My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Vol. 8

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (collected editions) #8

by Christina Rice, Ted Anderson, Thomas F. Zahler

Rarity helps Cherilee and her sister mend hurt feelings over a long-simmering grudge. A massive event celebrating Ponyville's founding is nearing but an argument between friends splits the town into two argumentative factions! And, something sinister is happening at Sweet Apple Acres! Bad apples have come alive and are determined to take over all of Ponyville! Collects issues #29–33.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Middle Grade

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 22, 2015

About the author

Christina Rice is a writer, librarian, and archivist who was born and bred in the greater Los Angeles region. While majoring in film at Cal State Fullerton in the 1990s, she began collecting memorabilia relating to actress Ann Dvorak which eventually lead her to document Dvorak's life, launch www.anndvorak.com, and ultimately write Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (University Press of Kentucky, 2013). After obtaining an MLIS from San Jose State University in 2004, she began a career as a librarian with the Los Angeles Public Library the following year. Since 2009, she has overseen the library’s historic photo collection. In addition to authoring books on Ann Dvorak and Jane Russell, she has also written numerous issues of the My Little Pony comic book series (IDW Publishing) and was a contributor to the Eisen-nominated anthologies Femme Magnifique (Black Crown, 2018) and Where We Live (Image Comics, 2018). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, writer Joshua Hale Fialkov, their daughter, and two adorable dogs. 

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really liked this one. I laughed so many times while I was reading this!

[Nani · Rating 5 out of 5]

APPLES.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars - I really enjoyed this volume, it has one of my favorite stories so far in it - The Night of the Apples! It was so funny and cute.

[mykittyquest17 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

A fun graphic novel. I enjoyed returning to
The My Little Pony world and the characters in it. I’m very exited to continue this series.

[Kerrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another exhilarating book! I enjoyed all of the stories especially the final one. This is why I love MLP: FIM.

[Mari · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s always a pleasure and a treat to read one of those, it certainly brightens my whole day.

[Cienna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some cute fun stories but that's about it. Not incredibly deep. The artwork in the first one was also just not my preference, so that detached me a lot.

[Jesse Baggs · Rating 2 out of 5]

Less organic and fun than some other comics for younger readers that I've experienced recently, like Lumberjanes. This was much more of a slog, and the individual stories super long. However, my three-year old daughter loved it. Even when I'm not reading it to her, she sits with the book at nap time and looks at the pictures.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, ya know. :)

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pony wrestling matches, a town vs. country feud over the first structure in Ponyville, and Night of Living Apples with vampire ponies to the rescue. Some great selections in this issue. Alice likes the killer apples from the last story the best, especially when they lead to Flutterbat. This one had a very sweet lesson at the end from Princess Celestia, who has to explain why they should give the apples their own land and another chance:

"Everyone had bad aspects to their personality. Ego. Vanity. Stubborness. And more. These are all part of us. But if we work hard enough and we truly want to, we can strive to rise above that ... Our tendencies inform us, but we must not let them control us."

[Sylvester · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first story had a really terrible artwork that made me cringe, the story itself was also very badly written. The first two parter was about the dispute between whether Sweet Apple Acre or Rarity's boutique was the first building in Ponyville, all hell broke loose when people joined either party. The last two parter was kinda fun, but it was non-canon.

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked the vampire story the best.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

With these last two volumes I haven't laughed as much as I did with the previous ones, but I enjoyed it better than the previous one

[Olesya · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. A bit of a hit and miss, but the bad apples story was quite good.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars