Comic #52 Storytime

man, fuck this shitty comic

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>>29718363

>>29718363

Time for some edges

>>29718363
I wonder why the long preview was 4 pages instead of the usual 7.

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>>29718390

Fuck yeah, 22 pages of Shadowlock rutting Twilight with his edgy horsecock

No, but seriously this is awesome. Thank you for doing this OP!

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>>29718412
>all the marshans die
Holy fuck that is dark

Also
>lovecraft
>happy ending
KEK

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>>29718435

Man, this is garbage

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>>29718442
goddamnit, not one good comment.

when will it end?

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>>29718439
That Scott Adams shade, kek

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>>29718447
When the comic ends.

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>>29718473
so there will be a good positive comment when the comic ends? Or the whole series stops?

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>>29718484
That's all of it. Hope you enjoyed it /mlp/!

Link to archive:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/fk59ckyy24cb496/%2352.rar

How would you rate Comic #52 out of 10 /mlp/?

>>29718492
Setting up Twilight to Romantacize with Shadbase/10

>>29718492
A bit difficult. I just don't think they've characterized Shadow Lock enough.

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Later this month we should get Friends Forever #38 featuring Celestia and Luna, and concluding the Friends Forever series to make way for the new Legends of Magic series.

My Little Pony: Friends Forever #38
>Andy Price (w, a, sc) • Tony Fleecs (mc) • Sara Richard (ric)
>A minor squabble between Princesses Celestia and Luna turns major and the two decide they need some time apart. When they divide Canterlot castle between the two of them, will the leaders of Equestria find a way to live harmoniously again?

>>29718484
who the fuck does this guy think he is trying to stand up to twily

>>29718492
wowitsfuckingnothing/10

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>>29718504
Next month we should get Comic #53 concluding the 3 part "From the Shadows" arc:

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #53
>James Asmus (w) • Tony Fleecs (a & mc) • Heather Breckel (c) • Sara Richard (sc) • Christine Larsen (ric)
>With the other ponies trapped, it will be up to Twilight Sparkle to uncover the secret agenda of Shadow Lock and put an end to his plan once and for all!

>>29718461
>and thus in seasons 7 through 14 the CMC are still in the same classroom
DEEPEST LORE

>>29718492
7/10. Watching him erase one place after another was repetitive, but the scene at the end was interesting and it's got the shipper in me blazing with autistic fire

>tfw all the marshans die horrible, agonizing deaths due to equestrian pathogens and then fucking explode
I never thought I'd see the day when the comics made me cry, but damn, I felt for them.

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>>29718386
>Cyclops-clops

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>>29718509
Trixie and the Razzle Dazzle Ruse is somehow still storytimed over here if any of you are interested in that and haven't seen it already.
Here's it's synopsis and a link to the storytime and archive of it:

Trixie and the Razzle Dazzle Ruse
>G.M. Berrow (Author)
>The great and powerful Trixie is back in Ponyville, looking for a special cloak for her biggest show ever—she’s sure her new trick will get her invited to the legendary Starmane Society of Magicians! When an accident gives Trixie the ability to turn ordinary things into precious gems just by touching them, she’s sure she’s stumbled upon the best trick ever. At first, Trixie loves the attention, but then her Midas hoof becomes way more trouble than it’s worth. Can Rarity and Twilight Sparkle help Trixie reverse the curse?

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7l6sd1ytc79jpig/Trixie_and_the_Razzle-Dazzle_Ruse.rar
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>>29718519
No covers for them yet, but the next two books we're getting should both be coming out on June 6th.
We'll be getting the 2nd volume of the Elements of Harmony Guidebook and the Equestria Girls: Magic, Magic Everywhere! chapter book.

My Little Pony: The Elements of Harmony Vol. II
>Brandon T. Snider (Author)
>Everything you need to know about the hit TV show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Character bios, episode guides, and maps are just the beginning!
>The second volume of the wildly popular My Little Pony: The Elements of Harmony: Friendship is Magic: The Official Guidebook features seasons 4 through 6, highlights of which include Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Castle of Friendship, the Defeat of Lord Tirek, the Equestria Games, the appearance of Starlight Glimmer, the birth of Princess Flurry Heart, and much more! Don't miss the guide to the friendship lessons Twilight Sparkle and her friends have learned-and live your life in harmony with all other creatures!
>Full color artwork throughout!

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Magic, Magic Everywhere!
>Perdita Finn (Author)
>Our Equestria Girls are back from an adventurous summer at Camp Everfree-but they can't relax quite yet! After saving the camp from disaster, they still have to raise the money to do necessary repairs, and a car wash might not cut it. The Equestria Girls are ready to try new things-starting with a mishmashed music video-and even get caught up in the world of movie magic. But when real magical powers come into play, the girls are going to have to use their own newfound powers and links to Equestria to save the day once again!

>>29718390
>make an artificial pone
>don't give it both horn and wings

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>>29718523
Synopsis for the month of June are also out, so here they are starting with Comic #55 featuring Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, the Yaks, and Dragons:

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #55
>Christina Rice (w) • Agnes Garbowska (a & mc) • Sara Richard (sc) • Billy Martin (ric)
>“Wings Over Yakyakistan” part 1 of 2. While on a diplomatic mission to Yakyakistan, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are surprised to uncover an imminent attack on the kingdom by dragons! Will Dash be able to rouse the Wonderbolts to aid the Yaks in time to thwart the invasion?

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>>29718528
Next is Legends of Magic #3 featuring Luna and Mistmane:

My Little Pony: Legends of Magic #3
>Jeremy Whitley (w) • Brenda Hickey (a & mc) • Heather Breckel (c) • Zachery Sterling (sc) • Paul Abtruse (ric)
>Journey back in time to discover the secret origin of Canterlot Castle! Will the legendary Mistmane be able to save the castle from the mysterious forces sabotaging the castle’s construction?

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>>29718535
And lastly is the synopsis for the first of the movie prequel comics:

My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel #1—SPOTLIGHT
>Ted Anderson (w) • Andy Price (a & mc) • Heather Breckel (c) • Tony Fleecs (sc) • Kaori Matsuo (ric)
>This fall, My Little Pony: The Movie hits theaters, and this prequel mini-series is your first look at the fantastic adventure to come! Danger looms over Equestria as a new villain debuts!

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This is kind of sad.

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>>29718540
And because it's the cover for the Volume 13 TPB, here's the cover for that one minus the logos and stuff since I thought it looked nice.

>>29718552
>dragons used to be slain like beasts
>caveponies confirmed
>explanation for why CMC don't ever move up a grade
>cannons
This is the most worldbuildy comic yet

>>29718412
Is that a reference to War of the Worlds with the marshans dying from a cold?

>>29718569
I'm pretty sure this was never used for a main comic because even by IDW's standards this is some really screwy art.

>>29718583
Yes.

>>29718417
Cyclopsclops is a bro

>>29718393
Lewd

>>29718586
Yeah, especially the sizes of the ponies as they get closer to the background, but individually the ponies are nice I think.

>>29718425
> photoshopped cutie marks

COME ON, TONY!

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>>29718569
>swimsuits that cover their "tops"

>>29718484
Look at Twilight's face in the first panel. She wants his dick so badly.

>>29718487
>A terrible darkness from pony's past that threatens to doom us all
Yeah it's totally Grogar. Calling it again.

Still a 7-8.5 out of 10 like last month's issue. It's still holding up very solid as a story. The reveal that Shadowlock is doing this not for a villainous goal but for a noble one is a bit refreshing: I was initially under the impression he was a servant of whatever darkness he's trying to stop. The show rarely does villains like that, if ever, though the comic has done it before... really, really poorly. I don't want to start a tangent but just going to say that Shadowlock is already leagues above the utter travesty that is Radiant Hope. He shows complexity in his actions: he actually apologizes early on, fully aware that what he's doing isn't entirely in the right but carries that burden because he thinks it is necessary. His plan is insane but reasonably controlled to avoid doing too much damage, and in turn he's treated with both animosity and mercy by the mane characters.

Though him being a 'sympathetic' character also has a few problems: most notably, last comic I questioned why he even needed to steal the books rather than simply ask for them and do what he will knowing the memory loss will prevent her from noticing anything awry. Now, I am lead to ask why he is doing this PERIOD if he just wants to prevent a catastrophe. Twilight spelling out the message of not learning from history aside, it really makes so little sense to choose to antagonize everyone in Equestria when stopping disasters is exactly what they strive to do. It reads like the only reason he's doing this is, from a meta perspective, is to cause conflict to pan out the comic for two issues that otherwise shouldn't really exist.

>>29718627
I can possibly excuse it on account of his mental state, his fatigue, maybe he's seen some shit, but this is what people generally tend to mean when they say 'edgy': intentionally excluding the help of all others to do it yourself because it's your fight or you can't trust ponies or some shit? He's arguably moved up from American Box-Art Kirby to Ryuko Matoi on the edge scale. I think it's possible to do villains who mean to do good and still be at odds with the protags, but in this scenario it just doesn't make a lot of sense to stave off disaster by causing more disaster.

Besides that, the middle was fun, humorous action with all of the Mane 6 getting some great screen time, some fun cameos by qt reporter pone from the Pigasus FF issue and lots of decent jokes, though this also suffers from the exact same problem as last issue too: the pacing slowed to a crawl for half the book to go over all these various side-plots of Shadowlock's. The initial battle wrapped up in a clean amount of time but taking on all those side plots poses the risk of dedicating too much to what could almost be considered mid-adventure SoL that takes too much from the core plot. We're 2/3's of the way done and we still know nothing about Shadowlock himself, where he comes from or what evil he's fighting (in fact i'm starting to wonder if we'll actually see what ties into S7 at all until the end of the third issue) that sets them up for being too rushed in their ending.

Still this was a fun comic, and I'd say it was a step up above last week's for sure given Twilight and her friends actually act much more proactively to stop Shadowlock now.

>>29718443
>Cement shoes

that is super grim

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>>29718439
she's really pretty

>>29718611

One-piece swimsuit are the safest choice to be honest

>>29718395
No problem. I know the comics aren't nearly as well as they used to be for most Anons, but storytiming them all along with the books is still my small way of giving back for all the fun I've had here over the years. It's well worth the time and money to me.
Especially if some of them turn out well enough that an Anon feels like getting them when they otherwise would've been unaware that one of them existed. And only if they actually want them because they like the comic. I stay quiet while storytiming for a reason.

>>29718611
Those are show-canon. See Tanks for the Memories.

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>>29718637
I think it's because it's one of those memetic hazards where the more people know about the creature, the more powerful it grows.

>>29718457
>Twiggles spends all her royal allowance on trash

>>29718664
>the villain is literally meme magic
MLP Comics 2017

>>29718484
>W-why should I believe you
Because she's not the one endangering innocent ponies and destroying public/private property that will render anyone who will eventually have to deal with the threat you're so afraid of completely unprepared for it?

Maybe that?

>>29718484
>his expression in the last panel
Welp, that romance is happening. No way they'd give him that look and not go somewhere with it.

>>29718540
>Celestia and luna pulling the limo

That's pretty funny

>>29718417
>beings are completely sapient and self aware
>twilight murdered them all or frozen/banished them without a second thought
This is too many pinkie's all over again

>>29718417
>pinkie's line
I choose to believe the tentacle monster isn't being banished so much as fleeing

>>29718439
The chick with the bun is actually kind of hot...

>>29718492
8.5/10. Its got alot of good jokes, the art feels solid, and everyone felt in character.

not a whole lot happened this comic, it seemed more like an exposition episode, but overall it was a fun romp, and definitely pretty good.

That being said, kind of expecting things to crash to a halt in the next issue due to not having enough time to wrap shit up.

Okay, so there's only one more comic to close this arc and the story literally hasn't advanced anything beyond of what we already saw on the first part.

Rushed ending it is.

>>29718691
>not having enough time to wrap shit up.
That's what season 7's finale is for ;)

>>29718492
8/10
Really liked it, especially the beginning and ending.
Looking forward to find out why he's doing all of this.

>>29718691
>>beings are completely sapient and self aware
>>twilight murdered them all or frozen/banished them without a second thought
>This is too many pinkie's all over again
Exactly. Twilight is a fucking psychopath and mass murderer, even worse than Starlight.

>>29718492
I like that they took a different direction on how twilight plans to talk the guy down, she still holds the threat of her friends overhand too

>>29718703
well it seems pretty obvious. There will be a hint about the Final villain in the next issue, and its about how the S7 villain is sealed somewhere and he's afraid there are ponies out there trying to free him, so he's erasing the information first.

>>29718586
>implying that's not just kaiju-dash

>>29718715
>she still holds the threat of her friends overhand too
And then there's the dramatic irony of Twilight not knowing Shadow Lock has already taken them out by trapping them in dreams.

>>29718658
>Especially if some of them turn out well enough that an Anon feels like getting them when they otherwise would've been unaware that one of them existed.
For what it's worth, I do get the occasional comic after seeing an issue storytimed that I end up really enjoying

>>29718715
Which is pretty retarded given how She's the big gun of the group; AJ can kick shit. that's it. Pinkie's an ADHD retard. Rarity is a fashionista (Disregarding shit like how she "accidentally" can turn ponies to gems in the books).

The other 5 aren't exactly a very big threat; Even disregarding twilight not knowing that Shadowlock Trapped them in a dream, its still a bad threat.

>>29718412
>cute little marshans die
>happy ending
Was this supposed to come across as Twilight being a self-righteous faggot, or did they mean for it to seem like a funny lighthearted thing?

>>29718471
Bow that last panel's a real downer.

Someone please edit the bottom part of this page to replace the Dilbert parody Pinkie says isn't funny.

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i made new thing
respect the thing

>>29718742
they straight up attacked her the moment Shadowlock pulled them out of their book, Anon

>>29718759
They're tiny creatures that can't do much. And Twilight had literally dozens of nonlethal ways to deal with them, such as that massive paralysis spell she used on the McColts.

And what did she do? She killed them all

>>29718757
Do it with the panel of Spike reacting to the dragon war.

>>29718752
This panel needs to segue into the a spike comic.

>>29718390
Oh man, real Frankenstein trivia.

>>29718767
Book canon indicates they were pure evil; they did try and take over the world by genociding the native race in the book they came from.


On the other hand, the cyclops and Frankenstein's monster are alot less evil-- hell, Frankenstein's monster even seemed pretty social when he first started talking.

>>29718641
Umph

>>29718784
Well, you have to remember that Adam, over the course of the book, became more and more intelligent. So while he started as a bundle of knee-jerk instincts, he ended up as a well-spoken, if mostly dead, individual.

>>29718784
Was Frankenstein's monster even evil in the original book? I thought he was just lonely and too emotional.

As for the original Martians, they were driven to that out of necessity. Their own planet was dying and they needed a new home.

Let's be real: humans would have done the same thing as the Martians under the same circumstances.

>>29718641
>she's really pretty
>>29718691
>The chick with the bun is actually kind of hot...
That's Nosey News. She was in the Applejack/Fluttershy Friends Forever comic.

>>29718806
Oh right, the one with the flying pig, wasn't it?

>>29718797
>Was Frankenstein's monster even evil in the original book? I thought he was just lonely and too emotional.

Depends on how you wish to judge him. He started out purely 100% good, but over the book was slowly corrupted to be more and more evil and cruel due to his mistreatment by Humans, the doctor and bitter lonliness and fear.
by the end of the book he'd committed multiple murders and was a cold hearted criminal with zero empathy for other humans, but he'd had that driven into him by the evils of the humans he'd encountered along the way.


So he was evil at the end, but one might wish to dismiss him as being truly villainous due to the torment that he was put through as being not his fault.

>>29718810
Yup.

>>29718457
>"I assure you"

I'm not sure if Dash would speak like that, but whatever.

>>29718806
Oh right, I remember her now. I thought she looked familiar. She looked hot in that one too.

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>>29718768

>>29718868
Thanks.

why do I get the feeling that Shadowlock isn't going to figure at all into S7 and this is just a hint at some big evil waking up?

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>>29718757
Perfect.

>>29718583
Yes. Except the martians here are ponified green men as opposed to the giant octopi piloting laser-shooting tripods.

>>29719029
It's going to end on a cliffhanger. Shadow Lock will fail to destroy the evil, get sent to jail, his pleas ignored by the other ponies.

Then the final panel will show that the book he really needed to erase is somewhere in Sunburst's personal collection.

In the season finale Starlight will accidentally unleash the evil by reading the book.

I don't see comic 51 on yayponies.

>>29719114
Following this, of course, Starlight will save the day, be congratulated as the best hero ever, and all her mistakes will be forgotten.

>>29718704
Yes. Defending yourself against things attacking you created from magic is totally murder guys.

>>29719146
Why isnt comic 51 available there?

>>29718443
>Slav Pony wearing a track jacket.

>tfw saw Apple Bloom in this months ago and got excited and looked forward to it
Why do I keep letting this happen, and hoping for something good?

>>29718428
>Holy fuck that is dark
It's a reference to War of the Worlds. Definitely a book worth reading.

>>29718528
I hope this isn't completely retarded and that Mina isn't mentioned.

>>29718641
yes, is cute.
need lewd fanart.

>>29718443
>they bring a dead pony back out from the dead
>he can now tell the police what happened and reconcile with his family
Nope, it was just a joke for kids, necromancy is magic!!XDD

>>29718484
This scene could be converted to a porn scene,

>>29718481
Why would you all go to sleep when the only reason you were there was to wait for the guy and ambush him! And Twilight even KNEW he was going to show up. What kind of contrived bullshit is this?

>>29720284
It was called "setting up a trap" you dumbass.

>>29720286
Then why did they need to actually be asleep? The guy didn't even notice Twilight's absence, there's no way he would notice them faking it.

I just don't understand why you would go to the museum with the explicit intention of catching a guy, and then fall asleep ten minutes later because Rarity got tired. Trap or not. Surely Twilight can think of a plan that doesn't leave all five of her friends defenseless while she tackles the bad guy alone.

>>29718492
Looking forward for more... But... Kinda disappointed, I was hoping for more edgy and less angsty shadowlock.
7/10
Thank God it didn't have Fosgitt

>>29718664
I wouldn't mind the Big Bad one pulling the strings from behind and manipulating Shadow Lock from the... heh.... shadows.
>"You... you tricked me!"
>YES. IT IS TRUE I MAY HAVE POINTED YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT WAS YOUR OWN ARROGANCE THAT DID ALL THE WORK."

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>>29720295
DO PARENTS KNOW YOU HAVE AUTISM?

>>29718471
Fucking hell that last panel is kind of harsh.

>>29720502
more like trash

>>29720493
This could be interesting. I have no doubt they're going to end with Shadowlock and Twilight on the same side, but we don't know how.

>>29720497
Not every parent, that would be a bit ridiculous. Just mine.

Friend, you seem to be taking this personally. All I'm saying is, if Twilight was planning to set up a trap, why wouldn't she tell her friends about it? Why leave the five of them helpless and unprotected instead of in a position to help her or defend themselves if needed? It's out of character.

>>29718499
DELET THIS!!!!

>>29718484
Oh so he does have eyes

>>29720538
this, they didn't even bother to put someone to watch the books or patrol the area.

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>>29718363
he looks like... a king sombra/ princess luna oc child.... wait a minute!

OH MY GOD!!!!

>>29718499
I'm fine with this

>>29718499
Dude, she is like 20 years older, shadow lock is from the future.
>>29720628
>SL for Shadow Lock
Shadow lock is king sombra x Princess luna kid. SL has the angsty actitude of luna and her nightmare moon eyes. SL has king sombra fur colours and his pretty umbrum eyes when he is using magic. He also doesn't have wings but he is an unicorn so this support the canon.

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>>29718404
>>29718484
>sorry

Can some gifted anon make an edit of this but with Shadowlock instead?

>>29718499
This. Shadowlock is going to end up being convinced to switch sides by a kiss from Twiggles.

>>29718484

>Twilight CM in shadow lock brooch

Inb4 shadow lock is actually twilight future son. He just avoid twilight to not mess with the timelines

>>29720879
Her CM is 6 points with 6 smaller points inside, his brooch is 4 with 4.

Wait a minute, have we seen Shadowlock's cutie mark yet?

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>>29718386
Why the FUCK does the Lovecraft book have the Sacrificial Sign from Berserk? Nothing in Lovecraft even resembles the Sacrificial Sign. I can feel autism simmering into existence in me… Just… Goddammit.

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>>29720954
Berserk takes some elements of HPL, as well as a myriad other things.

>>29718407 >>29718412


Anyone notice that whoever planned the sound-effects had more fun with puns than Dav Pilkey?

>>29718492
I think I gave the previous one a 4, so I'll give this one a 3 because even less happened.

The fight with the monsters wasn't interesting and could be reduced to "hey recognize this literary reference? ok cool bye." I will say that the fact that the Lovecraft monster just fell into the earth, presumably to lay dormant for untold eons, and Twilight is only concerned about the book itself, gave me a hearty chuckle.

Then the same thing happened from the previous comic, where everyone splits up and does different things. At least this time there's a better reason for it than "everyone's being unreasonably unhelpful and also we forgot there was a library lol." It still comes off as pointless since we only see the inception of the conflicts and not the resolution. Why not cut the reenactment site altogether (since LITERALLY NOTHING happens) and show them fighting Mane-iac and the gangsters? If you're not going to go that far then you might as well condense it all into a single-page montage.

The resolution was fine I guess except they dedicated almost a whole page to Pinkie pretending to be a mummy. I don't know if this bothers anyone else but it seems like every panel takes up more space than it needs to. Like if you just shrunk everything you could fit more on a single page and it would make the story move faster.

>>29718492
The art was good, some of the references were fun and although it's on thin ice with all this "we'll point out the plotholes ourselves which makes them okay", I'm still having fun. Also good Scott Adams banter.

>>29721597
For instance, why is this >>29718412 divided into six largish panels when it's supposed to be a high tension actiony moment? Why not split it into smaller panels to convey Twilight rushing to fix the problem and then frantically flipping the pages? One of the panels is just to show the book by itself ffs, show stuff actually happening!

Same goes for the jokes. A whole half a page showing the classroom just to have a joke about AJ teaching them how to make apple pies? Condense that shit. The bit with the pony and the librarian could be shrunk too. (By the way, the joke about her requesting the cyclops book doesn't even fucking work because she's clearly scared, she should be deadpan and oblivious for it to be funny. Just picture a Maud-like character in her place.)

Then there's pages like this >>29718461 that could easily be half a page or less. Look at all that empty space in the panel with RD and Rarity! Fucking draw Fluttershy smaller and they'll all fit in half the space. And why do we need a whole page showing the exterior of the reenactment site >>29718457 when we already saw it the previous page? The art isn't even good enough to excuse it.

I'm mad. Mad about panels. 3/10.

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>>29718404
>>29718407
>>29718412

>>29721612
Don't forget how Equestria is AMURRICA now instead of being it's own original place.

>>29721612
I don't know why, but IDW as a whole is really shitty with layout on MLP. It all has these issues.

>>29721700
I'm not even as autistic as the guy above me and even that upset me.

>>29721700
Good point, that is really shitty. It didn't even register with me because all I saw was another "this is a human thing but with ponies!" joke.

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i made a new thing
enjoy the thing

>>29721882
Can say this thing was enjoyed.

>>29721873
It doesn't even make sense, the lore doesn't have Equestria being founded that way.

>>29721700
To be fair, even in the show ancient Pegasi were just ancient Greeks

But then it was mostly just in appearance/aesthetic. And it's a little justified given Greek mythology is the origin of Pegasi.

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>>29718404
>There is something... too dangerous in Equestria's History to even speak of
>A darkness that would stampede its way back if it could

It comes! The evil has arisen from its ancient slumber

Calamity Grogar!

>>29722524
>Featuring a Princess
>And her 5 chosen champions
So who's the Link of the Mane 5 and who are the Divine Beasts' chosen pilots?

My bet's on AJ for the sword-wielder.

>>29718492
solid 8, enjoyed most of it and that one Spike panel really made me feel

>>29719154
change Starlight to Sunburst and you potentially have a great episode

neat

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>>29718386
Panko: "Not again!"

>>29718393
The humor in this is just top-notch.

>>29724432
its nice that they managed to do a good comic arc again. I think the addition of a new writer really helped.

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>>29721882
OBADRAIBU!

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>>29724432
>>29724529

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i made a final thing
respect the thing

>>29724564
piss off, its true. I don't praise the comics often (The last arc was a fucking trainwreck) but I do give praise when its legiitmately deserved.

This arc is a breath of fresh air.

>>29724990
This fucking "arc" is nothing but pointless gags without any fucking story behind of them.

This is already the second part and we barely know anything of what's going on because nothing has really happened.

>>29718492
7/10
It was nice, a lot better than the trash that usually comes from the comics.
Now watch as they pull a reflections and what was a decent setup becomes a clusterfuck towards the end.

>>29725085
I'm hoping for something nice since we have a new writer to the comics in this arc. Maybe, just maybe, we will have something worth while. Even if they only have one issue to resolve it.

>>29725031
Bullshit. Shadows stated a reason for his actions, and we're beginning to understand what his motivation is.
There's some sort of ancient evil that is in danger of awakening, and he's trying to erase all information that could possibly link to what it is.

Just because they don't drop the name and backstory of the evil the second shadowlock appears doesn't mean they're not slowly explaining things.

>>29725115
All of that (not much) in a couple word balloons at the beginning, and then a whole lot of nothing for the rest of the comic. What's the point of having Shadowlock escape a second time? They could've moved the truce to the halfway point and gone in more depth about his mission. As it stands they're going to have to explain everything and resolve it all in one issue, since this is only a three-parter.

>>29725115
That should've happened a fucking issue ago, dumb IDWanker.

Even Re-fucking-lections wasn't dragging like this fucking arc.

>>29725203
>That should've happened a fucking issue ago, dumb IDWanker.

Its called subtlety. You do a giant ass text dump at the start you end up making stuff feel rushed and artificial (what villain shows up, Explains EVERYTHING about himself at the drop of a hat, and then moves on?)

>>29718574
>explanation for why CMC don't ever move up a grade
??
where was that at?

>>29725219
Explain on the first issue he's trying to avoid a disaster, and on this one explain WHAT disatster. Boom, padding avoided.

2 issues and both divert the story to show us some HEE-LAA-REEUS antics where the group splits for some wacky, wacky distraction from the weak ass plot.

And this issue ends with what? With the group again being split for more WACKY adventures.

>>29725219
How is it more subtle to have the villain explain his motives during his second appearance instead of his first? That's not what subtlety means.

>>29725333
Eh, he must be trying to defend the character because the antagonist is deep and troubled so he identifies with him and other things that overweight morons say all the time to try looking cool beyond their fat rolls.

>>29718574
Really?

>>29725996
yes

>>29724818
Poor Pinkie.

>>29720902
no?

>>29727750
Even tentacle monsters don't want anything to do with pinkie's autistic snatch

>>29718492
5/10

>>29718499
delet

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>>29718583
>>29719061
The book Shadow Lock pulled the "Marshans" from was titled "Marsh Attacks". So these are apparently ponified versions of the ACK ACK ACK Martians from "Mars Attacks", instead. They died because their heads exploded when they heard Slim Whitman music, rather than just dying of the common cold like the Martians did in the original "War of the Worlds".

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>>29718425
>chicken and waffles cutie mark

Seriously, WTF?

>>29733630
sheeeeeeit

>>29733630
Oh dear

>>29733630
I'd put some syrup on that flank.

>>29733630
Well, its a fairly logical cutie mark, if weird. Her talent is cooking soul food.

>>29733630
a cute anyway

well shit.

>>29718481
>>29718487
>Le Twilight saves the day while the rest are useless and need to be rescued story.
Fuck this shit to hell.