Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Comic: Birth of Equestria

This is a completely different take on the old "How Equestria was made" trope, including... humans! Yes humans, along with filly-in-a-box Celestia.  It's still in progress, but quite a few pages are already out.  Check them below.  

Part 0
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

83 comments:

SlyWit said...

We already know Pinkie made it.

This comic is not canon

soph93 said...

explination? fix it. first page.

Gnollbard said...

oh god my heart can't take it SO CUTE!

fReeztyler said...

Aww shucks, ii's not colored.

daddyboom said...

Somebody make this Canon NOW
I love this!

afek said...

D'aww. This is just too cute.

Kein said...

I prefer canon-wise Ego's comics. Sure she will come up with something... better than humans lol.

I Bring Da LULZ said...

I D'AWWWWWWWW'd so hard. >w<

ChaosDX1 said...

Cuteness overload. But I can take it! /ManlyBronie

I look forward to more!

soph93 said...

first page " maine one" ."explination" again.
"thi s " at the end.
second page "your fired"---> you're fired
3 page. salvage all my research. add the point "."/ well we are here. you can meet my (add ...) ( add ...) daughter. what...this?. cutesst--> cutest.cuttest--> cutest. her name is ( add ... or C-)
4 page. dauter--> daughter...
ok i give up.
i understand now.
you are doing this on purpose.
research on magical force fields caused several damage to the language part of professor's brain. and to her daughter as well. will Celly fix it?

dublio said...

Aww, this comic is absolutely adorable. <3 Filly Celestia.

Tosxychor said...

I d'awwwwwed hard. I'm so eager to see this continued! :D

MiColt said...

@soph93

Glad someone else pointed it all out, these kinds of simple grammar errors drive me crazy, not to mention such a ridiculous number of people can't seem to differentiate one from the other.

If you're going to put so much work into something, at least make sure the wording is right. -_-

Dusklight said...

I want to cuddle little Celly!
Hyper cute!

Josh Spicer said...

*part of brain blows up*

There goes my Cute-A-Meter again.

Ballistic said...

God damn it. Graahhhhh so God damn adorable, kill it with kindness!

Acriaos said...

Story seems great so far and I like the drawing style. But if this artist is going to put so much time into it anyway, would it really be that hard to ask someone to proofread it before posting it? The grammatical errors won't stop me from reading it, but I would enjoy it a lot more if those errors wouldn't pop up every second panel.

PoldekPL said...

@@soph93
@@MiColt
I just don't get some people. Author put SO MUCH work in this comic (Tell me 'Tia isn't cute, tell me it's easy to do such thing, I DARE YOU) and you guys focus on stupid grammar bugs? Of course if you make errors in your native language something's wrong (I for instance speak mainly polish, but I care about my spelling), but seriously. When someone's creating comic that can make grown man cry (dammit my loose tongue) you have to concentrate on such details?

Eonseig said...

Obligatory HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!

Favo said...

I smell grammar Hitlers.

terrycloth said...

I hate to be a metaphor stalin, but isn't it supposed to be 'grammar nazis'?

Sssonic said...

Soooooooooooo "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", but with Ponies? Interesting.

metaXzero said...

I don't like bad grammar either, but this comic is perfecty readable.

Its perfectly fine to bring up the errors and ask he fix them, but why are you guys seriously bitching this much about them and ignoring the rest of the comic?

DJ Kat said...

@PoldekPL

To be honest, I thought the comic was cute, almost like it was overplayed and overdone, but what killed me was the spelling.

Does no one use spell check or proofread anymore?

LloydZelos said...

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Between the show itself and the fandom, I'll surely die from a heart attack eventually.

sun tzu said...

This is the best thing ever.
Except maybe for the show that inspired it.

soph93 said...

@PoldekPL
don't get it wrong.
the comic is adorable, Celestia drawings ( is this actually a word?)are superb.
i don't know if the author know about the grammar mistakes and he was just planning to correct them later.
i was *trying* to make a fast list of all mistakes to help him correct them (in the case he was not aware of them)... but i've found too many halfway and i just went humoristic.
good drawings will never get bad with bad spelling.
but such a beatiful comic would go very good with also good spelling.
Love and tolarance.
sorry for being G-nazi σ_σ

PoldekPL said...

@DJ Kat

In my case, I haven't even notice any errors. And (except for pages 0 & 1) it's still sketch. If it was final version, grammar bugs would be shame, but it's too early to point out and condemn. The less bugs the better, but it shouldn't be main topic.

...damn this cutness overload made me soft on the inside...

PoldekPL said...

@soph93
Sorry if I sounded offensive. Maybe I quite overreacted. I just appreciate good piece of work, and gammars are in this case not so important for me.

Overlong Analysis Cobalt said...

Yeah, this was infinitely adorable. The spelling, though... It was kinda distracting. I mean, I kinda started ignoring what most of the text said after a while, and it was still cute as hell, so in that sense no worries, but legibility is important for a comic, too. If it has words, anyway.

metapsionic said...

More please! This is adorable and now I'm really curious as to what's gonna happen! :-D

Simple said...

That is adorable! Grammer errors and all!

ActionScripter9109 said...

@MiColt

I agree; the grammar errors were a bit distracting. If I have to actively block my brain from expecting proper spelling and grammar, something's wrong, and it dampens the experience. Still, the comic series is amazing, and I love it.

Also, you may want to consider that your comment contains one grammar error. That's how it usually goes with people who criticize grammar. Heck, there's probably one in my comment somewhere. :)

EonMaster said...

What kind of stick-in-the-mud would fire someone for figuring out how to genetically engineer an alicorn? I wonder how big the market would be for pets that can understand and talk to humans in our own language.

Xel Unknown said...

I forsee bad stuff is going to happen in this... But also hope that whatever happens it will be possable to mix it in with the Ego filly comics! That's the only way this'll become true headcannon is if the Ego ones can be added on after the events that'll go on here.

Muffinsforever said...

My brain fried right after I reached Ludicrous DDDAAAAAAAAAaaaaaawwwwHHhhhhnnnggg... alert.

Mike said...

Reminds me of "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes"... is this comic going in that direction?

WizardWannabe said...

@Mike Well, seeing as there aren't any humans in the show, I'd imagine that's exactly where it's going.

Muppetz said...

If I do not get my very own Filly-Celestia right fucking now,I am going to start killing people.
For srs.

Daniel the Brony (Mama's so proud...) said...

>Pri-ces ces-ia

OH LUNA IT'S TOO CUTE!!! HNNNNGGGGG

Wento said...

my heart exploded! twice!

mistaque1 said...

First thing I thought of when I saw smiling filly celestia:

http://i54.tinypic.com/11juptx.jpg

jodyjm13 said...

@mistaque1
Oh, that's perfect!

So far, the comic's more "cute" than "story", which I find slightly annoying, but I like it and will try to follow it. The grammar and spelling mistakes are annoying, yes; I think I'll see if the artist wants a proofreader, or if he has one lined up. I'm just wondering how Derpy's going to wind up in this...

Firleycat said...

Aww, Celestia was so adorable when she was a filly. Makes you wonder just how exactly she was made. I'm picturing something like the opening to Powerpuff Girls.

Cloudstream said...

*Critical Cuteness*
This is just ADORABLE.

Kham_The_Huggable_Zombie said...

Now this is what I call adorable..

Kuro Fox said...

"Allot of doing." How does one distribute doing?
"Your fired." His fired WHAT? What does he posses that is now fired?
"Well were here." I can't make fun of this fun without resorting to poor grammar, so I'll just correct it: "we're here."
"Surender" isn't a word. "Surrender" is.
SO MANY MISUSES OF "YOUR" AND NOT REMEMBERING "YOU'RE" IT HURTS!!!
"Hollidays?" It's got one "L" too many.
"Prommis" isn't a word.

Cheerilee would give detention for such sloppy grammar.

Profesor Rod said...

Horrible premise negated by ADORABLE FILLY CELESTIA!!! <3

Octavia said...

Humans? In MY Equestria?! It's more likely than you think, apparently. :P

Oh my goodness! These comics had me absolutely SQUEEING from the CUTENESS! Filly Celestia is SO DARN CUTE! I WANT ONE! :D

The last comic though when he's discussing tests again... uh-oh. This probably isn't going to end well. I'm eagerly awaiting for more from this comic series.

Pyrobug said...

Well, that was nice. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go see someone about the solid masses of sugar that have replaced all the blood in my heart.

mistaque1 said...

@Pyrobug

Pinkie Pie: I call that a Tuesday!



>I'm just wondering how Derpy's going to wind up in this...

In a flying DeLorean, I bet.

Jomoru said...

Rise of the Planet of the Ponies...

mycutiemarkisagun said...

Nah, I'm betting Celestia gets fed up w/ our bullshit and goes Caesar-from-Rise-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes on our biped asses. Chaos in the streets of every city as horse turns on man. Desperate world leaders in a underground bunker pray for forgiveness from their human God as they order a desperate nuclear strike.....that is completely futile since Celestia has now taken control of The Sun and uses it to "heat treat" the planet to rid it of humans, the same way you would heat treat a house to kill off bedbugs.

And that's how Tia got her Cutie Mark! ^_^

pg13fresno said...

The good: The art is cute, the story has potential, and for some reason I like the dad's mustache. Seriously, Celestia is just so adorable she threatens the very lives of whoever look upon her.

The bad: SPELL CHECK. GRAMMAR CHECK. THEY EXIST. USE THEM. I really don't like to be super-critical on this, but it's really distracting.

I'll still keep an eye on this, just to see where it goes.

a01421 said...

gah, so adorable can't wait for the next part.

Dew Drop said...

SO ADORABLE.....D'AAAAWWWWWWWWWWW
*faints*
Its super effective!

KTS said...

Pinkie made it. Pinkie explained to us how equestria was made because of her cutie mark.

Rohit Eligeti said...

That was so cute, if there are more to come, then there should be no sad parts lol
I can't stand a tragedy lol

Stoic said...

I admit, You've made something very cute with a good strong angle and point. daaawww

I can't wait for the final versions of the comic are completed since I can tell by looking the whole thing is a WIP but still tells the story.

I wonder, will is keep going on Earth, or will they send celestia off, where she pushes another planet to make life. and she nurtures it

Christy "Dame Helen" McFarland said...

@Kein

So far I don't see anything that would strictly contradict Egophiliac's comics. I'd say we have to wait until the end of this little booklet before we decide the two don't fit together. :)

mdude009 said...

*popping noise in my chest*
Me: "dude could you look up heart and bursting?"

Other guy: "Why?"

Me: *blood coming out of mouth* "Time is a factor"

Tears of a Valedictorian said...

Ridiculously cute. I was reading this on a train, and had to keep looking out of the window so the passengers around me wouldn't wonder why I kept grinning inanely at my phone.

I second/third the commenters calling for no sad section. It's awesome this way, it doesn't need a tragic part.

Alondro said...

Well, as a research geneticist, I can say with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY that this comic presents something that cannot happen!

Besides, the magic genes are concentrated on chromosome 14... *whistes innocently... totally not engineering magic ponies for the military...* c_c

Pinkie Pie said...

@mistaque1
You must be confused. I call that 'Everyday'.

Alondro said...

@Xel Unknown

*it turns out like "Akira"*

I... am... Celestia...

;D

Forderz said...

No post should contain this much adorable

richfiles said...

Wait... There were grammar errors?

I didn't notice it over the pure dawwww.

Dosko said...

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!

So damn cute.

Flare Tumble said...

wow i like this. cant wait till the next page

moocow1452 said...

So, Planet of the Ponies. This will end well.

Specter Von Baren said...

For me there has always been one thing that conflicts with Equestria taking place on Earth. Luna and Celestia control the sun and moon's rotations.

Wierdplatformer said...

A wonderful what-if story. I can't wait for more!

Baked Bad said...

So cute. So very very cute. I want a Celestia too.

Nilsareth said...

As a scientist I will now make it my goal to create filly Celestia, or actually maybe Woona as she's 20% cuter, however according to Einsteins theory of ponitivity that level of cuteness is theoretically impossible to reach and can only be approached but maybe......

Qur'a 'Morhek said...

I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I know how this all ends...

The Professor standing in a forest, surrounded by angry equines. He faces Princess Celestia, and begs her to come home.

And she says, "Celestia is home."

Lazuras L. said...

My heart exploded twice...

richfiles said...

@Specter Von Baren

Read Celestia's Notebook. It has a very interesting take on why Celestia and Luna are different from every other pony and command the sun and moon, and why the earth's rotation is screwed, along with all the other issues, such as seasons, growth, and weather all needing extraordinary manual operation to make function. Luna and Celestia alternate giving the earth a "spin up" at dusk and dawn. They also maintain the sun's gravity and output and the moon's orbit of the earth and tides, respectively. Being a "sciency" story, and not a god story, it also fits well with this one, conceptually, though it's NOT a humans in Equestria or Equestrians on human earth story. Obviously, there will be major differences, as such, but I do LOVE the concepts from "Celestia's Notebook" and how they pertain to all the minutia of world operation and technology as defined by the actual series. I certainly could imagine a magical/science mishap that messes with the earth in this story.

Celestia's Notebook and Paradise are my 2 favorite origin stories. This could prove to be pretty awesome too, if handled right.

Evan the Brony said...

OK, to anyone reading this comic and thinking of Planet of the Apes: you do know this will be explained without violence, right?

Evan the Brony said...

@soph93
He's dyslexic. Also british.

omegagreyfox said...

On good authority I can say that the comics will be proof-read from now on, as I'll be doing it.I kept trying to point out spelling errors to him, he'd say "Oh I'll fix before I post", but he doesn't listen, just posts reguardless...

But, from now on, all pages will be proof-read and corrected / re-worded before posting!

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