IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing, short for Ideas and Design Works, is a comic publishing company responsible for publishing the lions share of Generation 4 comics. Although other comic publishers have produced comics for My Little Pony and indeed some were more prolific, IDW is inarguably the most well-known and infamous of the publishers for various reasons.

History
Founded by Ted Adams, Alex Garner, Kris Oprisko, and Robbie Robbins, in 1999 IDW Publishing has had a long-lasting relationship with Habsro beginning in 2005 when they acquired the rights to publish Transformers comics. This has sense expanded to other Hasbro properties such as G.I. Joe, ROM, Jem and the Holograms...CLUE, and starting in 2012, My Little Pony. The first IDW storyline, and generally regarded as among the best, was "The Return of Queen Chrysalis", a darker take on source material that would introduce staples that defined the comics, such as the creative team of Katie Cook and Andy Price, the far more sarcastic and cartoony sense of humor, and the ponies venturing into places never seen in the cartoon show, encountering strange and unique characters and creatures in he process.

As of 2021, their work on Friendship is Magic has become one of the longest comic book seies based off a television show ever produced, only beaten out by DC Comics Scooby-Doo series'.

Books and stories

 * 2012-present: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
 * -: "The Return of Queen Chrysalis"
 * -: "Nightmare Rarity"
 * -: "Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair"
 * -: "neigh anything..."
 * -: "The Salty Seamare"
 * -: "The One Worm To Fool Them All"
 * -: "Reflections"
 * -: "Manehattan Mysteries"
 * -: "The Good, The Bad, and the Ponies"
 * -: "The Root of the Problem"
 * -: "Ponyville Days"
 * -: "The Night of the Living Apples"
 * -: "The Siege of the Crystal Empire"
 * -: "Don't You Forget About Us"
 * -: "Ponies of Dark Water"
 * -: "Election"
 * -: "Chaos Theory"
 * -: "Shadow Lock"
 * -: "Wings Over Yakyakistan"
 * -: "Convocation of the Creatures"
 * -: "The Return of Tempest Shadow"
 * -: "Cosmos"
 * -present: "Friendship is Magic season 10"

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 * My Little Pony: Micro Series
 * My Little Pony: Friends Forever
 * My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic
 * My Little Pony: Legends of Magic
 * My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries
 * My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights
 * My Little Pony: Spirit of the Forest
 * My Little Pony: Friendship in Disguise
 * My Little Pony: Magic of Cybertron

Annuals, holiday specials, and one-shots

 * My Little Pony Annual 2013
 * My Little Pony Annual 2014
 * My Little Pony Holiday Special 2015
 *  Little Pony: Guardians of Harmony Annual
 * My Little Pony: Deviations
 * My Little Pony: Legends of Magic Annual 2018
 * My Little Pony: IDW 20/20
 * Equestria Girls: Canterlot High: March Radness
 * My Little Pony: Annual 2021