After finishing school, Van Horn studied animation at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
[1][2] In 1992, Van Horn went to San Diego in the United States, where he met Byron Erickson and Bob Foster, editors of Egmont, the Danish publisher of Disney comics.
[1][2] Van Horn's work is inspired by the American comics artists Dave Stevens and Floyd Gottfredson, but also by his father.
[5] In 2007, the first and only comic starring Bucky Bug drawn by Noel Van Horn was published on the occasion of this character's 75th anniversary.
[6] Van Horn's works are mainly published in European Disney comic books, especially in Scandinavian countries, Germany, and Poland.