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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published December 1984
Cover Price 2.00 CAD; 1.70 USD
Pages 36
Editing Dave Sim (President); Deni Loubert (Publisher); Karen McKiel (Assistant to the Publisher)

Cover Details - "Neil in a plane over a skyline"

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy; Mam'selle Poupee
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Colors Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Wraparound cover.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Note From the Publisher"

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).
Script Deni Loubert
Letters Typeset

15 page Neil the Horse story "Night of the Flames of Wrath at the Lost Temple of the Talons of Fear and Death! Continued from last issue"

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.
Genre Satire
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
Notes Continued from previous issue.

2 page The Potato People story "Nancy is Mother Nature's Little Helper"

Characters Nancy Potato
Synopsis Nancy Potato collects leaves as they are blown off trees
Genre Humor
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba; David Roman
Letters Arn Saba
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 ".

1 page Neil the Horse story "On Yer Mark.... Get Set...."

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis Soapy starts a race between Neil and a turtle.
Genre Humor
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate"
Reprinted ? Comic strip.

1 page Neil the Horse story "Pant! Choke! Wheeze!"

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis Neil is exhausted and stops at a monkey gas station.
Genre Humor
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate".
Reprinted ? Comic strip.

2 page illustration "Pictures By Post"

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy; Mam'selle Poupee
Synopsis 3 Drawings sent in by readers.
Script Arn Saba ?
Pencils Michael J. Susko jr; Jane Oliver; Ted Nelson
Inks Michael J. Susko jr; Jane Oliver; Ted Nelson

1 page activity "Results of the Fabulous Lyric Contest from issue #6"

Characters Soapy
Synopsis 4 entries to the lyrics contest from issue 6 to write a song about bananas.
Script Mrs. Yoop; Robert Spina; Mary Ferguson; Earl R. Gomersall, jr
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters typeset

3 page Gaston Piston story "Gaston Piston and the Lost Tribe"

Characters Gaston Piston
Synopsis Gaston Piston crashes on a deserted island and ends up at a Club Med.
Genre Adventure
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Jeff Wakefield
Inks Jeff Wakefield
Letters Jeff Wakefield

1 page character profile "The Adventures of Barb Rausch"

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

1 page Neil the Horse story "He went thataway!"

Characters Neil the Horse; Soapy
Synopsis Neil and Soapy run after "him" and get squirted.
Genre Humor
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Dated 1978. States "GLP Features Syndicate"
Reprinted ? comic strip.

1 page illustration "Scene in an Alien Discotheque"

Characters Neil the Horse
Synopsis Aliens dancing with Neil sitting a the bar drinking a banana.
Genre Sci-Fi
Script Jacques Boivin
Pencils Jacques Boivin
Inks Jacques Boivin
Letters Jacques Boivin

3 page letters page "The Pony Express"

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.
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters typeset

1 page Eureka Street story "Meatball, I'm Hungry!"

Synopsis A man and a woman go out for doughnuts.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Dated 1980. Small number 3 beside signature.
Reprinted ? Comic strip.

1 page Eureka Street story "Mommy?"

Synopsis A girl finds a man sleeping with her mommy.
Genre Satire
Script Arn Saba
Pencils Arn Saba
Inks Arn Saba
Letters Arn Saba
Notes Dated 1980. Small number 9 beside signature.
Reprinted ? Comic Strip.