Still Playing with Toys


Still Playing With Toys is an independent production and publishing company based out of Los Angeles, California.
The company originally published a 24-page comic available in October 2007 by Diamond Comic Distributors entitled Still Playing With Toys Presents which introduced two properties Angel XRC and Only in Dreams. the following issues were released online via the publisher's official website and the title was discontinued in February 2010 in an announcement of the company's redirection into multiple platforms.

Publishing History

Still Playing with Toys Presents is an anthology that began publishing June 2007 with the release of Still Playing with Toys Presents #0, a preview issue made available only to retailers. The publication was an anthology of two stories Angel XRC and Only in Dreams. The first issue debuted October 31, 2007, before the publisher switched to a direct download distribution model and released future issues of the comic online.

Angel XRC

Angel XRC tells the tale of a post-civil war civilization, where the government rules by fear and those straying from the norm are hunted by an army of XRC officers. Among that army is Lt. Jacob Axebry, a former family man who had his wife and child taken from him during the initial stages of the civil war between Meeham and Remarri Fetti.
In Still Playing with Toys Presents #0, the death of Axebry's family is shown in flashback and we see him in full resistance control mode, busting in on two suspected resistance members transferring illegal materials.

Only in Dreams

Only in Dreams is a broad comedy revolving around three college seniors working on their thesis project in the science department at fictional Holden College. Mild-mannered and unlucky with the ladies Nate is seen having a recurring nightmare in Still Playing with Toys Presents #0 that his best friend and technological whiz Ryan has been trying to remedy since childhood. Strong as an ox but a true teddy bear Henry is shown working his magic with the ladies and completely forgetting that he and his friends Nate and Ryan have a meeting with the Dean to discuss their senior thesis.
The series promises a high concept comedy in future issues suggesting that the three students will be able to enter the dreams of fellow students and "clean" them of their nightmares.
On June 2, 2009 it was announced via Publishers Weekly that Only in Dreams is in development as a feature film through Fineprint Productions.