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.
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'Hare 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.