Wednesday, November 28, 2012

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #1

#1: The Return of Queen Chrysalis - Part 1
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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Synopsis: Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something's not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It's up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it's too late!
Bullet points:
• First My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic in the US!
• Look for six individual covers featuring the "Mane Six!" Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Applejack!
• Captures the unique humor and action of the run-away hit cartoon show!
• Huge cross-over potential!
• Stephanie Buscema variant cover!
• For subscription customers only... Sign up at your local comic shop! A variant Jill Thompson cover, only for loyal subscription box customers!

Written by: Katie Cook (debut)
Art by: Andy Price (debut)
Colors by: Heather Breckel (debut)
Letters by: Robbie Robbins (debut)
Edited by: Bobby Curnow (debut)
Special thanks to Erin Comella, Robert Fewkes, Heather Hopkins, Valerie Jurries, Ed Lane, Brian Lenard, Marissa Mansolillo, Donna Tobin, Michael Vogel, Mark Wiesenhahn, and Michael Kelly for their invaluable assistance.

Cover by Andy Price

Covers:
• Cover A, art by Andy Price
• Cover B, art by Andy Price
• Cover C, art by Andy Price
• Cover D, art by Andy Price
• Cover E, art by Andy Price
• Cover F, art by Andy Price
• RI Cover, art by Stephanie Buscema
• Subscription Cover, art by Jill Thompson
Ask your
retailer
about the
special
SLIPCASE
collecting
covers A-F!
Check the back of
the book for a full,
detailed list of
RETAILER EXCLUSIVE COVERS.
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COLLECT THEM ALL!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

#2 RI Cover, art by Stephanie Buscema
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | NEXT MONTH: ISSUE #2 (Dec 2012)
Bonus two-page story: How Much is That Pony in the Window? (art and story by Katie Cook)
Promotion pages:
IDWords: November 2012 (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #1, The Adventures of Augusta Wind #1) (Dirk Wood: Marketing Persona) / IDW Publishing in November 2012: All Aboard for All Ages! / Employee Pick of the Month!: Locke & Key: Omega #1 (John Schork)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 1 (TPB) (November 2012) (IDW Publishing) (2012)
CGC: IDW (The Transformers #31)
The Adventures of Augusta Wind (November 2012) (IDW Publishing) (2012)
Popeye (On Sale Now) (IDW Publishing) (2012)
Dorothy of Oz Prequel (TPB) (November 2012) (IDW Publishing) (2012)
Berkeley Breathed's Opus: The Complete Library (Sunday Comics: 2003-2008) (HC) (November 2012) (IDW Publishing) (2012)

Retailer exclusive covers:
CHECKLIST FOR
RETAILER EXCLUSIVE COVERS.
DID YOUR STORE GET ONE? COLLECT THEM ALL!!!
• Double Midnight (www.dmcomics.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Dynamic Forces (www.dynamicforces.com), art by Andy Price
• Ghost Variant (www.ghostvariant.com), art by Melanie Tingdahl
• Hastings, art by Amy Mebberson
• Larry's Comics (www.larryscomics.net), art by Amy Mebberson
• Jetpack Comics (www.jetpackcomics.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Larry's Comics (www.larryscomics.net) and Jetpack Comics (www.jetpackcomics.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Lone Star Comics - Games - Gifts (www.mycomicshop.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Midtown Comics (www.midtowncomics.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Third Eye Comics (www.thirdeyecomics.com), art by Amy Mebberson
• Wonderworld Comics (www.detroitcomicbookstores.com), art by Katie Cook
Ask your
retailer
about the
special
SLIPCASE
collecting
covers
A-F!

Back cover: Transformers Prime (Rage of the Dinobots) (November 2012) (IDW Publishing, Hasbro) (2012)