Sunday, January 1, 2012

Comic: Equestria Prevails Presents 'The New Royal Guard'

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It's time for an epic comic, ponies.

I'm sure you're all familiar with Equestria Prevails- we've featured a lot of their work here over the past few weeks! Tonight we have a brand-new comic prelude to share with you. Click the above link to get started, and when you're done, the additional pages are below!

Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

77 comments:

L9OBL said...

just cause everypony else did... FIRST!

L9OBL said...

Now for a serious and content related post...

OOOH OOOH OOOH a new equestria Prevails comic! Sick!

Lyssiechan said...

I already can't wait for more.

CTVulpin said...

Suh-weeeeet, this is amazing art!
And what a way to start off a comic epic! All my stars, internets, and interest. Can't wait for the next chapter.

Bombedrumbum said...

Something to read on my drive home from Las Vegas, yay

NinesTempest said...

This is fuckin' awesome.

Seriously, more of this will be glorious. Hopefully it's a good war story, but... we'll see.

Milienius said...

HOLY SHIT FUCKING HELL YEAH :D

Blackbelt said...

This is awesome and depressing at the same time for entirely different reasons.

iisaw said...

Beautifully done so far.

Vargras said...

Love this art style so much.

Select Few said...

Need... more...
Seriously, though, that was epic.
[SPOILERS]
From what I can tell, the elements somehow got stranded on the moon after wiping out a griffon attack force. Is that right? If so, I kinda wonder how they even got there.
[/SPOILERS]

Select Few said...

Also,

DDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

CityFlyer502 said...

Epic doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm excited to see what comes next. Whatever it is, I can tell it's going to be awesome.

SilentRunning said...
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SilentRunning said...

So much to take in already, it really is off to an amazing start. I look forward to following this epic journey. Absolutely magnificent.

The Commander said...

I hear that chanting from the Dark Knight Rises Trailer in my head right now...

Overlong Analysis Cobalt said...

It's finally happened - the full-on comic I always hoped would arrive. YESSSSSSSS.

This was well done. Equestria Prevails always impresses, but this goes above and beyond. Amazing work.

Princess Luna said...

I'm in the first one!!!

Princess Luna said...

Unfortunately I can't get to the other parts because it would slow my downloading speed.

herpyderpy said...

Oh man this is going to be so awesome, loved the pieces of art this guy has done.

Derpy's eyes looks fine in the prologue, I'm assuming her eye is going to get injured in a battle to reflect the General Derpy with an eye patch design we've seen before.

Oh and the artist/author is in NZ! Awesome.
Don't get to see many fellow NZ bronies, especially ones as talented as this.

bestpony? AJ ;) said...

Very nicely done comic!

Milienius said...

I am SO excited! Epic doesn't even being to describe!

Instant headcannon, however this ends it will always be the series finale for me.

Heartmend said...

Oh my goodness. Now we're finally seeing some backstory to the intriguing imagines Equestria Prevails had posted before.

This is amazing so far.

thomas said...

Too. Fucking. Awesome.

karrotline said...

but i dont have an account for deviantart :C

The Numberman said...

Nice! The art is fantastic and the story is intriguing. I'm looking forward to more.

BlackStar03 said...

That was sooooo good!
The art and story were FANTASTIC!

ravenrunner said...

Manly tears were shed...

Octavia said...

Feels like this is based off a fanfic or such. Poor hurt Derpy. :'( It's looking like a good story and comic so far.

Nyte_Crawler said...

This may be the beginning of one of the fandom's greatest graphic novels.

I think it already is, but what I mean to say is that this is likely to be one of the most memorable.

RyuuKiba said...

Best MLP:FiM based comic... EVER

I'm soooo asking permission to make a full-fledged book print out of it once it's done.

Alroxes said...

Every once in a while something like this comes along and blows my mind. Before it's been some notacleverpony music, then it was stories like FoE or Eversleep, and now it;s an epic comic with amazing art. The amount of talent in this community is freakin incredible.

Jav said...

I kind of wonder what would Ms. Faust think of this. Not because I think she'd disapprove, but because it falls so far from the lightheartedness of the original product.

One would hope she'd proper trip balls over it, because dayum.

TechnoTrot said...

Suddenly, epic out of nowhere. We're getting context for all these epic pictures we've been seeing.

I only hope we get a happy ending, though. You can never tell with these sorts of things.

Derptastic_w00t said...

Damn son, this looks like some heavy shit! I love the artwork too, it is absolutely impeccable! And to top it off a fellow New Zealand brony, man you are doing us all proud!!!! :D

DE Fluttershy said...

I'm i the only who had an advert in the top left corner! i couldn't see a single comic D:

Marlon said...

xD im reading it while listing to "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" :3

Jordan said...

Nightly Roundup's kinda late tonight...

Luna Epona said...

I find it interesting how things dissimilar in origin can be so parallel. On our Mush (Equestrian Dawn) Luna is indeed the military leader of Equestria. Celestia is the Political leader. Together they work better then separate. It also is how we explained ponies calling times of war Dark Days of Equestria. Because that was when Luna was leading. It also explains why Celestia, the elder sister, needed the Elements to bring NMM down when she was using Luna. Luna has much more experience with combat magical and physical. There is of course much more to this story but this thread is not about our mush. I will say this. The illustrations and words are masterfully crafted, each one bringing the fullest of emotion. IF anything were added or taken from it the whole would be less for it. Bravo.

Ten said...

That was just epic, can't wait to see more.

A1CZERO said...

More please...
.....
.....
..pretty please?

Sigurd Mjøllnersson said...

Derpy is a general. Poor griffons better run for their lives or otherwise they're doomed.

Mike said...

Great artwork... I eagerly await more.

...someone typed that they thought this the best comic ever? not better than the one with aflfalfa monster

RaenBoow said...

...Lauren? O_O ahem (sorry, I mean) Mrs. Faust...?

RaenBoow said...

...Lauren? O_O ahem (sorry, I mean) Mrs. Faust...?

Alfisti said...

Well that looks... just a little epic... will be watching that space.

WizardWannabe said...

Oh wow, now this is something truly special!

Shantara said...

So that picture with Derpy and Luna from yesterday is a part of this comic? Awesome!

John said...

Without a doubt, the greatest MLP:FiM comic I have ever read. It's beautiful, it's emotional, it's epic, and it's awesome all rolled into one.

Shiranai said...

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, the idea of ponies using the Elements of Harmony as a WMD that literally kills enemies (many of which were possibly just following orders) flies in the face of everything the show teaches us.

On the other hand, this is shaping up to be something completely epic.

Stormcaller said...

I approve of this. It is truly awesome to both look at and read. Hopefully this will continue on.

BossManJohn said...

This comic shattered the awesome barrier and is currently traveling at Dash 2.1

jodyjm13 said...

@Shiranai
My impression is that they were doing something with the Elements that hadn't been done before, and they didn't realize how catastrophic the results would be.

Simplydone said...

Okay for those unfamiliar with this work what exactly is Equestria Prevails? Other than an artist on deviantart that has some amazing pictures.

Travis Smith said...

I love all their comics
But this is what happend to the guard after I left?

Shiranai said...

@jodyjm13

We don't really know the entire back story behind it, so you may be right. I don't see Celestia as someone who would direct Twilight to misuse the Elements unless it was seen as an absolute necessity. Of course, the full capabilities of the Elements and the mechanics behind them are mostly unknown to viewers of the show, and probably will remain so.

James Rye said...

Holy Genocide, death and war in MLP, and it looks like outta the show. Just for an older audience.
Well done.
Can´t wait to see the actual and whole story though.^^

Dust Fire said...

OMGOMGOMG its a Prologue :D

Dust Fire said...

OMGOMGOMG its a Prologue :D

ChaosDX1 said...

I love this sort of thing. A great tale that can not be held within a half hour show that lets us explore more of Equestria that would never be allowed to be canon.

Shiranai said...

@ChaosDX1

If a series specifically for older viewers were to be spun off FiM (unlikely to happen), I would personally prefer to see something that trumps up the fantasy elements. This sort of story looks, so far, to be very similar to how I'd envision such a show.

HighwayHoss said...

I really like this, this looks to be EPIC.

HighwayHoss said...

I really like this, this looks to be EPIC.

Legeden said...

amazing ... just amazing ... can't wait to see more

Akirasip said...

Interesting story, looking for more to learn of it. And yet the unusual spirit it has. With words cannot explain.

sockeye101 said...

This is so much AWESOME in one package!!!!!

I've already read through it about 5 times!

John said...

@The Commander

Gilda: "There's a storm coming, Rainbow Dash. You and your lame-o friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you and all these ponies are going to wonder how you thought you could live so large and leave so little for us griffons..."

Okay, so Gilda probably wouldn't say anything quite THAT epic, but I couldn't help it. The idea just popped in there. :P

stofenthe1st said...

Nice to see this series finally getting off the ground. If anyone is interested there's already a sort of fan fiction for this series called "Equestria: Total War" over on fimfiction http://www.fimfiction.net/story/2354/Equestria%3A-Total-War

Just realize that it has almost nothing to do with the original story besides featuring General Derpy. I won't spoil anything but just imagine that the main character is Derpoleon Bonahooves and you'll get a good idea of where the story goes.

Anthony Pendley said...

there are some SERIOUSLY talented ponies in this fanbase...

Draconaes said...

Amazing. Can't wait for more.

Alondro said...

@John

And look what happened. All the griffins are now dead. Way to go, Gilda!

There are only two possible endings when a revolution is begun out of nothing more than class envy: dictatorship or destruction.

Suprise said...

Wish they would finish this, it's truly amazing...

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