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Ryudo
10-19-2006, 03:50 PM
Sorta spun out of the Force Works thread...

Does anyone remember Quantum & Woody? Christopher Priest wrote it, I forget who was the artist. But it was awesome. Like these two dudes who were linked with these power bands.

Woody was the extremely non-serious guy compared to Quantum's straight man. Quantum wanted to be a superhero, Woody was just along for the ride.

I thought it was one of the funniest books around at the time, and it was definitely one of the best books Valiant/Acclaim put out.

So... discuss. :D
TheTravis!
10-19-2006, 03:51 PM
It was great.
Pat Loika
10-19-2006, 03:52 PM
M.D. Bright was the artist.

I LOVED this book.

P.
Ryudo
10-19-2006, 03:53 PM
M.D. Bright was the artist.

I LOVED this book.

P.


Thanks Pat. :) I knew it was some dude with initials.

But it was hilarious. I remember one time where Woody took one look at Ninjak and started cracking up.
Ryudo
10-19-2006, 04:00 PM
*bump*

I found the Wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_and_Woody
Kensington
10-19-2006, 04:09 PM
An amazing book at its best, it worked best when it went for the funny. As happy as I was to see it return after its initial cancellation, though, I thought the final run of issues were flat and unsatisfying.

The book was saddled with a really foolish tagline, "The World's Worst Superhero Team", which raised expectations that it would be little more than a dopey series of lame gags when, in fact, it was a surprisingly deep and unusually smart exploration of race and friendship. It was really funny, too, but the humor was usually rooted more in wit than slapstick.
snuffy
10-19-2006, 04:41 PM
Wait..Wait....
Do the kung fu again.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Sean Jackson
10-20-2006, 07:06 AM
Still have them all, read them recently, brilliant stuff. Would love to see Priest and Bright take another swing at it.
(akaRyanHoffman)
10-20-2006, 09:36 AM
I would have loved to see it run for at least another year or so.


Great book.
Dr. Blasphemy
10-20-2006, 09:36 AM
I loved this book...Long live The Goat!
Albert
10-20-2006, 09:38 AM
MEDAAAAAAAAACIIIIIIIIIIIINE WOOOOOOOOMAAAAAAAAAAN

It was one of my favorite comics ever. I had a letter published AND I was thanked in the last issue of the original run (and Priest also made a comment about my sister's attractiveness). AND I won a full set of Valiant Voyeurs!
SCOURGE
10-20-2006, 09:49 AM
Quantum Leap and Woody Woodpecker? Sure, why?
RebootedCorpse
10-20-2006, 09:52 AM
That book was a ton of fun. The only thing I read from Valliant.
Bart A Thompson
10-20-2006, 06:34 PM
So why hasn't the the series been picked up by a new publisher and trades released? I've been wondering this for a while now.
(akaRyanHoffman)
01-18-2009, 01:11 PM
I still wish we would have got another year from this book.

I should reread it.
RebootedCorpse
01-18-2009, 01:12 PM
Very fun book. I loved Priest. I don't know why he didn't get huge.
Jonathan Callan
01-18-2009, 01:38 PM
Very fun book. I loved Priest. I don't know why he didn't get huge.

The British novelist he took his name from got pretty big.
Mark4myself
01-18-2009, 01:54 PM
Quantum Leap and Woody Woodpecker? Sure, why?

Are you even paying attention? Have you ready any of this thread? Any of it?

Obviously he's talking about Quantum and Woody Boyd!!!

http://www.tvacres.com/images/woody_boyd.jpg
Kman00001
01-18-2009, 02:10 PM
I've sadly only read a few issues, but they were really good.

There are some TPBs but they seem to be pretty rare. Last time I looked for them on ebay they were really expensive.

I think there were some rights issues, too. With Acclaim going bankrupt a few years back, I assume everything is back in Priest and Bright's hands. I hope someone knows more than I do regarding this.
David Aspmo
01-18-2009, 02:28 PM
Very fun book. I loved Priest. I don't know why he didn't get huge.
He never got paired up with a hot artist and/or hot character, so his stuff never quite got put in front of wide enough an audience for him to gain that kind of popularity.

I'd like to see him write something for Amazing Spider-Man.

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David Aspmo
tomstoyz
01-18-2009, 02:34 PM
No offense but I have never heard about these characters. I'll have to check this out. Thanks.
Gene Reginato
01-18-2009, 03:02 PM
He never got paired up with a hot artist and/or hot character, so his stuff never quite got put in front of wide enough an audience for him to gain that kind of popularity.

I'd like to see him write something for Amazing Spider-Man.

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David Aspmo

He wrote five issues in the 80s. The Gang War storyline.