This week, I catch up with the comics. Well, the IDW comics, anyway. Manga from both sides of the Pacific are in the hopper, but for now, it’s time to close out a storyline and revisit a universe.

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Sorry to disappoint anyone expecting a full card blog based on what little we know about G5. Instead, we return to Season 10 with a look at how Li’l Cheese was made.

Well, the groundwork, anyway. The actual construction’s a bit outside of the comic’s age range.

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As countless beings execute the ultimate jailbreak in Theros Beyond Death, this week we wrap up the Ponyville Mysteries comics. Nothing quite on par with escaping the underworld, but still plenty to dig into.

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With Ponyville Mysteries exhausted, we turn to… well, not quite the Equestrian Suicide Squad. That was the Season 6 finale. Perhaps their take on Justice League Dark (which I’m given to understand is like the Justice League but without milk chocolate, ergo, no Discord.)

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This week, we return to the union of modern ponies and 80’s villains. Well, the daughters of 80’s villains. Well, the minions of the daughters of 80’s villains.

… Let’s just get started before I take this any further.

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The centennial issue marks the penultimate entry for the IDW main line. Issue #102, coming out next month, will close out Season 10 and the line as a whole. For now, let’s see how the end begins.

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So, it has been announced today on Twitter that MLP has its first canonically nonbinary character.

Their name is Dust Devil, and they seem to be... fast? Very fast. I haven't kept up on the comics, but I may have to dive into them again just for this. I am thrilled. Many other people are not, but this ain't about them. This is about me, and people like me, and I'm going to take a moment to explore what this means and how I feel.

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We return to one of the more unusual pony comic sidelines, the miniseries adapting Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women using the G4 cast. Clearly the most appropriate content I could cover on Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s see where this goes from here:

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IDW never stopped being a thing, but there was a brief pause in their pony comics as the generations shifted. My pause had to be much longer, since I wasn’t sure how long the initial arc would be. But issue #3 is out and only tangentially related to the first two, so let’s what those two entail.

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I’m half-tempted to just post this link to Atop the Fourth Wall and move straight to the card designs. I’m not going to, but Linkara does do a very good of breaking down many of the comic’s failings. That said, he does it from the perspective of an outsider looking in. He’s tried Friendship is Magic and it isn’t to his taste. I respect his opinion, but there are aspects of it that elude him.

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Depending on who you ask, two of the people we’re looking at today could be seen as the worst thing to ever happen to Equestria: King Sombra and Jay Fosgitt.

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Tell Your Tale hasn’t quite told all the tales for this year, so we’re dipping back into G4 for a bit. Specifically the next round of Classics Reimagined. No prizes for guessing who’s in the great and powerful titular role, but we’ll get to that when we get to it. First we need to get out of Horse Kansas.

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Bit of a mop-up operation this week. Given four Equestria Girls shorts and one Friends Forever comic unaccounted for, I’m going to bring both to a close in one fell swoop. As always, links are provided for the shorts. Let’s get started:

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Hello, all, and welcome to the first of my IDW card blogs. According to the majority of those who answered my earlier input request, going through these chronologically would make the most sense, and I’m inclined to agree. Thus, we begin with the first four issues of the comic and a storyline that might just get invalidated by the Season 6 finale. Of course, that’s just speculation. Let’s proceed to what we know for sure.

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Whether it’s a flashback to Spike’s first days or a pony-flavored Little Golden Book, this week’s theme seems to be youth. Let’s see how well this resonates with my inner child.

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Remember how I said it felt like the zebra homeland story is missing a chapter? That’s because it is. Turns out the Free Comic Day comic was the real Season 10 premiere. However, that’s just one issue, and this is still a card blog as much of a review. So, on the cusp of one contest’s deadline, we’ll turn to another.

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Bit of a schedule change-up this week. I was going to finish up the movie prequels, but it is two days before Christmas, and there are some animated shorts to cover as well. Capper and Tempest can wait for a week; time for some holiday cheer.

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As you probably noticed, there wasn't a new chapter for "Princess Flurry Heart, Destroyer of Worlds!" last week. There is a reason for that and I'm going to explain it now. I went over it in a blog entry explaining why I didn't update "Aunt Millie" for more than three weeks here already, but I give another rundown in this entry for everyone who doesn't read the other story.

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This analysis is pretty outdated now, if you want to read a better and more profound, in-depth analysis about Sombra's role in the Season 9 Opener, click here.

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