Initially "Electric Soup" was only distributed locally in Glasgow, then it was picked up by John Brown Publishing for widespread national UK distribution. This brought Quitely's work to the attention of "Judge Dredd Megazine" editor David Bishop. He was given work on "Shimura", written by Robbie Morrison, and "Missionary Man", by Gordon Rennie, quickly rising to prominence. He drew various stories in Paradox Press' series of "The Big Book Of" graphic novels, as well as work in "Dark Horse Presents" for Dark Horse Comics.