David Boxenbaum

Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
Animated 'Rat Queens' Could Be On The Way To Your TV
The foul-mouthed, booze-fueled adventurers of Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch's Image Comics series Rat Queens probably wouldn't be welcome on The Disney Channel or Cartoon Network (maybe Adult Swim), but that isn't stopping the Weta Workshop's Pukeko Pictures and the Heavy Metal brand from developing it into an animated series. The two production companies, which jointly acquired the rights to the series, are hard at work developing a half-hour animated version of the exploits of Betty (thief), Hannah (mage), Dee (cleric) and Violet (fighter). They're planning to pitch it to networks soon.
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz Buy Heavy Metal Magazine
  After 22 years, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman has officially sold Heavy Metal. Founded in France as Métal Hurlant in 1975 before being licensed in America by then-National Lampoon publisher Leonard Mogel and later sold to Eastman in the early 1990s, Heavy Metal Magazine is famous for serving as something of a bridge to Euro Comics from the likes of H. R. Giger, Jean Girau