Steve Ahlquist

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Steve Ahlquist (1963- ) is a comic book writer. He is the creator of Oz Squad, a modern comic book continuation of the L. Frank Baum Oz children's book series. He is also the co-creator (along with Chris Reilly) of Strange Eggs, an anthology published by SLG Publishing, formerly Slave Labor Graphics. In 2004 Steve Ahlquist and Chris Reilly were nominated for four Harvey awards for their work on PupHedz. Currently he is working on many projects, including Girl World, Peeny-Boy, Goggles and Gloves, and a relaunch of both Oz Squad and Strange Eggs. He also has a mini-comic entightled "Peeny-Boy".

Recently he had an article tentatively accepted for the August 2007 issue of Paranoia Magazine.

Steve Ahlquist is also a filmmaker, and has created and produced Girls of Tattoo U and is a regular columnist for the pop culture website, www.forcesofgood.com.

Ahlquist also owned and managed the finest comic book store in Rhode Island, Atomic Comics, before becoming a writer full-time.

He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Katherine and their three children.