D.R. & Quinch

Creation and concept D.R. and Quinch began in 2000 AD as a one-off comic in the Time Twisters series titled “D.R. and Quinch Have Fun On Earth”. The characters were initially meant to only appear once but they proved so popular that they were given their own semi-regular series. D.R. and Quinch were inspired by the National Lampoon characters O.C. and Stiggs. Alan Davis took visual inspiration from the cartoon style of Leo Baxendale’s Grimly Feendish. Later appearances The pair's last storyline, "D.R. and Quinch Go to Hollywood," ran from progs 363 to 367 and is considered to be Moore and Davis's finest D.R. and Quinch story. == Characters ==

• Waldo "D.R." Dobbs — scheming criminal mastermind • Ernest Errol Quinch — D.R.'s muscular purple-skinned companion • Crazy Chrissy — D.R.'s girlfriend, formerly known as Chrysoprasia, or Chirpy to her friends • Pulger — paranoid veteran of the Ghoyogi slime jungle wars ==Reception==

D.R. & Quinch's anarchic humour was popular with its original audiences — the feature won the 1985 Eagle Award (for comics published in 1984) for Character Most Worthy of Own Title; and the supporting characters Pulger and Chrysoprasia were both nominated for Favourite Supporting Character. In addition, the first collection of stories, ''D.R. & Quinch's Totally Awesome Guide to Life'', won the 1987 Eagle Award for Favourite Comic Album. The series has had a strong reputation since it was first published. It stands out as something so obviously different when compared to the rest of Moore’s body of work that it is worthy of attention. Writing for Time, Douglas Wolk described it as, for the majority of its run, "one of the funniest comics ever" and Neil Gaiman has credited it with being one of the greatest 2000 AD stories. In a later interview, however, co-creator Moore expressed discomfort with how the series exploits violence for comic effect, claiming that it has no “lasting or redeeming social value”. ==Bibliography==