Comic mini-review: Fiendship is Magic #4: Nightmare Moon

This has been one of the most eagerly awaited Fiendship comics, because Heather Nuhfer was the writer behind the well-received "Nightmare Rarity" arc from long ago. Tony Fleecs handles the art and Heather Breckel does the colouring. So, expectations were high... but sadly not really fulfilled. The Nyx (who I like to think are so named purely to troll the fandom) don't really catch the attention and Nightmare Moon herself doesn't live up to her own hype. Fleecs' art is decent (though I could really have done without the gremlin) but this issue has the same problem as last week's Sirens comic: it doesn't make the most of a potentially fascinating setup. Surprising and disappointing given Nuhfer's role. Oh, and two horrible typos, too. ★★

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 16

Rainbow, do you have any other favourite books?

Time we were reviewing a My Little Pony comic again, I think. This time around I wasn't able to get a physical copy for the review, owing to a meet being arranged for release date in a city with no comic shop. (Bad planning, I know. I will be buying a paper copy soon!) However, Comixology have ridden to the rescue before, and they once again have the new comic up for a pretty reasonable £2.49. I was only mildly impressed with issue #15, so let's go past the break and see whether its sequel did any better.

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 15

I wasn't bowled over by any of the covers this month, so chose the one with Fluttershy!

Time for a comics-related post! As it happens, the December and full-2013 sales figures are out, but a discussion of those will have to wait a little while. For now, just be reassured that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic remained IDW's best seller last month. This month we have issue #15 of the main series to consider. It's written by Heather Nuhfer, who most will remember as the writer of the Nightmare Rarity arc. The interior art is drawn by Amy Mebberson, who's perhaps better known for her covers but did draw the Celestia micro. Past the break we go, everypony!

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 14

Dash! Aaah! Queen of the impossible

As an early Christmas present, IDW gave us not one but two My Little Pony comics this week. I'll review the final instalment in the Micro-series in due course, but here I'm going to concentrate on issue #14 of the main series. This is the second and concluding part of the two-issue "pirates" arc by Heather Nuhfer, Brenda Hickey and Heather Breckel. I was fairly impressed by issue #13, and I was more than happy to hand over the usual £3.15 to Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham. After the break, I'll talk about what I thought.

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 13

Sara Richard's cover has seaponies, guys. Of course I chose it!

And yet another IDW comic appears... I haven't been too well recently and I have a lot to catch up on; I hope this review won't be too bad, though! This time, my £3.15 went on a collaboration between writer Heather Nuhfer (who wrote the #5-8 arc) and artist Brenda Hickey (who drew the AJ micro). As it's all over the covers, there's no spoileriness in my saying that this is a pirate-themed story. No, it's not called "Wintarrr Wrap Up". You silly, silly people. It's actually "The Salty Sea Mare". Past the jump for more, me hearties!

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 8

Amy Mebberson's Cover A is ridiculously awesome

Today saw the release of the final instalment of the current four-part arc in IDW's main My Little Pony comic. So off I toddled to Birmingham's Nostalgia & Comics (which had this Rainbow Dash shirt in the window!) and handed over the usual £3.15 for my own copy. The A, B and RI covers are all great this time around, but I chose Amy Mebberson's Cover A because of its ridiculously awesome cast of characters. The question was whether the story inside would match up. If you'll come with me past the jump, we'll see about that!

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 7

Stephanie Buscema's extremely nice Cover B

One of these days, I'll work out IDW's release schedule for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. If it has one. As usual, I was only sure this comic was coming out earlier this week, so it was the usual trot to Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham to hand over £3.15 in exchange for what you see above. Well, not just the cover, impressive as that is; I did get the comic inside, too! But on the subject of that cover, I've always found Stephanie Buscema's art to be rather cute, but this is definitely her most striking and — dare I say it — awesome design. Anyway, past the jump, if you would be so kind!

Comic review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic issue 6

Meet Fluttershy, earth pony wannabe...

This week, we've been blessed with not one but two issues of My Little Pony comicy goodness. I'll review Rarity's Micro-series appearance in a couple of days; today, I'll concentrate on the original series. This month, we've reached issue #6 of the ongoing (as comic people apparently call it) and colourist Heather Breckel gets a well deserved cover credit -- which also means she gets a tag here! (I bet she's thrilled...) I bought my comic for £3.15 from Birmingham's excellent Nostalgia and Comics store. Past the jump, we'll take a look at how well it does.

Review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic issue 5

Does Pinkie really need magic to do that sort of thing?

Easter approaches, and we find ourselves on the precipice threshold brink of a new story arc in IDW's massively successful My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic. The creative team is of the "something old, something new" variety: Heather Nuhfer takes over writing duties and Amy Mebberson is now handling the artwork, but the colourist (Heather Breckel), letterererer (Neil Uyetake) and editor (Bobby Curnow) remain the same as they were in the last issue. Another £3.15 spent; follow me past the jump to see whether issue #5 is a winner!