Lors de l’assemblée consacré à l’éditeur Valiant, le responsable éditorial Warren Simons a réuni les créateurs Christopher Priest et Mark Bright en annonçant la mini-série « Q2:The Return of Quantum & Woody » en 5 chapitres. Elle se déroulera 20 ans après la première série.
[quote=« Christopher Priest »]I never really considered QUANTUM & WOODY a comedic book, or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire. In fact, I think certainly with the early issues, there wasn’t really a lot to even suggest that it was even something like the Blue Devil, or one of these funny superhero books or satirical superhero books. It’s a buddy book, certainly. It’s a buddy action adventure, along the lines of something like Lethal Weapon, but I never thought we were spoofing or satiring. I just think that one of the characters obviously is someone who is prone to point out the little absurdities of being a superhero.
Lots of things that go on in mainstream superhero comics are just stupid. They just show up on the page and no one makes any mention of it. Well, Woody is going to mention it. If he sees something stupid, he’s definitely going to mention it. To that end, what we’re doing now with the new Valiant series is certainly a continuation of that theme and that flavor. But if people are — I just want to lower that expectation and not present Quantum and Woody as something that’s supposed to be comedy. It has comedic moments but it’s an action adventure buddy book. Not a satirical project at all.[/quote]
Le premier numéro sortira en octobre 2014, soit un an exactement après l’annonce de Valiant. Le même mois, l’éditeur publiera « The Complete Quantum and Woody Omnibus » (voir plus bas). Il s’agit d’un recueil de 624 pages collectant « Quantum and Woody » #0-21 et #32, « The Goat: H.A.E.D.U.S. » #1, « X-O Manowar » #16 et la courte histoire inédite « Thunk » pour le prix de 99,99$. Ce pavé est le fruit du travail du scénariste Christopher Priest et du dessinateur M.D. Bright, mais aussi du co-scénariste Bryan Augustine (Out There) et des artistes Charlie Adlard, Keith Giffen, Oscar Jimenez, Kevin Kobasick et Bart Sears.
[quote]Q2: THE RETURN OF QUANTUM AND WOODY #1 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art & Cover by M.D. BRIGHT
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE 10/15/14[/quote]
[quote]THE COMPLETE QUANTUM AND WOODY CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST with BRIAN AUGUSTYN
Art by M.D. BRIGHT with CHARLIE ADLARD, KEITH GIFFEN, OSCAR JIMENEZ, KEVIN KOBASICK, and BART SEARS
Cover by M.D. BRIGHT
$99.99 | T+ | 624 pgs. | ON SALE 10/15/14[/quote]
[quote]Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody #2
Story by Christopher Priest
Art by M.D. Bright, Dexter Vines
Colors by Allen Passalaqua, Kyle Ritter
Letters by Dave Lanphear
Cover by M.D. Bright, Tom Raney, Bart Sears
Publisher Valiant Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, November 12th, 2014
The legendary QUANTUM AND WOODY team of Christopher Priest and M.D. Bright reunite with a KLANG! Quantum and Woody are all over the news - but Eric Henderson and Woody Van Chelton are retired…and officially getting too old for this ish. There’s a NEW Quantum and Woody in town… they’re STILL not a couple…and the mystery behind their existence threatens to destroy what little is left of Eric and Woody’s one-time partnership. As a sinister secret organization besieges our heroes, will Woody unlock the secret of the new Quantum and Woody in time to save them-and will Eric let him?[/quote]
[quote]Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody #4
Story by Christopher Priest
Art by MD Bright, Ryan Winn
Colors by Allen Passalaqua
Letters by Dave Lanphear
Cover by MD Bright, Allen Passalaqua, Kalman Andrasofszky
Publisher Valiant Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, January 14th, 2015
Back together! Back in the tights! Back in action! Christopher Priest & MD Bright’s long-awaited return to the world’s worst superhero team hits full swing!
Quantum and Woody suit up and zero in on the mystery that may have caused the new Quantum to disappear…and the new Woody to exist in the first place! But Eric Henderson knows more than he’s letting on. Can Woody trust his one-time partner again…and together can they manage to stop the global intelligence networks and their worldwide conspiracy?[/quote]