Hi everyone. I saw a question about William Van Horn. I can list a few
pre-Disney works of his. Can anyone add to my list, or maybe tell us
something about the man himself? 

Children's Books:  A Picnic with Bert 
                   The Wibbly Wobbly Boat Ride 

These two books (there may be more) concern the adventures of Fred,
Charley and Bert, 3 dinosaurs. My 3 year-old daughter just loves them. I
don't mind them myself. :-)

Comics:    Nervous Rex 1-10 

I bought these as a set for $2 once. They are a series about a rather
wimpy Tyranasaurous and his domineering wife. They aren't too bad, but
not my favourite VH stuff.

	   Tracker 1 and 2 (of 4) Blackthorne

These are just wonderful! It is a real pity 3 and 4 never came out :(
Even so, if you see them, get them. Anthropomorphic cats in a Bogart
type detective story. These stories are so good you can lend them to non
comics reading friends without embarrasment...

	   Contributions to Critters (assorted numbers 1-40 or so)

Short "funny animal" stories. Some of these are just as good as Tracker
(esp the Ratso and Maxie ones). These comics also have the advantage
that some of them contain some excellent Fred Milton stories.


You may discern from the above that I have made an effort to track down
VH's work somewhat. I'd love to know if there was more I've missed. From
the dedication to one of the kid's books, I conclude he was schooled in
Canada, but more I can't say. I first saw his work in his story with
Donald as a bugle salesman for "Blitzkreig Bugles". That one joke, plus
the guy that juggled rocks with the bandaged toes, made me a fan. Ok,
I'm easily amused. :-)

	Andrew Davies

P.S. Some day I'll tell you about my quest to track down the only copy of
U$219 in Melbourne. I was a Don Rosa fan _before_ I ever saw any of his
work. 

