(December 1984)

Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1983 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
2.00 CAD; 1.70 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Aardvark Vanaheim
ISBN:
?
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Dave Sim (President); Deni Loubert (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

[Neil in a plane over a skyline] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

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

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.


A Note From the Publisher (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Deni Loubert
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Note on how this issue of the comic is late. Note on how the next issue will be 32 pages (though in fact, this issue is already 32 pages).

Night of the Flames of Wrath at the Lost Temple of the Talons of Fear and Death! Continued from last issue (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Barb Rausch (all except Neil and Soapy); Arn Saba (layouts; Neil and Soapy)
Inks:
Arn Saba; David Roman ("Saved From Doom")
Letters:
Arn Saba

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Mam'selle Poupee; Canine the Barbarian
Synopsis:
Neil and Soapy save Mam'selle Poupee from an evil priest with the help of Canine the Barbarian.

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue.


Nancy is Mother Nature's Little Helper (Table of Contents)

The Potato People / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Humor
Characters:
Nancy Potato
Synopsis:
Nancy Potato collects leaves as they are blown off trees

Indexer Notes

Dated 1980. Part of a project to adapt the mime group Theatre Beyond Words to comic form. Project never went beyond development stage. Comic is 2 pages sideways as original art is 30 x 40 ".


[On Yer Mark.... Get Set....] (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:
Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Soapy starts a race between Neil and a turtle.
Reprinted:
  • ? Comic strip.

Indexer Notes

Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate"


[Pant! Choke! Wheeze!] (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:
Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Neil is exhausted and stops at a monkey gas station.
Reprinted:
  • ? Comic strip.

Indexer Notes

Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate".


Pictures By Post (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba ?
Pencils:
Michael J. Susko jr; Jane Oliver; Ted Nelson
Inks:
Michael J. Susko jr; Jane Oliver; Ted Nelson

Content Information

Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy; Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis:
3 Drawings sent in by readers.

Results of the Fabulous Lyric Contest from issue #6 (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mrs. Yoop; Robert Spina; Mary Ferguson; Earl R. Gomersall, jr
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Soapy
Synopsis:
4 entries to the lyrics contest from issue 6 to write a song about bananas.

Gaston Piston and the Lost Tribe (Table of Contents)

Gaston Piston / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Jeff Wakefield
Inks:
Jeff Wakefield
Letters:
Jeff Wakefield

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure
Characters:
Gaston Piston
Synopsis:
Gaston Piston crashes on a deserted island and ends up at a Club Med.

The Adventures of Barb Rausch (Table of Contents)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Deni Loubert ?
Pencils:
Barb Rausch; Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Description of how Barb Rausch came to be a penciller for Neil the Horse. Also a description of the division of work between Arn Saba and Barb Rausch.

[He went thataway!] (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:
Humor
Characters:
Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis:
Neil and Soapy run after "him" and get squirted.
Reprinted:
  • ? comic strip.

Indexer Notes

Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate"


Scene in an Alien Discotheque (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jacques Boivin
Pencils:
Jacques Boivin
Inks:
Jacques Boivin
Letters:
Jacques Boivin

Content Information

Genre:
Sci-Fi
Characters:
Neil the Horse
Synopsis:
Aliens dancing with Neil sitting a the bar drinking a banana.

The Pony Express (Table of Contents)

letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Neil the Horse
Synopsis:
Letters from David Allen, Glenn Lindamood, Elizabeth Kassler, Brian, Barbara A. Himes, Michael J. Susko Jr. Also includes replies from Neil, Soapy and Mam'selle Poupee. Ads for a Neil the Horse t-shirt, original art and A-V in 3-D.

[Meatball, I'm Hungry!] (Table of Contents)

Eureka Street / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Arn Saba
Job Number:
3

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Synopsis:
A man and a woman go out for doughnuts.
Reprinted:
  • ? Comic strip.

Indexer Notes

Dated 1980. Small number 3 beside signature.


[Mommy?] (Table of Contents)

Eureka Street / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arn Saba
Pencils:
Arn Saba
Inks:
Arn Saba
Letters:
Arn Saba
Job Number:
9

Content Information

Genre:
Satire
Synopsis:
A girl finds a man sleeping with her mommy.
Reprinted:
  • ? Comic Strip.

Indexer Notes

Dated 1980. Small number 9 beside signature.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. A Note From the Publisher
  2. 2. Night of the Flames of Wrath at the Lost Temple of the Talons of Fear and Death! Continued from last issue
    Neil the Horse
  3. 3. Nancy is Mother Nature's Little Helper
    The Potato People
  4. 4. [On Yer Mark.... Get Set....]
    Neil the Horse
  5. 5. [Pant! Choke! Wheeze!]
    Neil the Horse
  6. 6. Pictures By Post
  7. 7. Results of the Fabulous Lyric Contest from issue #6
  8. 8. Gaston Piston and the Lost Tribe
    Gaston Piston
  9. 9. The Adventures of Barb Rausch
  10. 10. [He went thataway!]
    Neil the Horse
  11. 11. Scene in an Alien Discotheque
  12. 12. The Pony Express
  13. 13. [Meatball, I'm Hungry!]
    Eureka Street
  14. 14. [Mommy?]
    Eureka Street
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