Tales From The Aniverse
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Tales from the Aniverse was a science fiction
comic book
created by Randy Zimmerman and Susan Van Camp
, first published in 1985 by Arrow Comics
, featuring anthropomorphic animals as the main characters.
by Continuity Comics
, that was also named the Aniverse.
Bucky O'Hare was created a few years AFTER Tales From The Aniverse and its "creation" of the term "Aniverse" and whatever confusion lies therein is debatable at best.
Tales From The Aniverse's initial sales were NOT a factor in the end of its initial run. In fact it ran for six pretty successful issues from Arrow Comics from '85 to '86, then jumped to WeeBee Comics (a self-publishing banner created by Randy Zimmerman and Peter Folo) for 2 issues as The Aniverse. After this, the company folded due to lack of funds and the impending "black and white" bust of the late 80's.
The title was once again restarted as Tales From The Aniverse (volume 2) under the Massive Comics label, which was solely owned by Randy Zimmerman. This version ran for another three issues, the third of which broke even in sales, where it was decided to again discontinue publishing.
In 1996 Arrow Comics was revitalized a third time and one of the Aniverse's mainstay characters, Miss Chevious, was given a four-issue mini-series under the helm of Steph Graves. This lasted two issues and was discontinued.
Tales, and its many incarnations have gotten close a couple of times as a feature film, as well as other media tie-ins, but so far has been unsuccessful.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
created by Randy Zimmerman and Susan Van Camp
Susan Van Camp
Susan Van Camp is a fantasy artist, best known for her work on various role playing games.-Biography:Van Camp was born on June 11, 1959, and raised in Flint, Michigan. She began her commercial career in gaming by doing work for Steve Jackson's Car Wars series...
, first published in 1985 by Arrow Comics
Arrow Comics
Arrow Comics was one of the original independent publishers of black-and-white comics in the mid 1980s, starting out in Ypsilanti, Michigan by founders Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr.- Origins :...
, featuring anthropomorphic animals as the main characters.
Overview
Tales From The Aniverse was a collection of stories featuring a group of characters in a futuristic ani(mal uni)verse and had such characters as J.B. Space (galactic courier), Miss Chevious (bounty hunter), Falterous (space pirate lord) and Drakestar (maniac ruler of the Avian empire), P'Jonn, and others. The setting of the fictitious Aniverse should not be confused with the universe of Bucky O'HareBucky O'Hare
Bucky O'Hare is a fictional character and the hero of an eponymous comic book series as well as spin-off media including an animated TV series and various toys and video games...
by Continuity Comics
Continuity Comics
Continuity Publishing, also known as Continuity Comics, was an American independent comic book company formed by Neal Adams in 1984, publishing comics until 1994....
, that was also named the Aniverse.
Bucky O'Hare was created a few years AFTER Tales From The Aniverse and its "creation" of the term "Aniverse" and whatever confusion lies therein is debatable at best.
Tales From The Aniverse's initial sales were NOT a factor in the end of its initial run. In fact it ran for six pretty successful issues from Arrow Comics from '85 to '86, then jumped to WeeBee Comics (a self-publishing banner created by Randy Zimmerman and Peter Folo) for 2 issues as The Aniverse. After this, the company folded due to lack of funds and the impending "black and white" bust of the late 80's.
The title was once again restarted as Tales From The Aniverse (volume 2) under the Massive Comics label, which was solely owned by Randy Zimmerman. This version ran for another three issues, the third of which broke even in sales, where it was decided to again discontinue publishing.
In 1996 Arrow Comics was revitalized a third time and one of the Aniverse's mainstay characters, Miss Chevious, was given a four-issue mini-series under the helm of Steph Graves. This lasted two issues and was discontinued.
Tales, and its many incarnations have gotten close a couple of times as a feature film, as well as other media tie-ins, but so far has been unsuccessful.