LAST UPDATED: 24 October 2000

VZSciFi Live Creator Event: Online Comics Creator Steve Conley
Thursday 8 June, 1.00pm VZT (PST) Space City Conference Centre

VZSciFi played host to its first virtual guest appearance on Thursday 8 June at 1.00pm PST, featuring online comics creator Steve Conley (seen here shortly after he received the prestigious Eagle Award for Best Inline Comic Strip of 1999).
Conley, creator of the multi-award-winning Astounding Space Thrills online comic strip was on hand to answer questions about his web creation and the subsequent print publication, now in its second issue from Image Comics.

HereÕs the transcript of the Steve Conley event, held on 8 June 2000.This has been edited slightly for spelling, with repetitions removed, and to add additional information where appropriate. Special thanks to Steve for going over it again for us! The event was moderated by Mr. Templeton (John Freeman).
Members who attended included (not all are listed here): An*ee* (HD); au-r@l-b; Bren; Brenegan; Caretaker; The Cat; Charbear; Cherry Pie; Columbus; Cuz; DallasStarsGal, dayce; DelilahJ; FP; The Great Hoo-Doo; Jakk; kellin ; ~Lit~l Starrr~, link; Linsue; Logik; mr.mistree; The Mole; Nikells; NoeNoe; Passion Quest; PC Girl Am I; RJohn223; Rad¨; Robyn; Rocky_Man; Snowflake; Sorsessa; Spazz; Stig Redfin of the Ukrann; tiresias, Tony; VaBelle; and Wings.

Mr. Templeton: OK folks, I am going to bring in Steve now. Before I do, just to say, this is the first time I have done this, so please direct your questions to me by ESP... and we will see how it works! If a person, i.e. an avatar is in the room I will ask them to repeat the question, okay?
Stig Redfin of the Ukrann: Right, I will give my seat up for Steve now.
Mr. Templeton: Hi Steve, thanks for coming
Steve Conley: Cool. Standing room only!
Mr. Templeton: Hi everyone, and welcome to our first ever VZSciFi creator event. WeÕre delighted to have Steve Conley with us here today, creator of the daily online strip Astounding Space Thrills. Just click the poster on the wall for todayÕs instalment!
SteveÕs daily strip is read by over 50,000 individual web users a month and has rightfully earned him a number of awards including a prestigious Eagle Award, named after the world famous British comic of the Fifties and Sixties.
The success of the online strip has meant the release of a print version of the story, and the second issue from Image Comics is about to go on sale in comic stores. You can also order it online from the Astounding Space Thrills web site.
Steve, perhaps we could start by you telling us about yourself and how you can to create an online strip?
Steve Conley: IÕm a 30-year old New York-escapee now living in Arlington, Virginia USA. I earned a useless degree in advertising, which was all I needed to work for newspapers. After working in the news biz at USA Today, I designed and launched their web site in 1995.A few years later, started my own web design biz and made time to do what I love: cartooning.