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The creator of Neil the Horse (published by Aardvark-Vanaheim) discusses his deep roots in pre-superhero comics — Carl Barks, Milton Caniff, Floyd Gottfredson — and his disdain for superheroes, which he calls "a cancerous tumor" killing comics as an art form. He explains how his three main characters (Neil, Soapy, and Mam'selle Poupee) were designed around archetypal personality types to be universal and flexible, and describes his earlier career as a CBC radio broadcaster producing documentary programs on comics history. He reflects on the balancing act of making Neil simultaneously accessible to children and meaningful to adults, in the tradition of Barks, and mentions his new "Canine the Barbarian" parody strip.

Part two of a continuing interview with the Canadian creator of Neil the Horse, Saba discusses his philosophy of working in the face of financial insecurity, the challenge of attracting women and broader demographics to comics, and his thinking behind the character of Mam'selle Poupee — a deliberately attractive but also independent and active female character. He expresses deep admiration for the Hernandez Brothers' Love and Rockets and speaks at length about the failures of animated features due to poor storytelling, drawing comparisons to Walt Disney's genius for story and people management, which he consciously models in his own collaborative approach with artists like Barb Rausch. Saba reveals plans to expand Neil the Horse into children's books, a 3-D issue, color, and eventually animation, and reflects that he sees himself primarily as a writer and conceptualist.

Creator of Neil the Horse, Saba traces his deep influences from Carl Barks and Milton Caniff to Walt Disney, explaining his lifelong antipathy toward superhero comics and his roots in musical comedy and radio production for the CBC. He discusses the origins and philosophy behind his three main characters as universal character types, and articulates his ambitions to expand Neil into animation, children's books, and color comics while leveraging a Disney-style collaborative model with other artists.