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.