Should MLP get a comic book?

[zoombie]

So you think My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will get a comic book license in the future. If Hasbro wants to sent the message that this show is for boys and girls, a comic book would be a great idea. And a great way to fill the time between season one and two.

If so, Linkara better review it.

If you want to spread this internationally, why not a manga special? Let's conquer the world as ordered from Princess Celestia.

[Scirel]

Probably not such a bad idea.

Personally I`m waiting to see whether Hasbro takes advantage of the secondary demographic or not. I hope they do, if only for the sake of better toys than the garbage ones we get now. I mean come on, Pink Celestia? And all the toys basically look like the same pony, with none of them looking like any particular one from the show.

[Tay the Cat]

Probably not such a bad idea.

Personally I`m waiting to see whether Hasbro takes advantage of the secondary demographic or not. I hope they do, if only for the sake of better toys than the garbage ones we get now. I mean come on, Pink Celestia? And all the toys basically look like the same pony, with none of them looking like any particular one from the show.

Well, I know for a fact Hasbro has been contacted about the periphery demos, and that they've read the email/petition for male-oriented merchandise that was sent to them.

[Monte]

So you think My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will get a comic book license in the future. If Hasbro wants to sent the message that this show is for boys and girls, a comic book would be a great idea. And a great way to fill the time between season one and two.

I doubt turn it into a comicbook would really do more to get males on board. afterall the comic book would likely end up having the same tone as the TV show, so it really would not open itself up to other demographics anymore than what the TV show does... afterall hasbro would want the comics to be something that any fan of the TV show will want to pick up and read; so we are talking about a very minor tonal shift at best...

Though a comicbook might not be such a bad idea. It will allow writers and such to add some more stories that could not make it TV; like stories that are too short or too long. It might even give writers some added freedom to experiment with other characters as opposed to just sticking to the same main cast... i think This is a great example of what a My little pony comic book might show us... though probably without the obvious fanservice

If so, Linkara better review it.

Wait, so you WANT it to be a comic that sucks?

[Bloody Marquis]

So you think My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will get a comic book license in the future. If Hasbro wants to sent the message that this show is for boys and girls, a comic book would be a great idea. And a great way to fill the time between season one and two.

If so, Linkara better review it.

If you want to spread this internationally, why not a manga special? Let's conquer the world as ordered from Princess Celestia.

Not to nitpick, but it seems that almost all of your posts are based on random speculation with little to no established basis.

And yeah, why do you want a comic that's awful?

[zoombie]

Not to nitpick, but it seems that almost all of your posts are based on random speculation with little to no established basis.

And yeah, why do you want a comic that's awful?

Sorry, though I think a comic book is a reasonable suggestion to expand the product.

Lot of other cartoon series has one like Scooby Doo.

No I don't want a comic book that sucks, I just want the series to get some dam recongnition. Not all of Linkara's reviews are negative, It barely has anyone online reviews, there is no abridged series and the show doesn't even have a page on TV.com, I don't want this show to end up like Sym Bionic Titan destroyed because of lack of products.

But I degrise, maybe some of my past suggestion are a little out there or in other word Pinkie Piess, but I think a comic book is not such a crazy idea. Other cartoons have it.

[Tobias]

The problem with doing a My Little Pony comic book is that some comic book writer's going to get it in their head to make the series 'darker and edgier' and 'more dramatic'. Not that it's a bad thing if done right, but I just don't want to read a MLP comic where characters are getting slaughtered and violence and grimness reign supreme (Like the Transformers and G.I. Joe comics tend to do).

A MLP comic could work, but it has to have the right tone. Maybe Boom Comics should try to get ahold of the MLP license if Hasbro ever tries to go for something like this.

[Spaceman]

It barely has anyone online reviews, there is no abridged series and the show doesn't even have a page on TV.com, I don't want this show to end up like Sym Bionic Titan destroyed because of lack of products.

....you seriously think MLP: FiM doesn't have any recognition?

And "lack of products" for a cartoon based on an iconic toyline? Seriously?

[Monte]

The problem with doing a My Little Pony comic book is that some comic book writer's going to get it in their head to make the series 'darker and edgier' and 'more dramatic'. Not that it's a bad thing if done right, but I just don't want to read a MLP comic where characters are getting slaughtered and violence and grimness reign supreme (Like the Transformers and G.I. Joe comics tend to do).

No, that quite simply would never happen; as i said Hasbro would never allow it. Like zoombie said MLP would not be the first children/family tv/movie to have comic adaptions made and for the most part they maintain the same tone as the original. You can not compare MLP to trasnformers or GI JOE because those franchises cater to a very different demographic. The only way they would change the tone is if they were trying to reach for a different demographic than the current one, but Hasbro would not use the comic books as a way of expanding the demographic, but as another form of merchandise to profit off of and/or promote the toys and TV show. We are talking about comics that parents would be buying for their little girls; hell one thing hasbro would keep in mind is that parents would be willing to buy anything with the "my little pony" name on it because they believe the franchise is "safe" for their kids; these parents would get really ticked off if they saw this series make anything that they might find inappropriate for little girls. The comics would never get any darker or edgier than anything else that's been done before with this franchise.

The real problem that might come up with the comics is that hasbro will put absolutely no effort in the comics relying on name recognition alone to sell the books. This is why you would not know about many of those other comics based on tv and movies because no effort was placed in the comics so they are not really worth reading... Essentially, for the comics to be a success they would have to get great minds like the ones they have for the tv series to work on the comics so they are every bit as enjoyable as the Tv series. If they don't and they give the comics no real energy they will just be nothing more than mindless merchandise for the masses

....you seriously think MLP: FiM doesn't have any recognition?

Indeed... MLP: FIM is already an insane internet phenomenon
Hell i'm sure plenty of people at channel awesome has heard of the series even if they have not made anything about it... Thinking about it, I don't think there are anyone over there that reviews modern western cartoon shows and thus not much in the way of appropriate reviewers...
I can't help but imagine that the nostaglia chick has probably gotten plenty of e-mails asking her to do a "old vs new" about MLP

Also Zoombie if you haven't noticed, NONE of the hub's tv shows have a page on TV.com

[Mandouga]

I'm sorry, but I would only support a My Little Pony comic if it had a different story unrelated to the current series, and it's own production values*. In other words, it would need to be a totally different thing from Friendship is Magic. It's not a slight against the show exactly, but I nonetheless don't think Friendship is Magic is best interpretation to adapt into a My Little Pony comic; just saying.

*On the other hand, I wouldn't want one that focused more on drama and tragedy. Besides which, not every comic is like that, I'm sure. A long time ago, Marvel Comics used to have an imprint called "Star Comics". I'm certain a MLP comic could be something similar to that.

[Silverstar]

I'm sorry, but I would only support a My Little Pony comic if it had a different story unrelated to the current series, and it's own production values*. In other words, it would need to be a totally different thing from Friendship is Magic. It's not a slight against the show exactly, but I nonetheless don't think Friendship is Magic is best interpretation to adapt into a My Little Pony comic; just saying.

So you'd want a comic book series based on a cartoon that's nothing like the cartoon it's based on. Interesting...

You keep complaining about Friendship is Magic and how it doesn't fit your parameters regarding what a My Little Pony series should be like, so I have to ask 2 questions:

1. What, in your opinion, should Lauren Faust and company be doing with My Little Pony if FiM is so wrong, and

2. Why do you continue to watch Friendship is Magic at all if there's so much about it you don't agree with?

[Mandouga]

All I'm saying is that any comic book about My Little Pony should be it's own thing with it's own story and production values; in other words, not based on any previous TV, movie or video version.

[Tobias]

They should do what the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics did. Start off by being in sync with the cartoon's continuity, then branch out and start building their own world and continuity.

[Tay the Cat]

All I'm saying is that any comic book about My Little Pony should be it's own thing with it's own story and production values; in other words, not based on any previous TV, movie or video version.

Personally, for me to read an MLP comic, being adapted from Friendship is Magic would be a requirement.

And it most likely would be for all the other bronies out there.

[MaxJ1800]

The downside to the Linkara bit is that Linkara reviews bad comics. So if there is a FIM you wouldn't want Linkara to review it, because it would mean there was something wrong with it. Plus Linkara has stated that he knows nothing about things like Care Bears, My Little Pony and things like that, because he never watched the shows.

[Sketch]

All I'm saying is that any comic book about My Little Pony should be it's own thing with it's own story and production values; in other words, not based on any previous TV, movie or video version.

Not saying nobody else could adapt the property well but then again I don't particularly feel any of the previous incarnations were the least bit entertaining.

But I'll play ball. What would you like to see for an MLP comic. Because chances are any scenario will either be similar enough to the old series, FIM or some incarnation that has occurred in all the years of My Little Pony's existence.

Highest chance of getting a comic to sell would be to set it in the FIM Pony universe IMO because it seems to me like there's a great many more pony enthusiasts who only like that show and not any previous incarnation. Though the original certainly does have it's fans. I believe the market is stronger for adapting stories in the FIM universe than in the original or any other previous incarnation.

A completely new universe could potentially work or might not garner enough sales.

[Tobias]

I'd like to see an FiM series that redoes stories from the G1 series. They could use the comic to do adaptions of 'Rescue From Midnight Castle', 'Return of Tambelon', 'Flight to Cloud Castle', etc.

G1 had some good stories that could have been great with stronger writing behind them. In fact, take out the horrible songs and pretty much every G1 story is good in it's own way.

[Ultra8]

I'd like to see an FiM series that redoes stories from the G1 series. They could use the comic to do adaptions of 'Rescue From Midnight Castle', 'Return of Tambelon', 'Flight to Cloud Castle', etc.

G1 had some good stories that could have been great with stronger writing behind them. In fact, take out the horrible songs and pretty much every G1 story is good in it's own way.

I gotta agree with you on that one. G1 had it's share of stories and villians, evil penguin kings, storm clouds that eat shadows, ect. they could easily fit into the new show with not to much effort.
A comic could pull it off well, I've from several people/sources who said that ms. Faust wanted to do alot of the stories in the old serial style of G1 but was shot down because hasbro wanted a self-contained style and didn't want any confusion during reruns.

According to this site someone is recruiting artists and writers for a big comic book project created by fans of the series.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/0...equestria.html

[Jave]

If they make a comic, I just want it to be the same universe of FiM, same characters, and all. No complicated, "dark" story arcs or anything. Just stories that could easily pass as episodes of FiM, except in comic form.

[Daxdiv]

If they make a comic, I just want it to be the same universe of FiM, same characters, and all. No complicated, "dark" story arcs or anything. Just stories that could easily pass as episodes of FiM, except in comic form.

I agree, also it should have art that is on par with the TV show as well. I'm not expecting Darkwing Duck levels of art, but I don't want it to look like the Johnny Test comic in the art department.