Somewhere around late 2000, after a dangerous overdose of "Sam & Max: Freelance Police," Japanese cartoons, and red Kool-Aid, I created "Android Task Force" over the span of almost literally one night. (The character of Ruby was actually inspired a few months later by the character of Dib from "Invader Zim" and the songs "Hotel Detective" by They Might Be Giants and "Domo Arigatou, Mr. Roboto" by Styx... don't ask). And no, "ATF" is not supposed to be an imitation of "Futurama" or "Time Squad"... Not entirely, at least.
*sigh*
Okay, almost done.
My brother, cousin, best friends, and I had brainstormed numerous obscure sub-comics such as "The Commando," "ActionPants Man," "The Mysterious Dr. X and His Incredible Knee Machine," "Yon Kon Kook," etc. ("Ace and Avery" is a dark parody of a very weird kids show from Canada and "Interviewer 67" is based on my miserable existance as a telephone surveyer) and there seemed to be no place to put all these strange, but hilarious ideas...
So, long story short... or well, it's still a long story, but anyway...
With the advent of the miracle known as the webcomic, there was finally a place to throw all of these madcap ideas into one adorably psychotic mish-mash... And thus, "Tales from Planet Z" was born!
And now, you know... the rest of the story...
GOOD DAY!
