Books: D.R. and Quinch

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D.R. and Quinch
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Alan Davies
2001




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"Err - does this word look like "submarine" or "sandwich" to you?"

"Sandwich."

"Right. So the movie is set on a submarine, and not, as you may have previously imagined, a sandwich."

Basically: Beavis and Butthead with thermonuclear capacity. Appearing in 2000AD and with nice clear crisp black and white artwork by Alan Davies the two alien teenage delinquents - D.R. (it stands for "Diminished Responsibility") and Ernest Errol Quinch (catchphrase: "S'right!") - were only supposed to appear once in a "Future Shock" short story. But the audience (mainly compromised it must be said of teenage boys) fell in love with their evil ways and so D.R. and Quinch got brought back again and again. Unlike later Alan Moore none of this was in any way 'deep' or 'clever' - but with both title characters likely to describe just about anything as, "totally," "incredibly," "unbelievably," or "extremely" it was pretty funny albeit in a silly juvenile kinda way. Includes: Love, Hollywood and The Meaning of Life.

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Links: The Comics Journal Review, Time Review, Satisfactory Comics Review.

Further reading: Skizz, The Complete Future Shocks, Chew, Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich, Smax. Marvel Boy.

Profiles: Alan Moore.

All comments welcome.