My Little Pony: Art is Magic!, Vol. 1

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Celebrate the charming and diverse artwork of IDW's My Little Pony comic book series in this special art book! Read along as fan-favorite artists Amy Mebberson, Sara Richard, Tony Fleecs, Andy Price, Brenda Hickey, and Agnes Garbowska showcase a selection of their most cherished pieces, provide insight into their process, and share the identities of their favorite ponies! Fans of My Little Pony or the comic arts alike are sure to awe at this bright and inspired collection.

Tony Fleecsis the writer and artist ofIn My Lifetime, an autobiographical comic book. First published in 2006,'Lifetimewas an immediate critical success, featured twice inWizard Magazine, in theComic Buyer's Guideand on the Ain't-It-Cool-News.Fleecs has since been a contributor to anthologies including;Postcards- True Stories that Never Happened(nominated for the 2008 Eisner and Harvey awards for best anthology), Boom Studios'Pulp Talesand C.B. Cebulski'sWonderlost. He and writer, Josh Fialkov, provided theLi'l FireBreatherbackup stories for Phil Hester's secondFireBreatherseries at Image Comics. Last year saw his first work for hire writing work when he scripted the comic book adaptation of the classic John Holmes film,Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here, widely regarded as the first comic book based on a porno to not be completely awful. His company Fleecs Design (who's talent roster includes only himself) has a client list that features Disney, 20th Century Fox, Bongo Comics, Marvel/Rittenhouse, The Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinatti Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Monster Garage, Taco John's, major hospitals, insurance providers and banks. His comics have been published by Random House (Villard), Image Comics, Silent Devil Productions, Boom!, IDW and Terminal Press. Brenda Hickeyis a comic artist and writer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. She's had an unhealthy obsession with the comics art form from a very young age, and can't remember a time when she wasn't drawing. In 2007 she graduated from the Holland College Graphic Design program in her home town of Charlottetown, and had a short stint working in layouts in animation. Now she mainly focuses on comics, and her most well known work is on IDW'sMy Little Pony- Friendship is Magicseries. Other works include her self published mini seriesTatian in Halls of the Turnip King, her webcomic seriesIn the Air,comic issues for Bayer Medical, as well as contributions to several comic anthologies.