Steampunk Magazine

"Steampunk Magazine" is an online and print semi-annual magazine devoted to the steampunk subculture. [http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/ SteamPunk Magazine: Putting the Punk back into SteamPunk ] ] It is published under a Creative Commons license, and is free (as in beer) for download. In March 2008, Steampunk Magazine began offering free subscriptions to incarcerated Americans, as a "celebration" of 1% of the US population being eligible. [http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/inside/1-in-100-us-adults-now-eligible-for-free-steampunk-subscription/ SteamPunk Magazine: 1 in 100 US adults now eligible for free SteamPunk subscription!] ]

Reception and Recognition

*Two of the editors, Magpie Killjoy and Libby Bulloff, were at the 2008 Maker's Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area [http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/04/steampunk_magazine_at_mak.html Steampunk Magazine at Maker Faire] ] .

*The popular blog Boing Boing has also announced every Steampunk Magazine release to date, including their "Steampunk's Guide To The Apocolypse". [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/03/steampunk-magazine.html Boing Boing Announces Steampunk magazine] ] [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/31/steampunk-magazine-2.html Boing Boing Announces Steampunk magazine #2] ] [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/24/steampunk-magazine-3.html Boing Boing Announces Steampunk magazine #3] ] [http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/26/steampunk-magazine-i.html Boing Boing Announces Steampunk magazine #4] ] [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/11/steampunks-guide-to.html Boing Boing Announces Steampunk's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse] ]

*Steampunk Magazine was mentioned in a Newsweek article discussing the steampunk movement as an example of a steampunk periodical [http://www.newsweek.com/id/67352 Newsweek: Steampunking Technology] ]

*An article in The Yale Herald uses Steampunk Magazine as an example of microcultures and their ability to thrive on the internet [http://www.yaleherald.com/article-p.php?Article=6412 Does virtual narrowcasting create narrow minds?] ] .

Issues

Issue #1

"Putting the Punk Back into Steampunk"

Contents include:

Interviews with:
*Author Michael Moorcock
*The Original Steampunk Band, Abney Park
*Singer/Songwriter Thomas Truax
*Composer Darcy James Argue

Issue #2

"A Journal of Misapplied Technology"

Contents include:
*John Reppion

Issue #3

"The Sky is Falling"

Contents include:
*Alan Moore

Issue #4

"Our Lives as Fantastic as any Fiction"

Contents include:
*Donna Lynch and Steven Archer

References

External links

* [http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/ Homepage]
* [http://smallworldpodcast.com/?p=574 Interview with Magpie, founder of SteamPunk Magazine] - [http://smallworldpodcast.com small WORLD Podcast] 2007