Blast From The Past: Zig Zag and The Robot (2009)

 

 Taken in 2009 at ZZ Studios in Odessa Prominent. Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii is sitting on top of a huge robot. While the tiger-striped skunk was noted for adult media, this just looks like harmless fun.

 

"Thanks Again To Everyone" "Sabrina Online" Internet Comic Ends After Twenty Years

For many of us, comics are a favorite part of the newspaper. So when the Internet and World Wide Web was coming of age in the 1990s, some artists began drawing and publishing comic strips on a regular basis. Most would last only a few years before the cartoonist either ran out of ideas or real life made it too difficult to keep up his/her schedule. But others would keep going. Among one of these first online comics to gain a following was "Sabrina Online" by Eric Schwartz. Starting off with a girl connecting to the Internet, the strip went through a number of plots and tales of Sabrina and her friends.

On September 15, twenty years to the month after the comics first went up, Schwartz uploaded the last of the strips, Sabrina marrying her boyfriend, followed by a message.

'Sabrina Online' first appeared on the web on September 15, 1996. It seemed fitting to bring the strip to a close twenty years to the day later, ending with a bang (of sorts) rather than keeping the strip plodding along month to month indefinitely without any focus or goal. I want to thank all of Sabrina's readers and fans out there, whether you've been there from the start or discovered the strip more recently. You all are the power that helped me keep the comic rolling as long as it has. While all good things must end, Sabrina, R.C., Zig Zag, Amy, and everyone else are not gone. It's only the regular monthly strip that is completed, but new stories and works from the Sabrina-verse will pop up from time to time. Just drop by for news and info, whether on this site, Furaffinity, or elsewhere. Thanks again to everyone. I can only hope you enjoyed the two-decade ride anywhere near as much as I did.

Over the years, the strip has gotten Schwartz a number of fans, inspiring a great deal of fanart and some fanfiction, and been translated into several languages. Some fans led by Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii, built in Second Life a "Double Z Studios," also called "ZZ Studios," named after the place where the title character of the comic ended up with a job as the webmaster. The place is still around today at Sheridan (64, 145, 2500).

 The comic itself can be found at sabrina-online.com. Be aware that the strip rates a PG-13 as while there's almost no profanity and no real nudity, it does touch on adult topics. That the strip got a bit edgy without going past a certain boundary (much), was likely part of it's appeal, along with the quality of the art and characters.

It should be noted Schwartz stated while this is the conclusion of "Sabrina Online," he will be doing more tales later on of the characters "from time to time." So fans should be hearing more about the Amiga and Transformer loving skunkgirl soon.

Bixyl Shuftan

ZZ Studios Moves and Reopens

For the second time in a little more than a year, ZZ Studios, whose owner Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii we interviewed in 2011, has once again moved. In October 2011, the adult media outlet and club moved to the Static Nightclub sim, which would soon be renamed after the venue. It would stay there for three years until moving in August 2014. And now once again, they've relocated to a city block in the Sheridan sim

Well, we had to move and rebuild...and are still rebuilding, but...Club is open and office is open and soon wifi cafe and other things!  So those of you wanting the new location...   HERE!  Now get down here and hang out, enjoy!

For October, the venue plans "Terror Tuesdays" and have plans for a car show around Halloween.

Sheridan (64, 145, 2500)

ZZ Studio’s Haunted Madhouse

October means time for Halloween haunts across Second Life. Among those offering a seasonal scare is ZZ Studios. More noted for it's exotic adult media, this month Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii and her team are bringing back their madhouse, but with some new twists and changes from last year. Grease Coakes was invited to take a look, so he got his flashlight to explore the spooky place.

Read Grease's article in Places.

Car Show at ZZ Studios

Last week on Feb 2, the adult media company ZZ Studios hosted a car show on it's sim. There were a number of entries, from dung buggies, to replicas of famous cars such as "Ecto 1" from "Ghostbusters, tanks, muscle cars, classic cars, motorcycles, and more. Brandi Streusel, who runs a motorcycle custom painting business from Angel Estates, entered one of her bikes. Company owner Cindy "Zig Zag" Babi was also seen at the event.

Many of the cars were quite detailed. Among them was a police car marked with the company logo (a cop's car with a porn studio's sign?), and there was quite a bit of effort to get the interior realistic, with it's dashboard, steering wheel, radio and "laptop" display, etc.

Between the cars and the avatars, there were over two dozen people at the event, the place could get pretty laggy. Yours truly crashed a number of times while covering the event.

Bixyl Shuftan

Halloween Fun All Over Second Life

It's been a Halloween full of events on the Grid, and Grease Coakes was able to get out and about to a few scary happenings. In his article, he describes his time at Club Zero Gravity, ZZ Studios and the Corner of Revolving Time, in which he encountered his share of thrills and chills.

Read more in People.

Scary Fun at ZZ Studios

Grease Coakes was recently invited to the ZZ Studios sim. The sim of Cindy"Zig Zag" Babii is showing a little less of it's adult media theme, and much more of a Halloween one. Grease attended a costume party, then got a look at a zombie maze, and tried to get through "The Madhouse."

Read about the Halloween madness in Events.

ZZ Studios Opens Sim-Wide Venue: “The Hideout”

A little over a week ago, ZZ Studios moved to a new location in Second Life. This time, Cindy Babii and her team (and fans) have an entire sim to play with. And what did the (in)famous tiger-striped skunkgirl come up with? Yours truly was invited to take a look.

Read more in Places.

Interview with Cindy “Zig Zag” Babii of ZZ Studios

Today, SL Newser looks at the more riskee side of Second Life. ZZ Studios, inspired by the works of two Internet cartoonists, is both a social hangout and a maker of exotic adult media. We sat down with Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii, to discuss how the place came to be, as well as some of her adventures on the Grid.

Read the interview in Extra.