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 entitled "Peeny-Boy". His most recent work is The Weirdly World of Strange Eggs, an all ages graphic novel based on the Strange Eggs concept.

Recently he had an article appear in the August 2007 issue of Paranoia Magazine.

Steve Ahlquist is also a filmmaker, and has created and produced Girls of Tattoo U.

Ahlquist also owned and managed a prominent 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.