Wednesday, May 11, 2016

MLP Friendship is Magic Comic #37 Appearance

I recently got the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic volume 9 graphic novel (which collects issues 34-37 of the series) and found out that Maud was featured for a panel in issue #37. It was the first panel after a page-turn, so it was quite a surprise for sure. She doesn't say anything and I don't really want to get into specifics about the plot, but summed up, she's manning a party cannon under Pinkie Pie's command in an effort to save the Crystal Empire. Here's a look at her, as drawn by Andy Price:


After getting over the the initial surprise, I noticed that the way she's drawn sorta reminded me of how Mike Norton drew Raven in the original Teen Titans Go comic book (not to be confused with the abominable new Teen Titans Go that stole the old one's name). After checking, I found the resemblance wasn't as close as I had recalled, but I thought I'd mention it anyway since I also wanted to bring up somewhere how the two characters have similar designs; both have purple hair, grey skin/coat, and blue clothes. I hadn't noticed that until recently and was amazed it took me so long since they're two of my favorite characters. Anyways, here's a comparison of the two drawn by the specific artists -- I reversed and rotated the Raven picture some to illustrate my point a bit better: