Laugh, Ponyacci, Laugh!

[skjam]

Happy Fourth of July!

Turns out the other Captain America stories I had in mind have already been posted, so instead, let's have some ponies!



It's a new comic, so just four pages.



It's a quiet day at Twilight Sparkle's library; she reads while Spike dusts the shelves. But then a glass of water ripples, followed by increasingly loud hooffalls. It's not P-Rex, though, it's Pinkie Pie! She's excited because after drinking 315 bottles of Colta-Cola, she finally got a bottlecap that wins free tickets to see Ponyacci, the greatest clown in Equestria.

(When Twilight Sparkle gets two tickets, she can't decide who to take with her. When Pinkie Pie gets two tickets, she immediately goes to Twilight Sparkle. Hmm.)




And indeed, Ponyacci's performance is brilliant. Afterwards, Pinkie Pie insists on going backstage to meet Ponyacci.

This being the community it is, most of you have read the joke in Watchmen; some of you will have heard the joke in other contexts, and the remainder will be familiar with dramatic irony.




Ponyacci is simply not physically up to being a star clown any more. Tonight was his final performance. Pinkie Pie is understandably broken up about this. She spends the next couple of pages moping around, while Twilight Sparkle points out that this isn't about Pinkie, but Ponyacci's own issues.

Pinkie Pie then comes up with a zany scheme, going all out to convince Ponyacci to return to the stage. It fails.

But this isn't a grim and gritty deconstruction comic, so a happy ending awaits, even if it might not be the one Pinkie Pie expected.



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Comments

[lonewolf23k]

I think this is a good place to post this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u48Dz6shzBQ

[skjam]

MLP fans are certainly willing to put in some effort, aren't they?

[benuben]

"Equestria is afraid of me. I've seen it's true face. The mare in the moon is coming and when all the horses and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!". And I'll whisper, neigh." Sorry, I love SF Debris.

So, he didn't go out of retirement in the end? Great, that would be pretty stupid. Are there any good gags in this issue? Don't get me wrong, these pages aren't bad, I get they focus on the story, but Pinkie should never be not hilarious.

[skjam]

Check out the video above.

[darkblade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8GV_pq3Gg

[darkblade]

Although Applejack and Rainbow Dash's rolls should be reversed if you ask me.

[nefrekeptah]

Pinkie Pie's face when Ponyacci says "no" is one of the funniest things I've seen in a comic.

Although I sill prefer the Rarity issue - you just can't beat Katie Cook's art.

[espanolbot]

Anyone else seen Equestria Girls? ...It was actually pretty good, despite it being a cash-in on the whole Bratz, Monsters High thingy. It was... different, but it handled the change in setting in an interesting and amusing way, and I don't really regret watching it as much as I thought that I would.

Some parts are kind of head-tilt worthy though, but they kind of make sense within the internal logic of the movie (magic doesn't exist in the human world, and the bad guy had about three years to establish herself and adapt to its rules prior to Twilight showing up again).

[nefrekeptah]

I've been working Saturdays, so I haven't had the chance to see it yet.

There is some stuff on YouTube that was recorded by hand, but quite frankly, I'm not so desperate as to watch a second hand recording.