Written by James Asmus
Art by Andy Price, Trish Forstner
Design by Christa Miesner
Retail: $4.99
Rarity is in high demand this Hearth’s Warming Eve! She’s been invited to not one, not two, BUT 3 holiday parties! Along with her friend, Spike the Dragon, Rarity will have to hoof it as all three parties are in completely different directions. The clock is ticking in order to achieve maximum holiday party fun!
Then back at School of Friendship, it’s just before the holiday break and the students are driving their teachers crazy! In hopes of settling the mischievous pupils down, Starlight and Twilight craft the tale of the fierce Krumple Horn!
The Krumple Horn gives tricks instead of treats to those naughty little ponies. But if you are really bad, the Hearth’s Warming meanie will take you back to his den and make you work while everyone else spends the holiday in play and feasting! Thus when weird tricks start happening around the school with no explanation, will the students finally behave themselves or become holiday temps for the Krumple Horn?
While this oversize special from IDW Publishing never mentions Christmas by name, the writer and artists do a fantastic job making this comic quite festive. A lot of that praise should go to Andy Price. His artwork in the first story is just bursting at the seams with holiday cheer. Price has candy canes and presents and other goodies framing each page of the Rarity and Spike story. And his one-page depiction of that avalanche was breath-taking!
The second story’s design look isn’t very ‘Hearth’s Warming’. But I loved the Krampus inspired story of the Krumple Horn. The European Anti-Santa seems to be popping up everywhere in this already early holiday season! And James Asmus (Kong of Skull Island) does a great job spinning the holiday fable in the My Little Pony manner.
While the Krumple Horn story spun by Starlight and Twilight is supposed to scare the students of the School of Friendship, the tale itself is rather mild. Very young readers might feel the hairs on their arms rise just a bit. But this tale is told in the same fun manner as the telling scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmas’s, uh Hearth Warming’s, of long, long ago!
The My Little Pony Holiday Special is a great way to kick-off your 2019 festive comic book readings! It gets you into the spirit of the season right from page one! And the price of this special is oh-so right. It’s kid tested and Brony approved!
The My Little Pony Holiday Special debuted in print and digital formats on November 27th, 2019!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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