(February 1983)

Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1983 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
Pages:
28
Indicia frequency:
six times per year
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Aardvark Vanaheim
ISBN:
?
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Deni Sim (publisher); Karen McKiel (assistant to the publisher)
Format:
Standard Modern Age U.S.; Black & White; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Neil The Horse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Colors:
Mary MacGillivray (credited)
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy

Indexer Notes

Mary MacGillivray is credited as Mary MacGiliivray (sic) on the back cover.


A Note From the Publisher (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Deni Sim (signed)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
A note about how Neil the Horse came to be published by Aardvark-Vanaheim.

Neil the Horse is dedicated to Carl Barks (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Donald Duck (silhouette)

["Ladeez and gents, on the high wire..."] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Ma'amselle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis:
Reprints of three comic strips dated 1977 and 1978.
Reprinted:
  • from (comic strip)

Sur Les Toits de Bananaburg (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Warren Greenwood (credited)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Soapy comes up with suction-cup shoes for Neil so that they can explore the roof-tops.

["Some are special; born to run..."] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Poem and picture.

Goes to Hell (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed); Dave Roman (credited as D. Roman)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy the Cat
Synopsis:
Neil is sentenced to go to Hell after eating 10000 bananas, but causes such a ruckus that Hell kicks him out.
Reprinted:
  • from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 Series) #nn

Indexer Notes

Original in colour. Dave Roman is credited beside Arn Saba's signature, but his exact role is not given.


The Devil's Interlude (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed); Pete McCabe (arrangement)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Song from Neil the Horse Goes To Hell, including sheet music.

["Who will help me plant my seeds?"] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Ma'amselle Poupee
Synopsis:
Three daily strips from 1978.
Reprinted:
  • from (comic strips)

Neil the Horse in Old New France (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Ma'amselle Poupee

Indexer Notes

Barb Rausch is credited with "assistance and costume design". Continued in the next issue.


Mam'selle Poupee and Neil the Horse (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal
Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse
Synopsis:
Wordless strip of a dance between Mam'selle Poupee, Neil the Horse and a sailor.

The Pony Express (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
No letters in this issue, instead it has thank-you's to people who helped get the book published, as if written by Neil, Poupee and Soapy.

Great Women of ze Comics (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (signed)
Letters:
Arn Saba (signed)

Content Information

Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis:
Dress-up doll with costumes to dress Mam'selle Poupee up as Daisy Mae, Sheena and Little Orphan Annie.

["Ribbons and Bows..."] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba (signed)
Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed); Barb Rausch (credited)
Colors:
Mary MacGillivray (credited)
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal; Humor
Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Poem about colour.

Indexer Notes

Appears on back cover of comic. Mary MacGillivray's name is spelt incorrectly here as MacGiliivray.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. A Note From the Publisher
  2. 2. Neil the Horse is dedicated to Carl Barks
    Neil the Horse
  3. 3. ["Ladeez and gents, on the high wire..."]
    Neil the Horse
  4. 4. Sur Les Toits de Bananaburg
    Neil the Horse
  5. 5. ["Some are special; born to run..."]
  6. 6. Goes to Hell
    Neil the Horse
  7. 7. The Devil's Interlude
  8. 8. ["Who will help me plant my seeds?"]
    Neil the Horse
  9. 9. Neil the Horse in Old New France
    Neil the Horse
  10. 10. Mam'selle Poupee and Neil the Horse
    Neil the Horse
  11. 11. The Pony Express
  12. 12. Great Women of ze Comics
  13. 13. ["Ribbons and Bows..."]
    Neil the Horse
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  • Tony R. Rose
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