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Publisher:
Kevin Eastman
Developer: Kevin
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http://www.heavymetal.com
In
the mid-1970's, while in Paris
to set up a French edition of
"National Lampoon",
publisher Len Mogel discovered
a new adult science fiction/fantasy
comic magazine, "Metal Hurlant"
(Screaming Metal). Impressed with
the concept, Mogel licensed an
American version and named it
HEAVY METAL.
Heavy
Metal is the oldest illustrated
fantasy magazine in U.S. history.
The first issue hit news stands
in April 1977, and introduced
American audiences to the work
of Europe's greatest graphic artists.
A
smash hit from its launch, it
sold out all across the country,
striking a cord with hundreds
of thousands of older fans who
had outgrown the adolescent out
put of mainstream comic publishers,
but still loved the medium of
"sequential storytelling"...COMICS!
Heavy
Metal magazine became a magnet
for world class comic talent,
and in addition to the top European
artists and writers such as: Mobius,
Liberatore, Serpieri, Gimenez,
and Royo, all of the best American
creators like: Bode, Corben, Wrightson,
Frazetta, and Olivia, found a
new outlet for their fantasies.
Mogel,
in the summer of 1978, made a
deal with Universal Pictures to
produce an animated anthology
film based on Heavy Metal Magazine.
The movie hosted a number of Heavy
Metal magazine concepts like Richard
Corben's "Den", Berni
Wrightson's "Captain Stern",
and Angus Mckie's "So Beautiful,
So Dangerous", all threaded
together with the otherworldly
glowing green orb from outer space
that spreads destruction throughout
each story, ...And well, Heavy
Metal: The Movie was born.
Proving
that there was still a large audience
for adult R-Rated Animation, the
success of re-release gave the
Heavy Metal crew the foothold
to interest investors in doing
another Heavy Metal Animated film,
for a new generation. In production
since late 1997, "Heavy Metal:
FAKK2" is a single plot line
based on the 1994 graphic Novel
"The Melting Pot" By
Kevin Eastman (TMNT's). The film
sported great contributors like:
Simon Bisley (Lodo, Slaine, Batman,
Judge Dredd), Eric Talbot, and
the character FAKK2, inspired
by 1993's Penthouse Pet of the
Year Julie Strain!
Montreal
based Cinegroupe Animation, a
subsidiary of Lion's Gate Films,
purchased the rights to produce
the picture, and teamed up Munich's
Helkon Media to produce this cinematic
saga.
> July 23, 2001
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