Hello everypony, I'm Comic Sansabard.
But, you can call me Comic Sans.
Yes, like the font that everypony despises...
So I decided to review MLP comics because nopony else seems to review them...
"...IDW announced that they had acquired the rights to My Little Pony and planned on making a comic book adaptation of it..."
"To say I was unenthused, would be an understatement. After all..."
"...Fliping to page 1, this...this is looking pretty good."
"Like in the show, colors are rich and saturated...if you haven't read the My Little Pony comics yet, you've probably been wondering..."
"Are they any good? Are they important? Should I read them?"
"The answer to these are ABSOLUTLY FUCKING YES! These comics are pure gold. The mainline series..."
Well...FUCK!
Well, I already wrote the review so I might as well make it...
Now before I continue...it is time for the obligatory "Spoiler Alert."
Warning: The following video contains spoilers from the IDW My Little Pony Comic series. If you have not read them before watching this video the plot WILL BE SPOILED! You Have been warned.
Now that THAT is over and done with, let's get to the review.
I'll be reviewing part 1 of "The Return of Queen Chrysalis."
This takes place in the canon of the series shortly following "A Canterlot Wedding"
but before alicorn Twilight..."Magical Mystery Cure"
So, first off let me say that the art in this comic IS amazing!
Andy Price you are a phenomenal artist.
Now on to the actual story.
It begins with the Cutie Mark Crusaders trying to get their cutie marks in zoology or jungle adventuring
in Fluttershy's backyard.
Whoa...wait a second...
Fluttershy has a zoo in her backyard?
Would that be considered slavery?
I mean...in the show, it is shown that other species of animals,
such as: Cows, Mules, Donkeys and Sheep...Can speak
So it is reasonable to assume that other large creatures would be intelligent enough to speak...
hmm...
I think I just turned Fluttershy into a slave owner...
Applejack as well...
My bad...
But, I digress...
The CMC then encounter creepy, zombie like creatures with glowing blue eyes.
The comic then jumps in time to the next morning.
The mane 6 see the residents of Ponyville acting rather strange.
So they go...TO THE LIBRARY!
Where Twilight, in her infinite wisdom, concludes that the Ponyvillians...?
Hmm...
Ponyvillites?
What would a resident of Ponyville refer to themselves as?
Ponyvillains...no, then they're villains, that would not work...
Hmmmm...
Well that is an...a..uh, discussion for another day. I'm just gonna go with "Residents of Ponyville."
it is a lot easier to say...
ok
Twilight concludes that the Residents of Ponyville have been replaced by Changelings.
Do to notes taken after the events of "A Canterlot Wedding."
There are a few things I find wrong with this.
First, the only time in "A Canterlot Wedding" where the mane 6 even dealt with the changelings
was in the battle with their doppelgängers.
And the doppelgängers acted quite normal and did not have blue glowing eyes.
And Secondly, in any encounter with...um...Chrysalis disguised as Cadence
She also did not have glowing blue eyes.
Everypony believed her ruse until Twilight helped the real Cadence escape.
Also, the glowing blue eyes is supposed to imply that the animals from the beginning, that attacked the CMC, were Changelings.
Now I know it never explicitly says anywhere that the Changelings can or can't change into anything besides ponies
But it felt like they were forcing that in there.
It just didn't...it didn't feel right.
They decide to contact Princess Celestia
But they get a mail bot response saying she is too busy.
heh
That must have been a blow to Twilight's ego.
She's like "Crap..."
"I can't even get the Princess's attention for this issue."
So the mane 6 act like zombies to fool the oddly gullible changelings...
Wait.
Can I just revel in these panels for a second here?
DERPY IS BEST PONY!
Sorry...
(whispering) I'm not sorry.
I mean the exchange between the Derpy changeling and the unchanged changeling
is like the..Best. Couple of panels. Ever.
Also note that...uh...the Derpy changeling doesn't have glowing blue eyes.
WHERE IS THE CONTINUITY? WHERE IS IT?!
MAKE UP YOUR MIND! GLOWING BLUE EYES OR NON-GLOWING BLUE EYES!
Anyways...back to the story.
So of all the places in town to store the pod-ponies
The changelings choose the Town Hall.
I personally think the writer missed out on an opportunity to have a crazy searching sequence
But they probably had a very finite amount of pages to tell the story
or they were trying to avoid that kind of cliché..uh..plot point.
So the changelings that are guarding the pod-ponies all become Pinkie Pie for some reason.
So to help distinguish the real Pinkie Pie from the rest
Rarity creates...RARITY PIE...by giving Pinkie Pie her mane style.
It is important to note that the changeling Pinkies
DON'T HAVE GLOWING BLUE EYES!
What was the point of having that in the beginning if you're not going to have it for the rest of the comic?
Then one Deus Ex Party Canon later the fight is over.
I mean...
That was a very short battle.
Sure, Twilight and Rarity shot some magic...
Rainbow kicked ass...
There was some Flutter-rage and Applejack even managed to buck a few changelings.
But, it all went by in a very short 5 and 1/2 pages.
its just my personal opinion: it felt a bit rushed...
But again,
Maybe they didn't have enough time...uhh...to make a longer battle.
And get the story out at the same time.
Anyways, everypony was freed!
Everypony except...
You guessed it!
The Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Wait!
OH!
MY!
CELESTIA!
That pony...the grey one with the fedora and the suit. Next to Doctor Whooves...err...Time Turner...
With the binoculars as a cutie mark...
is He?
Is He an Observer?
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OF EVERYTHING!
more on that later.
Then conveniently Spike burps up a crystal ball.
huh...
I had no idea you could send things besides paper through the Spike Fire Delivery System.
Why doesn't everypony just have a dragon message system?
I guess that would put the Pony Express out of business.
And then Derpy would be out of a job.
WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
I TAKE IT BACK! Only Twilight can have a Spike Fire Delivery System.
Nopony else!
Sorry, got distracted again.
back on track
Unfortunatly the crystal ball was not from Celestia.
Crushing all of Twilight's hopes.
it was from Queen Chryaslis.
Now my question here is:
How did Queen Chrysalis send the crystal ball to Spike?
I thought only Celestia could do that.
So Chrysalis tells the ponies that she has the CMC captive
and they have 3 days to venture to The Changeling Kingdom to rescue the fillies.
ITS A TRAP!
And they know it.
But they have to make the perilous journey to save Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and a Chicken...I mean Scootaloo...
To Be Continued...
Over all, this comic is very well written
It adheres to the established canon of the ponyverse
And the characters are written just a tad bit better than they are in the show.
All the issues that I have with this comic are very minor compared to the story as a whole.
It has a good beginning, middle, and end
Even though the story still has 3 other parts to go though.
And I really like the comics because they can go to much darker places than the show can
Also, since it is hand drawn, there are some really interesting facial expressions
that are not possible in the show due to restrictions in flash animation.
Here are a few of my favorites from this comic...
I mean, this comic's not perfect.
There are some issues with scale between some of the characters
more than someone who is used to watching the show might..uuhh...like.
But I would probably give an 8.5/10 party canons
Let me know in the comments if I should continue making these kinds of videos
Or if I should go die in a hole...I mean
Its all your opinion really.
Once again, I'm Comic Sans
Hopefully, no one despises me for choosing that name...