UK Ponycon 2014 - New Committee

[salemsparkler]

LOL Nappercasper ;-)
I really hope you all can make it!

xx

[LadyMoondancer]

YOU GUYS.  There is a guy online who was the, uh, editor I believe, of the My Little Pony comics in its later years.  You should totally see if he'll be a guest!

This is his blog:

http://dangermart.blogspot.com/

[salemsparkler]

Thank you for the link and suggestion - I will share it with the rest of the committee!

xx

[MLPWhitney]

I plan on attending this year too! I immensely enjoyed myself last year!

[hathorcat]

I plan on attending this year too! I immensely enjoyed myself last year!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LadyMoondancer]

Thank you for the link and suggestion - I will share it with the rest of the committee!

xx

You're welcome. <3  He posted this at one point after I told him I loved MLP.

Those My Little Pony days were fun and indeed, challenging - Hasbro were extremely protective of the ponies and it was quite tough to get anything but the most predictable storylines past them. There was one time, though, when there was some problem with approval that wasn't the fault of anyone at our firm, London Editions/Egmont, which meant that instead of our regular writers (lovely professionals), I had to come up with a script almost overnight. So I brought back the Smooze from the 1986 MLP movie, which I found fun.

As well as dealing with writers such as the lovely Hilda, I got to work with the incredibly talented artists at Madrid's Selecciones Illustradas studio. Back then it was mainly by fax, but they were great, nothin was too much trouble.

Best of all, though, was the daily pile of mail from bright, enthusiastic children - a picture of Majesty and the Know-All Gnomes could make my day.

And while we didn't have a massive Bible, we had smart writers and our back issues.

As you likely inferred from the above, Hasbro UK were extremely hands on, requiring approval of plots, scripts, layouts and finished art. Such fun! Still, they had their ponies to protect ... it would've been great had they trusted us, after a few years. Oh well! It was fun to pop down to Uxbridge and the Hasbro HQ annually for a chat about new product (just don't get me started on Polly Pocket!).

It's fascinating to see the ponies popular all over again.

It sounds like he'd have some great stories to tell!