Editing D.R. & Quinch (section)

==Publication history==
===Creation and concept===
''D.R. and Quinch'' began in ''2000 AD'' as a one-off comic in the ''[[Tharg's Time Twisters|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.<ref name="Sequart">{{cite web|last1=Lebel|first1=Mario|title=The Complete D.R. & Quinch: Alan Moore's Sci-Fi Fun Time|url=http://sequart.org/magazine/61680/the-complete-d-r-quinch-alan-moores-sci-fi-fun-time/|website=Sequart Organization|access-date=31 May 2016}}</ref>

D.R. and Quinch were inspired by the ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' characters ''[[O.C. and Stiggs]]''.<ref name="Magic" /> The film ''[[Animal House]]'' has also been cited as an influence.<ref name="TwoMorrows">{{cite book|last1=Nolen-Weathington|first1=Eric|title=Alan Davis|date=2006|publisher=TwoMorrows|location=Raleigh, N.C.|isbn=9781893905191|page=40}}</ref> Alan Davis took visual inspiration from the cartoon style of [[Leo Baxendale|Leo Baxendale’s]] ''[[Grimly Feendish]]''.<ref name="TwoMorrows" /> Alan Moore has described ''D.R. & Quinch'' as belonging to the tradition of British teenage delinquency comics, comparable to ''[[Dennis the Menace and Gnasher|Dennis the Menace]]'' except with “a thermonuclear capacity”.<ref name="Magic" >{{cite book|last1=Parkin|first1=Lance|title=Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore|date=2013|publisher=Aurum Press Ltd|location=London|isbn=9781781310779|page=156}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="Wolk" /> However, at the time, the Moore/Davis partnership was undergoing strain due to Moore refusing permission for their ''[[Captain Britain]]'' work to be reprinted. The pair's last ''D.R. and Quinch'' work together was in the ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special'' in 1985.

D.R. and Quinch continued to appear in ''2000 AD'' from progs 525 to 534 in the form of an [[advice column]] with readers sending in [[Comic book letter column|letters]] with personal problems solved by D.R. and Quinch in their own way. One such column was "hijacked" by D.R.'s girlfriend Crazy Chrissy. These later episodes were written by [[Jamie Delano]].

In 1986 [[Titan Books]] released a collection of all ''D.R. and Quinch'' stories from ''2000 AD'' called ''D.R. and Quinch's Totally Awesome Guide To Life''. It became one of Titan's best selling books in their lines of ''2000 AD'' reprints. The book went out of print several times and it has since been collected as ''The Complete D.R. and Quinch'' ({{ISBN|1-84023-345-1}}) in 2001.

In 2018, INDIO comics released a story, "D.R. & Quinch Hijack Free Comic Book Day", which was part of a "2000 AD Regened" all-ages comic created for [[Free Comic Book Day]]. The strip was created by Owen Michael Johnson and Colin Bell.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://2000ad.com/post/2721|title=2000 AD announces all-ages title for Free Comic Book Day 2018 {{!}} 2000 AD|website=2000ad.com|date=19 December 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-12-21}}</ref>