Pony Comic Book Thread-IDW is Party Canon

[ZakuConvoy]

And now we have this.

#3481067 - safe, artist:brianna garcia, idw, official comic, hitch trailblazer, izzy moonbow, misty brightdawn, pipp petals, steven, sunny starscout, zipp storm, alicorn, bird, earth pony, pegasus, pony, seagull, unicorn, g4, g5, my little pony: lost

#3481067 - safe, artist:brianna garcia, idw, official comic, hitch trailblazer, izzy moonbow, misty brightdawn, pipp petals, steven, sunny starscout, zipp storm, alicorn, bird, earth pony, pegasus, pony, seagull, unicorn, g4, g5, my little pony: lost stories of equestria, official, artificial...

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My Little Pony: Lost Stories of Equestria | Penguin Random House Comics Retail

Get lost in these four stories of action, mystery, and friendship featuring Princess Cadance, Violette Rainbow and Skye, Zipp and Pipp, and the Mane 5!

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Which seems to imply the existence of 4 one-shots throughout 2025.

Spoiler

We have the Cadence story, which we knew about. But, it also sounds like there's a Violette Rainbow story, a New Years story, and a missing persons detective story.

The thing is the Cadence one shot is extra-sized. So if the entire collection is only 136 pages, then that would imply every story averages out to about 34 pages. Which is more than a normal issue, but kind of small for individual one-shots. So, I'm not sure if they're all going to be 4 individual one-shots or if 2 specials will have 2 stories within them. I'm personally leaning towards there being 4 one-shots, because that's probably the way to get the most money. *shrug*

Either way, this means we are still getting a little G5 content! It's not just going to be G4! G5 lives! Sorta!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

We are so back.

 

[ZakuConvoy]

Well, for a limited definition of "back", anyway. Probably for 4 comics at $6 a piece. One special per quarter or so. Maybe we'll get another mini to go alongside them or maybe not. But, it's SOMETHING, which is better than nothing.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

It's no longer than the wait between Make Your Mark chapters. I'll take it.

 

[ZakuConvoy]

So, the four one shots for 2025 all have connecting cover variants...ending with Sunny literally flying off into the sunset.

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2024/12/comics-my-little-pony-case-of-missing.html#more

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#3511001 - safe, artist:sophie scruggs, idw, official comic, sunny starscout, alicorn, pony, g5, my little pony: tournament of mysteries, official, artificial horn, artificial wings, augmented, beautiful, butt, cloud, comic cover, cover, cover art, female, flying, horn, large wings, long mane...

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...This sure FEELS final.

But, it's not done by Justasuta, so...maybe it's not?

IDW...please stop doing these connecting covers! I'm starting to develop a Pavlovian Response to them! Every time I see them, I think you're losing the license! You gotta stop doing this to me!

Okay, so we don't know IDW is losing the license. Probably not. But, with G5 ending the way it is, I guess maybe these specials might be the last G5 comics? Maybe? I don't know. They keep giving me mixed signals. I've predicted that IDW would lose the license SO many times, and I've never been right. But, IDW HAS always scaled back after each time they do this. From a ongoing, to series of miniseries, to a series of one shots. How could they POSSIBLY scale back any farther?!

Chances are, we'll probably get another series of one shots after this. If only because it seems weird for IDW to lose the license in the middle of the year. But, I don't know what's going on. And neither does IDW or Hasbro, probably. Stop messing with my HEART, IDW!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I believe everything is on autopilot until Discovery Family's remaining rights to G4 expire. Then Hasbro can renegotiate their deal with IDW or shop the brand around. They won't change a thing until then.

 

[ZakuConvoy]

There's going to be a signing with a few MLP comic creators at this year's SDCC on Sunday July 27.

SDCC’25: IDW Publishing schedule for Comic-Con – Major Spoilers

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https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/07/idw-holding-pony-signing-at-sdcc.html

This isn't a full panel or anything. But, maybe we'll hear a bit of news from IDW about the state of their MLP license. And them having ANY representation for MLP at all is actually kind of a good sign that IDW is planning on doing something with MLP in the future...eventually. Maybe. We'll see.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Here's hoping. If they're done, they could just skip the show entirely. Not having a panel but still having some presence could mean "We have nothing to announce at the moment, but don't forget about us. WINK."