Montes:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/06/dawn-of-black-axe-1-montes-cover-process.html

Derek Laufman:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/05/dawn-of-black-axe-1-laufman-cover.html

Walter Simonson:

http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/07/dawn-of-black-axe-1-simonson-sdcc-cover.html

ISSUE #2

Gabriel Rodriguez:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/03/dawn-of-black-axe-2-rodriguez-cover.html

David Petersen:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/03/dawn-of-black-axe-2-petersen-cover.html

Kevin Eastman:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/03/dawn-of-black-axe-2-kevin-eastman-cover.html

ISSUE #3

Gabriel Rodriguez:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/04/dawn-of-black-axe-3-rodriguez-cover.html

David Petersen:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/04/dawn-of-black-axe-3-petersen-cover.html

Matt Smith:

https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2025/06/dawn-of-black-axe-3-matt-smith-cover.html