Exciting news, everyone! “Quantum & Woody,” the Multiversity favorite for Valiant books (it’s just so good), will be once again switching out artists for it’s third arc, with Ming Doyle exiting the book and seeing Kano jump on board for an arc that involves — you guessed it — robots and robo-crime
Normally, I’d actually be a bit opposed to something like this. For a book to rotate it’s artists so fast and loose is not unheard of in the industry, let alone superhero comics. With excellent and talented artists like Tom Fowler and Ming Doyle, you’d wonder why one of them didn’t stay on-board with James Asmus for each arc. Other Valiant titles don’t seem to do this so often, such as with “Archer and Armstrong” which teamed Van Lente up with Clayton Henry for the first three volumes.
But as is the case with this title, each arc has reinvented the series a little bit more. Ming Doyle largely changed the book from what Tom Fowler did, and the changes felt natural. “Quantum & Woody’s” relaunch has ended up being something special at Valiant, at least from a Valiant-outsider’s perspective (such as myself), and the rotating artists offers up complete arcs of the book that can be read individually as well as a whole — as is the case with the first two arcs so far.
Which is to say: I’m excited for what Kano will bring to the book, as I quite like Kano’s style.
Kano’s first issue comes in April with #9, with Doyle’s finale in March alongside the Tom Fowler-written/illustrated Goat one-shot. Read on for the valiant press release.
Valiant Press Release
Valiant is proud to announce that fan favorite artist and veteran creator Kano (Swamp Thing, Gotham Central) is joining the world’s worst superhero team for an all-new story arc beginning in Quantum and Woody #9 this April! Written by award-winning writer James Asmus (The End Times of Bram & Ben), jump on board here for a brand new high-stakes adventure pitting Quantum and Woody against the latest scourge of the streets – robots?!
Eric needs to know he can trust Woody – and that means Woody needs to get a job, open a bank account, sign up for a library card, and do all the things a responsible adult does. But when a new gang of rogue mad-scientist super-criminals launch a wave of robo-crime, will Woody stop them…or join them? Plus: the return of Edison Radical Acquisitions, the debauched super-scientists that accidentally gave Quantum and Woody their super-powers. (And that would now like them back, please.)
“In the same way that Tom Fowler and Ming Doyle have both done for the series, Kano is in the perfect wheelhouse to make the reader feel Quantum and Woody’s joy and pain, to tell a clear, vibrant, visual story even as the stuff that happens is madcap, fast-paced, and insane, and to make everything just feel hilarious and exciting,” Quantum and Woody editor Alejandro Arbona told Comic Book Resources.
One of the 2013’s most acclaimed new series debuts kicks off the new year with a KLANG! when acclaimed creators James Asmus and Kano introduce an all-new starting point this April in Quantum and Woody #9 – featuring covers by all-star talents Tom Fowler, Tom Raney and Kano! Start reading here to find out why Quantum and Woody is the superhero series that has fans and critics agreeing – the world’s worst superhero team is off to an awesome start:
“[Quantum and Woody] raced into top gear almost immediately and still hasn’t let go of the throttle.” – Comic Book Resources
“[Valiant] is doing a lot of good things with its superheroes, with [Quantum and Woody] right up there…as the line’s finest.” – USA Today
“This series is impossible not to love. That’s right, impossible.” – IGN
“A perpetually entertaining, consistently surprising onslaught of funny and awesome…” – Multiversity Comics
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QUANTUM AND WOODY #9 (NEW ARC!)
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Art by KANO
Cover by TOM FOWLER
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Pullbox Exclusive Variant by TOM RANEY
Variant Cover by KANO
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
COMING IN APRIL!
