My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!
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My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! is a crossover comic miniseries that ran from August to November 2020, bringing together characters from two of Hasbro's biggest franchises. The series spans four issues, each one containing two different stories. A sequel miniseries, The Magic of Cybertron, was released in 2021.
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Overview
The changeling Queen Chrysalis attempts to use a spell to search for more of her kind in other worlds, hoping to summon them to Equestria so they can aid her in conquering it. However, the spell accidentally connects with a malfunctioning space bridge on Cybertron and pulls the Autobots and Decepticons into Equestria instead. As a result, Optimus Prime and Twilight Sparkle must gather their own allies to stop the combined threat of the changelings and Decepticons.
Creative team
The series is written by previous My Little Pony comic writers James Asmus, Ian Flynn, and Sam Maggs, with art by Casey Coller, Jack Lawrence, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Priscilla Tramontano, and Tony Fleecs. Fleecs also provides covers for each issue, having previously done a series of BotCon-exclusive crossover covers and lithographs based on the two franchises.
Collections
- My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! (March 31, 2021) ISBN 1684057590 / ISBN 978-1684057597
- Collects issues #1–4.
- Bonus material currently unknown.
Other notes
- IDW had previously considered a crossover series between the two franchises a few years prior, but the project evidently fell through. In 2019, Andrew Griffith shared some preliminary art (at right) he and Priscilla Tramontano had worked on as part of the proposal.[1]
- Originally slated for a weekly release throughout May 2020,[2], the comic was pushed back to August and changed to a monthly release as part of IDW Publishing's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
References
- ↑ "Here's some art I did for IDW a few years back, for a project that just never came about. Colors by the vibrant @Pr1ps #Transformers #MyLittlePony #MLP #OptimusPrime #Bumblebee #Jazz #PinkiePie #TwilightSparkle #RainbowDash #Applejack #Rarity #Fluttershy #Ponyville"—Andrew Griffith, Twitter, 2019/01/25
- ↑ Two Beloved Hasbro Brands Unite in MY LITTLE PONY / TRANSFORMERS Comic Book
- ↑ A Letter to Our Comic Industry Partners from Chris Ryall, IDW’s President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer
