This leads to six different vignettes, pairing one of the main characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with various “G1”-era Transformers (pluse a few IDW additions, like Windblode) in what are basically standalone stories. The result? A bunch of Transformers are pulled into and scattered all across Equestria. On the ponies’ world of Equestria, the evil changeling Queen Chrysalis uses her magical powers to summon “ fellow changelings from other worlds!” Meanwhile, on the Transformers’ world of Cybertron, the eternally warring Autobots and Deceptictons are at it again, this time near a space bridge capable of breaching other dimensions. Asmus and artist Tony Fleecs present bookend-ing chapters that set up and resolve the crossover. The comic unfolds in eight 10-page vignettes. Rather they take their comedic comic seriously, or at least sincerely, presenting a story that stays true to both franchises and their characters and thus works as both a My Little Pony story and a Transformers story (although, if cornered, I would say it’s more of a My Little Pony comic guest-starring the Transformers than it is the opposite). Writers James Asmus, Ian Flynn, and Sam Maggs don’t treat the crossover as a joke, although the humorous tension of the juxtaposition hums throughout. Last year’s My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise, newly collected and released in trade paperback form, was essentially a miniseries-length riff on Scioli’s joke, mashing up the unlikely Hasbro brands in a single narrative that should shock fans of either by its very existence. And the gag was possible because Hasbro owned the My Little Pony brand, just as it did Transformers and G.I. Joe, was a long-lived multi-media franchise based on a toy line but seemed as far from the other two as could be. The gag worked because My Little Pony, like Transformers and G.I. Joe series with the villain Megatron being cast out of the universe, ending up stranded in a meadow where his prone form was investigated by some plump, colorful ponies. Tom Scioli ended his 2014-2016 Transformers Vs. Coller, Tony Fleecs, Jack Lawrence and others Writers: James Asmus, Ian Flynn and Sam MaggsĪrtists: Casey W. And all our inner child needs right now is to read Optimus Prime attempting to make sense of Pinkie Pie.My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise Look, we just really want to see Bumblebee and Fluttershy become best friends, okay? It absolutely would happen. RELATED: WALLY WEST SET TO BE DC’S NEW DR. On the official website, he wrote: “Teaming TRANSFORMERS and MY LITTLE PONY has been a dream we’ve had for a long time… We’re all really excited to see this mashup of characters by a mashup of creators who are honoring the legacy of both universes… and doing it in the most bonkers, fun way imaginable!” The IDW Editor-In-Chief, John Barber, seems just as excited as fans are. In My Little Pony/Transformers, the scheming Queen Chrysalis casts a spell insearch of changeling allies, but accidentally interferes with a distant Cybertronian Spacebridge… and brings the Autobots and Decepticons to Equestria! As the dust settles, it’s up to Twilight Sparkle, Optimus Prime, and others to overcome the menace of malevolent magic and machinery! The synopsis, courtesy of IDW Publishing, genuinely makes you grin trying to imagine how this mash-up could go: And this time, her magical hijinks drag some of our favourite Autobots to Equestria…with a few Decepticons along for the ride. Transformers: Friendship is Magicįrom the looks of things, Queen Chrysalis is at it again. This is ’80s childhood in a single image, and we ain’t mad about it.
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