The comics published so far are based on the characters from the relaunch of the franchise and its My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic television series, as well as the anthropomorphic spin-off Equestria Girls. The flagship title, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , is a monthly comic book series that debuted on November 28, The series is typically written in story arcs that span either two or four issues apiece; Katie Cook and Andy Price write and illustrate the first arc, respectively, while Heather Nuhfer and Amy Mebberson perform the same on the second.
The series provides stories based on the established fictional universe of the television show. It follows the studious Twilight Sparkle originally a unicorn, later given a pair of wings and her friends in adventures throughout the empire of Equestria.
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Though the comic, like the show, is aimed at young children, the writers and artists included material to appeal to the broad older fandom , featuring cultural references and show elements enjoyed by them. Subsequent issues were monthly best sellers and represented IDW's highest-selling property. Journalists in the comic industry noted that with the older fans likely buying comics for the first time in many years, along with child fans purchasing comic books for the first time, the success of the My Little Pony comic could aid the ailing industry.
The first issue was highly praised for capturing the spirit of the characters and presentation of the show while providing a good introduction to its mythos for those who were unfamiliar with it. Hasbro 's My Little Pony franchise, started in the s, has had several animated television series and direct-to-video movies to help promote and sell the associated toy line collection; over the years, there have been four "generations" of designs and associated characters and setting.
Her characters were designed to challenge the norm of girl stereotypes while still keeping the archetypes as familiar figures. Faust worked with several former co-writers from her previous shows including her husband and animator Craig McCracken , and with the directors at DHX Media 's 2D animation studio formerly Studio B Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the show would be produced to fill out the world.
The resulting show, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , was well received by parents, but found another unexpected target audience through the Internet photo-board, 4chan , primarily adult males from 13 to 35 years old. Quickly expanding through the Internet, the fandom came to use the term "brony" a portmanteau of "bro" and "pony" to describe themselves. One such avenue was the creation of a comic series; there had previously been no mass-market My Little Pony comics, albeit it does have "stock comics" featured in various licensed children's magazines such as Sparkle World , which even continues to do so.
Joe and Transformers comics, where it initially met some skepticism. Katie Cook and Andy Price were announced as the first arc's writer and illustrator, respectively; Cook had previous experience at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics , along with her own webcomic "Gronk", while Price had been involved with DC and the Batman Archives series. Cook aimed to write the stories for the comic to be something that she herself would enjoy "as a Pony fan and an all-ages writer", and planned to continue in the spirit of the show, [13] avoiding the feel of a "freebie Barbie comic" that would otherwise be packaged with toys.
Price has stated that Hasbro does give them freedom to write and draw the comic as they see fit, typically only asking for changes to achieve "a little bit more show accuracy". The comics take place in the same fictional universe as the television show, in the land of Equestria which is populated primarily by ponies including unicorns and pegasi , along with numerous other sentient and non-sentient creatures.
The primary characters of the comic include:. In addition to monthly single issue releases, IDW has also published collected volumes covering the individual story arcs. The comics chronologically occur alongside the show, featuring characters and elements introduced in later seasons. For example, the first four-issue story includes the return of Queen Chrysalis of the Changelings, a major villain introduced in " A Canterlot Wedding ", the season 2 finale.
This is a companion series of single-issue stories that each focus on one main character.
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IDW had originally planned to publish six issues, one for each pony in Twilight Sparkle's circle of friends; however, their success prompted Curnow to state that the series would be extended to feature supporting characters from the show. Micro-series was an idea born out from comic writer Thom Zahler. Curnow later contacted Zahler and asked him to pitch stories for a smaller series; one such pitch included a crossover with Mars Attacks! The monthly Friends Forever series focused on pairings of characters from the show, including the main cast as well as fan-popular minor and background characters.
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The Legends of Magic series replaced the Friends Forever series starting in April and running through March , with an annual for the series being released in April It will focus on stories that cover the mythological history of Equestria that has been only briefly touched on within the television show, such as the character of Star Swirl the Bearded. Like the series of chapter books of the same name, each issue follows the Cutie Mark Crusaders as they solve mysteries around Ponyville.
The series centers around Princess Luna forming a team consisting of fellow reformed villains to deal with a new threat to Equestria. Four additional page comics have been released to date, under the title My Little Pony Annual. The first served as a tie-in to the direct-to-video film My Little Pony: Equestria Girls ; [30] published on October 30, , it contains two prequel stories set before the events of that film.
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The second, published on September 24, , is an offshoot of "Power Ponies," an episode from the fourth season of the Friendship Is Magic television series. The third served as a tie-in to the direct-to-video film My Little Pony: Equestria Girls — Rainbow Rocks , published on December 17, , it contains two sequel stories set after the events of that film.
The fourth, published on March 1, , carries the subtitle Guardians of Harmony and consists of six 8-page stories that center on a changeling invasion of Equestria. A page Holiday Special comic was published on December 2, Twilight Sparkle and Spike find themselves stranded at a train station due to heavy snow and pass the time by reading Hearth's Warming stories. A page Deviations comic was published on March 8, , presenting a timeline in which Princess Celestia chooses Prince Blueblood instead of Twilight as her personal student.
This latter issue is part of a five-week series of one-shot comics, in which each issue explores an alternate timeline in a different IDW universe. The first issue of My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights is a limited-run series that replaced Ponyville Mysteries after it concludes its run. It is an overarching story that centers on Princess Luna and a team of former villains as they face a new threat to Equestria. The full series collection is scheduled for release in trade format on June 11, The Movie Prequel is a four-issue miniseries, with each issue serving as origin stories for new characters to be introduced in the upcoming My Little Pony The Movie.
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The first issue was released on June 28, The full miniseries collection was released in trade format on August 29, Friendship is Magic Issue 9. It tells the origin of Sunset Shimmer.
The main story is about the human versions of the mane six struggling as freshmen at Canterlot High. My Little Pony Annual was released on September 24, It is written by Ted Anderson and drawn and colored by Ben Bates. The official synopsis states " Check out the original Power Ponies in action! When Mane-iac assembles an all-star team of villains, the Power Ponies may be outmatched! It will take a familiar face from Equestria to even the odds!
My Little Pony Annual was released digitally on December 1, and physically in February as a tie-in with the Guardians of Harmony toy line. The official synopsis states " Join the Guardians of Harmony on their quest to protect Equestria from nefarious villains! Featuring six short stories focusing on action and adventure by your favorite MLP creative teams!
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A page trade paperback book which collects issues , entitled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Volume 1 , was released on May 28, Volume 2 of the series contains issues and was released on September 24, Volume 3 contains issues and was released on January 28, Volume 4 contains issues and was released on May 20, Volume 5 contains issues and was released on September 30, Volume 6 contains issues and was released on January 20, Volume 7 contains issues and was released on June 2, Volume 8 contains issues and was released on October 20, Volume 9 contains issues and was released on March 22, Volume 10 contains issues and was released on August 16, Volume 11 contains issues and was released on January 10, Volume 12 contains issues and was released on June 13, A translation was released in Japan on January 20, IDW Limited will release a deluxe hardcover edition of the first four issues including a cover gallery ; these will be available in red, black, and blue labels, each with increasing exclusive content.
Volume 2 contains issues and was released on December 2, Volume 3 contains issues and was released on April 14, Volume 4 contains issues and was released on August 25, Volume 5 contains issues and was released on December 15, Volume 6 contains issues and was released on April 19, Volume 7 contains issues and was released on October 4, Volume 8 contains issues and was released on February 28, Volume 9 contains issues and was released on July 11, My Little Pony Omnibus Volume 1 , a compilation of the first twelve issues of the Friendship is Magic series of comics, was released on October 28, Volume 2 , a compilation of Friendship is Magic Issues , was released on September 22, Volume 3 , a compilation of Friendship is Magic Issues , was released on June 14, Volume 4 , a compilation of Friendship is Magic Issues , was released on March 13, Friends Forever Issue 1 and was released on March 13, Friends Forever Issue 3 and was released on August 4, Volume 4 contains My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue 26 and was released on June 8, Equestria Girls Holiday Special was released on January 13, Volume 2 , a compilation of Friends Forever Issues , was released on May 9, Volume 3 , a compilation of Friends Forever Issues , was released on January 9, Legends of Magic, Vol.
Each comicfolio contains a variant cover comic book and lithograph in a hardcover portfolio; they are limited to copies. A page "Color Me" Treasury Edition was released on June 12, , containing the first issue in black and white as well as "all forty-eight" covers for the first four issues. Digest-Size is to be released in trade paperback volumes, each 6x9 inches and containing 52 pages.
The books consist of frames from the show with dialogue balloons taken directly from the show scripts , [20] sound effects, etc.