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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 1983
Cover Price 1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
Pages 28
Editing Deni Sim

Cover Details - "Neil, Soapy and Poupee walking in the rain"

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy; Poupee
Genre Satire
Pencils Arn Saba (signed)
Inks Arn Saba (signed)

1 page A Note from the Publisher text article "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.
Script Deni Sim
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.

5 page Neil the Horse text story "The Bananaburg Players Present The Buried Moon"

Characters Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Typeset
Notes Text story with 3 to 4 illustrations per page.

2 page Neil the Horse story "Mam'selle Poupee"

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

1 page Neil the Horse story "I've sunk my mug in a Giant's jug..."

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.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba; David Roman
Letters Arn Saba
Reprinted from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Publishers' Syndicate) 1978 - 1979

1 page Neil the Horse story "Sic transit gloria mundi!"

Characters Neil the Horse
Synopsis Neil steals bananas and milk to make a banana shake.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Title taken from last panel, translation from Latin is "there goes the glory of the world." Page is printed sideways.

4 page Neil the Horse story "Cannon Ball wanted, apply within"

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.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba; David Roman (see notes)
Inks Arn Saba; David Roman (see notes)
Letters Arn Saba
Notes David Roman assists, credited as "Assistance and Perspective Backgrounds by D. Roman" in reprint but not in original.
Reprinted from Potlatch Presents The 1980 Comics Annual (Potlatch Publications, 1979 Series) #nn

1 page story "Percy Platypus"

Characters Percy Platypus
Synopsis Introduction to Percy Platypus and various P-words.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Sideways on page.

7 page Neil the Horse story "Neil the Horse in Old New France"

Characters Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy; Neil the Horse
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba; Barb Rausch
Inks Arn Saba; Barb Rausch
Letters Typeset

1 page Neil the Horse text article "Those Who Marry"

Characters Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis Music to a song from the story Neil the Horse in Old New France.
Script Arn Saba; Pete McCabe (arrangement)
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba

1 page Neil the Horse story "O Master! Master! I have attained detachment!"

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.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Reprinted from Neil the Horse (GLP Features Syndicate) 1978

1 page The Pony Express letters page "Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse..."

Synopsis Letters from readers including Will Eisner.
Script Will Eisner; Arn Saba
Letters Typeset

1 page Neil the Horse activity "Great Women of the Comics Paper Doll Series"

Characters Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis Mam'selle Poupee can dress up as Rosie The Riveter, Katy Keene or Mama Katzenjammer.
Script Arn Saba ?
Pencils Barb Rausch
Inks Barb Rausch
Letters Arn Saba ?
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Neil the Horse illustration "We are glad to have a house..."

Characters Neil the Horse; Mam'selle Poupee; Soapy
Synopsis Neil, Poupee and Soapy enjoy a quiet rainy day indoors.
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Colors Arn Saba ?
Letters Typeset
Notes On back cover of comic.