The new costume ball will feature music, dancers, clowns, circus arts, and burlesque performers. Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys will be the headliners.
Arcane returned to Netflix, and viewers in many countries finally got a chance to see Nautilus. Notable arrivals on the big screen included George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu.
Since its inception, The Steampunk Explorer has included a directory of steampunk authors, but it was a bare-bones affair. That’s changed with our new author pages.
Notable arrivals this month include two horror classics on Max and two offerings on Netflix: A new anime series and an animated film in set in The Witcher universe. Meanwhile, Disney+ will stream a special episode of The Simpsons that involves time travel.
New steampunk Kickstarters this week include a whimsical card game/RPG, an illustrated YA mystery novel, a set of enamel pins, and a not-safe-for-work comic book adventure.
Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter presented the awards in an online ceremony on Friday night. Other honorees included costumer Tony Ballard-Smoot, maker Charles E. Mason II, cosplay group Airship Ashanti, and Steampunk Lady Scientists Danaus & Sidonne.
The steampunk calendar is heating up this weekend with CONpossible in Atlanta and MegaCon in Orlando. Meanwhile, Whitby Steampunk Weekend will return to North Yorkshire, and the Cog and Compass fest will take place in New Zealand.
The Edwardian Ball, held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in San Francisco, provided a cornucopia of eye-popping art and entertainment, but the attendees themselves were also part of the spectacle.
New albums from Frenchy and the Punk, Steam Powered Giraffe, and Abney Park were just a few of last year’s musical highlights in the steampunk world. We have a roundup.
Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter will present their Third Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards on Friday, Jan. 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time. It will stream live from their virtual tea parlour on Zoom. They’ll be joined by guest presenter Eve Riot.
The Jewelry City Steampunk Festival returned to Attleboro, Massachusetts on Jan. 25 with a program featuring talks, music, dance, circus performances, teapot racing, and lots of cosplay.
Once again, San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom will be transformed into a neo-vintage wonderland as The Edwardian Ball returns on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.
A novel by Ef Deal and short stories by Robin Pond and Valerie B. Williams took top honors in the steampunk categories of the Critters Annual Readers Poll presented by the Critters Workshop.
Deadline reported that The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, the acclaimed 2022 novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is being developed for television by producer Debra Moore Muñoz.
This week’s crowdfunding roundup includes a new steampunk comic book series from a former Marvel editor, plus a set of 3D printable terrain models for tabletop games.
Steampunk fans were treated to new installments of popular comic book series like Girl Genius and Lady Mechanika, but 2024 also saw some notable releases from lesser-known creators.
When do we celebrate International Steampunk Day? What about Nikola Tesla Day or World Octopus Day? These, and other special days, are now in the calendar.
The Steampunk Explorer has two new homes in the Fediverse. Our Mastodon account now has a new location—and a new handle—and we’ve begun posting images on a photo-sharing app called Pixelfed that’s similar to Instagram.
Following a lull around the holidays, two publishers of steampunk comics are back on Kickstarter with new projects, while author Jessica Lucci is funding a forthcoming steampunk novella set in the 18th century.
New steampunk events. A new social media platform. Unwelcome changes at Patreon. And “utter chaos” at a convention in Pennsylvania. These were some of our biggest news stories of 2024.
The Steampunk Explorer now includes expanded directories of major events, including sci-fi and pop culture conventions in addition to steampunk events. These are separate from (but linked to) our calendar listings.
The video accompanies a track from their new album Songs From The End Of The Pier. It’s their third music video, but the first to be released since the album came out in November.
