My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby is a limited run monthly comic book miniseries from IDW featuring the Mane 6 characters, based on the 2D animated series My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale from YouTube. It centers on the Mane 6 forming a roller derby team.
It was released on January 17, 2024.
Issues[]
| Issues |
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| #1 • #2 • #3 • #4 • #5 |
| # | Title | Publication Date | Creators | Cover Artists |
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| 1 | Kenbucky Roller Derby Issue 1 | January 17, 2024 | Writer: Casey Gilly Artist: Natalie Haines Inker: Matt Froese (pages 15 to 20) Colorist: Heather Breckel Letterer: Neil Uyetake Editor: Riley Farmer |
Cover A: Natalie Haines Cover B: Amy Mebberson Cover DTC (IDW Exclusive): Trish Forstner |
| Lace up your skates, everypony, we’re heading to the Kenbucky Roller Derby! After getting rejected from the local roller derby team, Sunny sets out to form her own team. Thanks to self-appointed team manager Pipp and her ClipTrot sleuthing skills, they find the perfect pony to join them: Tracy Tailspin, retired derby legend! And she lives right in Maretime Bay! Tracy agrees to help on one condition: Sunny must complete a super-challenging skating obstacle course. But with her sights set on the Kenbucky Roller Derby, nothing can stand in her way! | ||||
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| 2 | Kenbucky Roller Derby Issue 2 | February 28, 2024 | Writer: Casey Gilly Artist: Natalie Haines Inker: Alicia Martinez (pages 11 to 20) Colorist: Heather Breckel Letterer: Neil Uyetake Editor: Riley Farmer |
Cover A: Natalie Haines Cover B: Trish Forstner |
| Give me an S! Give me a K! Give me an A! Give me a T! Give me an E! What does that spell? SKATE! Pipp is cheering her heart out from the stands, but Sunny’s roller derby tryouts are…less than ideal. But Sunny created her team to give every creature an equal chance. Plus, they have the best coach in all of Equestria! The Mane 6 are going to have to pick themselves up by the skate straps if they want to have any chance of competing in the Kenbucky Roller Derby! | ||||
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| 3 | Kenbucky Roller Derby Issue 3 | April 17, 2024 | Writer: Amy Chase Artist: Abby Bulmer |
Cover A: Brianna Garcia Cover B: Abby Starling |
| Tracy Tailspin used to be dynamite on the roller derby track. She could bean-dip with the best and grapevine with the greats, and she had the most legendary tailspin twister. But she retired at the height of her career, right after being made team captain, and nopony was ever sure why… Was it a hoof sprain? A team feud? An evil curse?! When Sunny's leadership style starts to remind Tracy of her own failed stint as captain, Tracy decides it's time to finally open up and share the story of her final days with the Dazzlebrook Dynamites. | ||||
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| 4 | Kenbucky Roller Derby Issue 4 | May 15, 2024 | Writer: Casey Gilly Artist: Natalie Haines |
Cover A: Sophie Scruggs Cover B: Dutreix |
| Sunny has read every book about leadership, coaching roller skating, roller derby, the Kenbucky Derby, the history of the wh-well, a lot of books, but the newly formed Maretime Bay Brawlers can barely run a successful play. Pipp, hoping to boost their spirits, blasts some tunes and lowers the disco ball, and the team skates like a dream! All they needed was a bit of fun! But with the Kenbucky Derby just around the corner, Sunny doesn't have time for disco breaks. | ||||
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| 5 | Kenbucky Roller Derby Issue 5 | June 19, 2024 | Writer: Casey Gilly Artist: Natalie Haines |
Cover A: Kate Sherron Cover B: Nell Valle |
| Skates? Check! Helmet? Check! Knee pads? Check! The Mane Six have been training for the Kenbucky Roller Derby for… Well, probably not as long as they should have… And it’s finally here! The team just found their rhythm, and they’re ready to block, dip, and jam, but the competition is tough. Sunny is going to have to coach like she’s never coached before, bout after bout, if they hope to make it to the final! | ||||
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History[]
On June 1, 2023 (May 30, 2023, in private), An article in the magazine Licensing World's June 2023 issue appeared to indicate that IDW will continue its 11-year run of My Little Pony comics based on My Little Pony: Make Your Mark from Netflix and will soon be starting a new series based on My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale from YouTube.[1]
On October 20, 2023, the Penguin Random House Comic Retail website listed and revealed that the new IDW comic series for My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale has been titled "My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby", and the first issue will be released on January 17, 2024.[2]
On November 17, 2023, the Penguin Random House Comic Retail website listed the second issue of the comic and the design of the introduced earth pony Tracy Tailspin has been revealed in Cover A, and the second issue will be released on February 28, 2024.[3]
The first issue of My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby was released on January 17, 2024.
The release date of the third issue of My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby has been revealed from Amazon listings which it will be released on April 17, 2024.[4]
The second issue of My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby was released on February 28, 2024.
The third issue of My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby was released on April 17, 2024.
See also[]
- My Little Pony (comics)
- My Little Pony: Camp Bighoof
- My Little Pony: Set Your Sail
- My Little Pony: Maretime Mysteries
- My Little Pony: The Storm of Zephyr Heights
- My Little Pony: Skye's Secret
- My Little Pony: Case of the Missing Puff
- My Little Pony: Tournament of Mysteries