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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Almost every month, The Steampunk Explorer posts scenes from steampunk happenings around the world. We’ve gathered the past year’s highlights, from the largest festivals to a picnic in a California park.
Only three streaming services have notable arrivals this month, but they’re good ones: Two Willy Wonka films on Max, a new Wallace & Gromit feature on Netflix, and a new Star Trek movie on Paramount+.
Welcome to version 2.0 of The Steampunk Explorer. We’ve rebuilt the site with new editorial sections and a new mobile-friendly design that emphasizes readability. Here’s everything you need to know.
Here’s a directory of the top steampunk (or steampunk-related) live-action TV series, based on ratings from users of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
We’ve compiled a directory of the top steampunk (or steampunk-related) animated films, based primarily on user ratings from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). We used our own judgment to determine whether a movie counts as “steampunk,” but we tried to err on the side of inclusivity, so some titles may fall outside the reader’s definition of the term.
We didn’t need a time machine to visit 19th century London, but one was readily available at the 2024 edition of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, taking place this month at Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just south of San Francisco.
A pair of fantastical serpents joined a host of art cars, cosplayers, Alice in Wonderland characters, and community groups as the 14th annual Mad Hatter Holiday Festival took place in Vallejo, California. An estimated 10,000 people turned out.
Episode 12 of our video series takes viewers to two events: The Key City Steampunk Convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Maker Faire Bay Area in Vallejo, California. We visited Key City in August and Maker Faire in October.
Thousands of fans across a wide range of genres gathered at San Francisco’s Moscone Center over Thanksgiving weekend for the third Fan Expo SF, billed as Northern California’s largest pop culture convention.
Highlights this month include a new Star Wars spinoff and a Doctor Who Christmas special, both on Disney+, plus Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Max. But we’ll still have to wait for the U.S. and Canadian premiere of Nautilus on AMC.
Bluesky, the new X/Twitter alternative, has been attracting steampunk fans and creators in droves. If you’re looking to get started on the platform, here’s a quick guide to starter packs, custom feeds, and everything else you need to know.
In recent weeks, many steampunk fans and creators have joined Bluesky, a social media platform that’s emerged as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). They’re not alone, as millions worldwide have signed up.
Steampunk fans in New England and points beyond steered their airships to the Vermont Steampunk Expo, held Nov. 9-10 at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction near Burlington. We’ve posted a photo gallery.
Steampunk authors and other creators appear to be abandoning X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — in droves, with many landing on Bluesky, a Twitter alternative that launched to the public in February.
