Alright comic, 3rd of the 4 issues. Time to sink or swim.
This week, we return to the main comics, though these two feel more like Friends Forever issues that missed the boat.
Sorry for the slight delay; I blame Daylight Savings Time. In any case, this week we have a tribute to 1890s mystery stories and 1990s teen sitcoms.
I assure you, I will explain.
When last we left the comics, Twilight had sent Zecora and a brute squad to Farasi, a land Zecora had abandoned long ago on a quest for magical power… leaving behind her friends as well.
Any resemblance to Sunset Shimmer is probably coincidental. Besides, as far as I know, Sunset’s never had to deal with a grootslang. Time for adventurous diplomacy!
This week, we reach the present moment with the G5 IDW comics; issue #8 only came out this week. Let’s see where we stand as of now.
I have something special to give everyone reading this blog post! I made my first ever MLP comic dub from IDW Publishing! It's the dub adaption of the IDW Friends Forever #2 story (starring the CMCs and Discord)! I called the dub A Very Chaotic Day!
Canon. Alternate. Universe. On paper, this should be my absolute favorite comic storyline, bar none. Let’s see if that hypothesis holds.
(Okay, bit of a bold statement there. Hold on, let me explain, it's not nearly as ludicrous as it sounds. )
In case some of you didn't know, in April, IDW is going to begin releasing it's "MLP:FiM season 10"-comic series.
Rarity and the Cakes. An odd coupling but hey, that's what FF is all about, character interactions the show hasn't or can't give us normally.
This week, we have an untitled exploration of metafiction. Seriously, even the FiM wiki doesn’t have a title for these issues, so a placeholder it is. Maybe the bookworm ate it. Appropriate for Thanksgiving weekend. Let’s dig in to the rest before the antagonist does.
(deep breath)
All right, let’s get this out of the way: Yes, this storyline, especially the first issue, revolves around an election between a female career politician and a male entrepreneur entering the political arena for the first time. Please leave any other real life references in the comments to a civil minimum.
With that out of the way, let’s actually look at this thing.
Masked up, went to the comic book store. Support local businesses, whoo. And the nice lady behind the counter didn't even put me on a list for getting this comic book and an Immortal Hulk trade at the same time! Neat!
List of books in Canterlot Dark Magic wing.
This is something that came out of the Comic-Con IDW panel, and it's something some of you will be very, very excited to hear. However, I'm putting under a vast spoiler tag so no one gets spoiled accidentally.
Okay, commentary from mostly memory.
Our artist from the RD/Spitefire and Rarity/Cheerilee story is back.
Twilight and Pinkie Pie are taking the train to Canterlot. No teleport or royal carriage? Heh. Must be encouraging the economy.
We get one or two pages if Pinkie wondering if she's gonna be rewarded or banished, Twilight assures her it's not gonna be the second one even if Twilight herself doesn't know what it's about.