Hello! My name is Triox. I am a 35 year old Brony living in San Diego, California. And I am a hardcore collector of the official My Little Pony comics published by IDW.
I moved to San Diego in September of 2012. By this time season 3 was a few months away and the Brony fandom was in full swing of its popularity. One of the things I was looking forward to was taking advantage of San Diego's pop culture, no doubt popularized by the famous San Diego Comic Con. After finding out that there was going to be an official comic coming out in November of 2012, I found a local comic shop I liked and asked them if they were going to be getting the comic in.
The person working at the store wasn't sure if I was being serious. Most of the people who shopped there who were my age were into the more mainstream comic series that Marvel and DC were frequently putting out. After assuring him that I was serious, he said he would look into the comic series.
Image used to announce the official My Little Pony comics
The person working at the store wasn't sure if I was being serious. Most of the people who shopped there who were my age were into the more mainstream comic series that Marvel and DC were frequently putting out. After assuring him that I was serious, he said he would look into the comic series.
November came and issue #1 came out, and boy was it a success! There was over 100,000 pre-orders for issue 1. In fact, it was one of only two comic series to break top 100 for that year that wasn't Marvel or DC!
I made monthly trips to the comic shop to pick up the issues, and it was the highlight of my month. When issue 7 came out, I noticed a cover in their case. This cover had the most of the main cast locked up in a prison and I HAD TO OWN IT!
From that month on I was sucked into the world of comic book collecting. I created a pull at my local comic shop and told them I wanted a copy or every single cover they got in. I wanted everything!
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #7 Retailer Incentive
That was 4 years ago and I am still going strong with collecting the covers. As of writing this (February 2017) I have over 400 unique covers, which equals to about 70% of all the covers IDW has put out. But I'm still constantly trying to track down the ones I am missing. I have made several friends through my interest in collecting the My Little Pony comics. I have met several of the comic writers and artists. I've have taken 2 hour train and bus trips to try and pick up the missing covers.
Meeting Artist Tony Fleecs at Pacific PonyCon 2016
Sure, it might be a little extreme, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!
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