SteamPunk Magazine
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 Wilderness in the United States and by Vagrants Among Ruins in the United Kingdom. The magazine was then published by the worker-run Combustion 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 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.
Issues
Issue #1
Putting the Punk Back into SteampunkInterviews with:
- Author Michael Moorcock
- The Original Steampunk Band, Abney Park
- Singer/Songwriter Thomas Truax
- Composer Darcy James Argue
Issue #2
Contents include:
- John Reppion
Issue #3
Contents include:
- Alan Moore
- Interview with Doctor Steel
Issue #4
Contents include:
- Donna Lynch and Steven Archer
Issue #5
Contents include:
- Musician Voltaire
Issue #6
Contents include:
- Author John Reppion
- Interview with Ghostfire
Issue #7
- 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