SteamPunk Magazine was an online and print semi-annual magazine devoted to the steampunk subculture which existed between 2007 and 2016. It was published under a Creative Commons license, and was free 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.
SteamPunk Magazine was formerly published by anarchist zine publisher Strangers in a Tangled WildernessStrangers in a Tangled Wilderness in the United States and by Vagrants Among Ruins in the United Kingdom. The magazine was then published by the worker-run Combustion BooksCombustion Books in New York City and distributed by anarchist publishing collective AK Press.
Reception and recognition Two of the editors, Magpie Killjoy and Libby Bulloff, were invited to the 2008 Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area. The popular blog Boing Boing, written by the sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow, announced every Steampunk Magazine release, including their Steampunk's Guide To The Apocalypse. SteamPunk Magazine was mentioned in a Newsweek article discussing the steampunk movement as an example of a steampunk periodical. An article in The Yale Herald uses SteamPunk Magazine as an example of microcultures and their ability to thrive on the Internet.Does virtual narrowcasting create narrow minds?
Issues
Issue #1 Putting the Punk Back into Steampunk
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 Interview with Doctor Steel
Issue #4 Our Lives as Fantastic as any Fiction
Contents include: Donna Lynch and Steven Archer
Issue #5 Long Live Steampunk!
Contents include: Musician Voltaire
Issue #6 The Pre–Industrial Revolution
Contents include: Author John Reppion Interview with Ghostfire
Issue #7 Contents include: Articles on race and steampunk as well as the future of steampunk fashion Interviews with Sunday Driver and The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing
Issue #8 Contents include: Instructions for making laudanum and a lexicon of 19th-century New York City slang Interview with Unwoman
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