My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a monthly comic book series based on the animated television show of the same name. The first issue was published on November 28, 2012 by IDW Publishing, under license from Hasbro, the parent company of the My Little Pony franchise. The series is typically written in story arcs that span either two or four issues apiece; Katie Cook and Andy Price write and illustrate the first arc, respectively, while Heather Nuhfer and Amy Mebberson perform the same on the second. A separate limited run of "Micro Series" comic stories around a single character was also ordered, with Thom Zahler writing the first issue and various writers and artists providing other series. This run ended on December 18, 2013 and has since been replaced by a second ongoing title, subt