(April 1983)
Aardvark-Vanaheim,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- six times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1983-04-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Aardvark-Vanaheim Inc.
- Brand
- Aardvark Vanaheim
- Editing
- Deni Loubert [as Deni Sim] (credited); Karen McKiel (assistant to the publisher)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #24.
[no title indexed]
A Note from the Publisher / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Deni Loubert [as Deni] (signed)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This second issue of Arn Saba's Neil The Horse...
- 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
Neil the Horse / text story / 5 pages
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text story with 3 to 4 illustrations per page.
Mam'selle Poupee
Neil the Horse / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Mam'selle Poupee; Neil the Horse; Soapy
- Synopsis
- Wordless story about dancing on a ship as it goes through a storm.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed); David Roman [as D. Roman]
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've sunk my mug in a Giant's jug...
- Genre
- satire-parody
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Publishers' Syndicate) 1978 - 1979
Indexer Notes
David Roman's signature only appears in the middle strip.
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sic transit gloria mundi!
- Genre
- satire-parody
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]; David Roman [as D. Roman] (see notes)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]; David Roman [as D. Roman] (see notes)
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cannon Ball wanted, apply within
- Genre
- satire-parody
- 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.
- Reprints
-
from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 series) (1979 [copyright date]) [Reprint is in black and white and printed sideways over 4 pages.]
-
Indexer Notes
David Roman assists, credited as "Assistance and Perspective Backgrounds by D. Roman" in reprint but not in original.
Percy Platypus
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Percy Platypus
- Synopsis
- Introduction to Percy Platypus and various P-words.
Indexer Notes
Sideways on page.
Neil the Horse in Old New France
Neil the Horse / text story / 7 pages
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]; Barb Rausch (assistance and costume design)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]; Barb Rausch (assistance and costume design)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy; Neil the Horse
- Reprints
Those Who Marry
Neil the Horse / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]; Pete McCabe (arrangement)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Characters
- Mam'selle Poupee
- Synopsis
- Music to a song from the story Neil the Horse in Old New France.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- Letters
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- O Master! Master! I have attained detachment!
- Genre
- satire-parody
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Syndicate) 1978
[no title indexed]
The Pony Express / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse...
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers Will Eisner, Kent Johnson, Patrick Marcel, Steve Saffel, Jon Marvin, and Terry Edwards.
Great Women of the Comics Paper Doll Series
Neil the Horse / activity / 1 page
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins [as Arn Saba] (signed)
- Colors
- Katherine Collins ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We are glad to have a house...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
- Synopsis
- Neil, Poupee and Soapy enjoy a quiet rainy day indoors.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On back cover of comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Neil, Soapy and Poupee walking in the rain]
Neil the Horse -
1.
["This second issue of Arn Saba's Neil The Horse..."]
A Note from the Publisher -
2.
The Bananaburg Players Present The Buried Moon
Neil the Horse -
3.
Mam'selle Poupee
Neil the Horse -
4.
["I've sunk my mug in a Giant's jug..."]
Neil the Horse -
5.
["Sic transit gloria mundi!"]
Neil the Horse -
6.
["Cannon Ball wanted, apply within"]
Neil the Horse -
7.
Percy Platypus
-
8.
Neil the Horse in Old New France
Neil the Horse -
9.
Those Who Marry
Neil the Horse -
10.
["O Master! Master! I have attained detachment!"]
Neil the Horse -
11.
["Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse..."]
The Pony Express -
12.
Great Women of the Comics Paper Doll Series
Neil the Horse -
13.
["We are glad to have a house..."]
Neil the Horse
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Tony R. Rose
- Matt Tauber
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