Musical stories in fantastical worlds
The most relevant precursor to steampunk is arguably this cheesy little 60s TV show that used to play on Sunday afternoons when i was a kid, and which i adored. James West is fucking cool. The show played from 1965-69. The Western, long […]
I believe it’s time to do a multi-part series on the history of steampunk. (i may or may not do the entire thing consecutively.) First of all, barring the 1960s TV show Wild Wild West (we’ll get to it) the […]
I… i don’t know how to actually write this post because i…. i have no words. There are few words ever conceived that can possibly explain this. Among those few would be “utter, Cthulhu-level, blubbering madness”. Thus today’s post is […]
So a couple places on the net have held contests where participants submit art on the theme of Steampunk Fairy Tales, an awesomely excellent theme if ever there was one. We’ll be covering 2 of these contests. Today’s post is […]
Since the day i began this blog (way back in the ancient days of a month ago), i have intended to feature this video. And as giulas41 pointed out on the Jasper The Dead Guy Guy post, there is another […]
Today we’re going to take a little look at the wonderful clothing designs of Kate Lambert, aka KATO of SteampunkCouture.com. KATO designs and creates clothing which she markets as steampunky, since her natural style and certain steampunk sensibilities go hand in hand. […]
We interrupt our regularly scheduled post (which was probably going to being Character Background 3: Jasper, The Dead Guy) because today is Jules Verne’s birthday, and as he is considered to be the father of both steampunk and science fiction in general, […]
Steampunk stories, actually the entire notion, rely completely upon reimagining history. The entire thing got started by reimagining Victoria era Britain (with a sci-fi twist), but it’s grown to include other countries and places, usually within a 100 to 200 year framework. […]
A match made in heaven, surely. Tarot is, if nothing else, a potent collection of archetypes, capable of being reimagined, redesigned and reinterpreted ad infinum. Steampunk of course specializes in stamping it’s aesthetic upon anything it meets. You’d think there’d […]
I am REALLY into today’s post. Around the web there are many extraordinary examples of people taking their guitar or tuba or violin and making them into a steampunk aesthetic. One day perhaps i will show you a collection. As […]