Steve Ahlquist is a comic book writer. He is the creator of Oz Squad

Oz Squad

Oz Squad is a comic book updating of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz series. Its premise is that Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion are now part of "Gale Force" , a Mission Impossible type organization working to protect Oz from all manner of bizarre threats...

, a modern comic book continuation of the L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...

 Oz children's book series. Through the 1990's Steve was the proprietor of retail comic and video store Atomic Comics, located at 780 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island, later moving to 742 Hope Street. Besides comics, Atomic specialized in rare and unusual sci-fi and anime videos as well as collectible card games, in particular Magic the Gathering. He is also the co-creator (along with Chris Reilly) of Strange Eggs

Strange Eggs

Strange Eggs is a one-shot anthology of stories created by Steve Ahlquist and Chris Reilly, published by SLG Publishing ....

, 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, and Oz Squad: March of the Tin Soldiers, a novel continuing the Oz Squad comic book series.