Pencils Makes It Professionally With Pony- Now an IDW artist

Famed purveyor of pony butts as well as creator of the popular fan comic series "Anon's Pie Adventures" Pencils finally has had his first cover for the comics shown. While initially there was some confusion, it was eventually revealed that though the cover does not go with issue #58, it goes with the next, issue #59. Pencils took to /mlp/ today to elaborate on the exciting news, and had even more to add.

Jay Fosgitt Does It Again: Fan Art Designs Used in Comic

Jay Fosgitt, who is no stranger to rather scummy art choices that are often illegal or lazy, appears to have done it again. In the Guardians of Harmony Annual (actually not that bad, as an aside) Fosgitt decided to have the climax of the final section include a power-up sequence where the Mane Six get armor. Problem is, he cribbed the design directly from a fanartist, Equestria-Prevails.

Celebration Arc Overshadowed By Waifu War Shade

 In what was supposed to be the "thrilling" conclusion to another "this character but evil" story by IDW, that glorious bastard Andy Price threw some major shade on all that waifu Sunset Shimmer and re-ignited the on-going Glimmer-Shimmer War. What started out as a background gag turned into full scale melt downs across the fandom, and the fires have been smoldering since the comic's release.

IDW Announces New Comic Series

IDW today announced a new comic series that will replace the long-running Friends Forever line. Legends of Magic will, in its first arc, explore some of the biggest questions relating to the series: who really was Starswirl the Bearded? Where did cutie marks come from? And perhaps most importantly: Why are they not doing this in the damn show itself?

Let's Review: Fosgitt's style

"Art is meant to draw strong opinions, so let's take a look a very distinct style."- Silver Quill

Guardians of Harmony Comic Released; HN Writer Proven Wrong

For some reason, Hasbro decided to release yesterday, unannounced, the first issue of the new Guardians of Harmony comic. As I'm sure our longtime readers are aware, we at HN tend to be critical of both the IDW comics as well as the author of this particular one, and even predicted doom for it.

Imagine our surprise when it turned out to be pretty good.

Jeremy Whitley and The Continuing Decline of IDW

    

Jeremy Whitley is no stranger to controversy. Be it Dragontown that was an allegory for racial tension in the US, Twilight "For the Right Reasons" Sparkle, Radiant Hope waifuing a redeemed Sombra, or even just his tendency to textwall, there is no shortage of drama whenever he releases a comic. However, a continuing saga on Twitter shows that we have entered a new era of obsession and it signals further the decline of IDW's MLP.

Horse News Reviews: Friendship is Magic #40

As I'm sure some of our long time readers can guess, we here at Horse News have quite the history with the licensed IDW comics. From Ted Anderson to Jeremy Whitley to Andy Price, we've had more than our fair share of run-ins. However, if only to torture ourselves, some of our reporters still read the comics. With the hiatus shorter than ever, their destraction purpose is less relevant but they can always bring some laughs. With that being said, issue #40, which attempts to tell the story of how Twilight and Spike met, is worth a look for criticism's sake. Read a Horse News review below.

Hulk Hogan MLP -comic encounter details revealed

Last Spring, we ran a post with a photo of an MLP comic, purportedly signed by Hulk Hogan himself, with no real backstory to go on. Well today, nearly a year later, we received an email from the owner of the comic, complete with the story of how the former WWE / WWF wrestler came to know about bronies, complete with photos of the encounter. 

The email reads as follows:

Get your Ted Anderson related questions ready because Babscon just announced Andy Price!

Everyone's favorite artist for those fan comics everyone likes is coming to Babscon!

Press release after the break!