(April 1983)

Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1983 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
Pages:
28
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Aardvark Vanaheim
ISBN:
?
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Deni Sim
Format:
Standard Modern Age U.S.; Black & White; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

[Neil, Soapy and Poupee walking in the rain] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Arn Saba (signed)
Inks:
Arn Saba (signed)
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Poupee

["This second issue of Arn Saba's Neil The Horse..."] (Table of Contents)

A Note from the Publisher / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Deni Sim
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Poupee
Synopsis:
Deni discusses how getting an issue of the comic together in only 2 months was harder than doing it in 2 years. Also includes a picture of the main characters, similar to the cover but slightly different.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.


The Bananaburg Players Present The Buried Moon (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / text story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy

Indexer Notes

Text story with 3 to 4 illustrations per page.


Mam'selle Poupee (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Humor
Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Wordless story about dancing on a ship as it goes through a storm.

["I've sunk my mug in a Giant's jug..."] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba; David Roman
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Three comic strips, one with Neil escaping various mythological settings, one with a quote from Mao and one with an alligator.
Reprinted:
  • from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Publishers' Syndicate) 1978 - 1979

["Sic transit gloria mundi!"] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse
Synopsis:
Neil steals bananas and milk to make a banana shake.

Indexer Notes

Title taken from last panel, translation from Latin is "there goes the glory of the world." Page is printed sideways.


["Cannon Ball wanted, apply within"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba; David Roman (see notes)
Inks:
Arn Saba; David Roman (see notes)
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse
Synopsis:
Neil gets shot out of a cannon, knocks a tuba off an airplane and while trying to grab it, destroys a city.
Reprinted:
  • from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 Series) #nn

Indexer Notes

David Roman assists, credited as "Assistance and Perspective Backgrounds by D. Roman" in reprint but not in original.


Percy Platypus (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Funny Animal
Characters:
Percy Platypus
Synopsis:
Introduction to Percy Platypus and various P-words.

Indexer Notes

Sideways on page.


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

Neil the Horse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba; Barb Rausch
Inks:
Arn Saba; Barb Rausch
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy; Neil the Horse

Those Who Marry (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis:
Music to a song from the story Neil the Horse in Old New France.

["O Master! Master! I have attained detachment!"] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Three comic strips, one about achieving detachment, one with Soapy battling a fish and one with aliens getting drunk on a payday.
Reprinted:
  • from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Syndicate) 1978

["Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse..."] (Table of Contents)

The Pony Express / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Will Eisner; Arn Saba
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letters from readers including Will Eisner.

Great Women of the Comics Paper Doll Series (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba ?
Pencils:
Barb Rausch
Inks:
Barb Rausch
Letters:
Arn Saba ?

Content Information

Characters:
Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis:
Mam'selle Poupee can dress up as Rosie The Riveter, Katy Keene or Mama Katzenjammer.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


["We are glad to have a house..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Colors:
Arn Saba ?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis:
Neil, Poupee and Soapy enjoy a quiet rainy day indoors.

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["This second issue of Arn Saba's Neil The Horse..."]
    A Note from the Publisher
  2. 2. The Bananaburg Players Present The Buried Moon
    Neil the Horse
  3. 3. Mam'selle Poupee
    Neil the Horse
  4. 4. ["I've sunk my mug in a Giant's jug..."]
    Neil the Horse
  5. 5. ["Sic transit gloria mundi!"]
    Neil the Horse
  6. 6. ["Cannon Ball wanted, apply within"]
    Neil the Horse
  7. 7. Percy Platypus
  8. 8. Neil the Horse in Old New France
    Neil the Horse
  9. 9. Those Who Marry
    Neil the Horse
  10. 10. ["O Master! Master! I have attained detachment!"]
    Neil the Horse
  11. 11. ["Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse..."]
    The Pony Express
  12. 12. Great Women of the Comics Paper Doll Series
    Neil the Horse
  13. 13. ["We are glad to have a house..."]
    Neil the Horse
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Peter Croome
  • Tony R. Rose
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Peter Croome