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Started by Darth_horus, Jul 28 2009 09:53 PM

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#1 Darth_horus

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 09:53 PM

Well i have been collecting the Extraordinary League of Gentlemen series by Allan Moore, there is Vol. 1, Vol. 2, latest ones have just been released, they are ELoG 1910 and ELoG Black Dossier, you can still find the vol 1 and 2 on ebay and online bookshops, the later ones i found locally(Comic shops).

Also in printed form highly recommend "The Difference Engine" by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling and Mainspring by Jay Lake.

Compilations have found one very good, "SteamPunk" by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer

In the anime vein, Steamboy(Highly recommended) and Last Exile( still to watch) contain steampunk elements.

Please post any other books, anime, dvds, comics that you have read that contain steampunk so we can all enjoy hunting them down to read/watch.

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 10:08 PM

The steampunk forums I belong to often rave about the Girl Genius webcomic. I never really got into it myself, but different strokes and all that.

Something you should all see though is Visions of the year 2000, in 1900. Victorian/ Edwardian visions of flying machines and moving sidewalks and televised performances...
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 10:13 PM

"Summer holidays at the North Pole" - well maybe not by 2000, but pretty soon...
Nice find there MF!
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 01:55 AM

Hass and LSS made me sit down one night and watch The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. It's brilliant and so very steampunk!
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 11:23 AM

QUOTE
Hass and LSS made me sit down one night and watch The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. It's brilliant and so very steampunk!



And its made by an Australian too!!
<a href="http://www.joanna-molloy.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.joanna-molloy.com.au/</a>

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 08:52 AM

I would like to add this link - it is an article from Time Magazine [US ed.]:

Time Magazine [US]

Hat Life recently did an article as well:

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Posted 10 January 2010 - 01:03 PM

Kid's steampunk

The Wot Wots!
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Posted 10 January 2010 - 02:48 PM

^^^^ HAHAHAHAHAHA!! I've been watching that on the ABC lately!! I love the animation!!
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 10:36 PM

Found this on Youtube today, very funny indeed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlg-p3RfRYY

and there are more episodes on there as well.


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Posted 04 April 2010 - 10:50 PM

Bhahahahaha! Good one Horus!

Did you see the Steam version of ghost busters on their channel? Gotta love the make up ;-)
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Posted 04 April 2010 - 11:20 PM

Yeah i did....

very good indeed.
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Posted 07 April 2010 - 12:07 AM

And the WotWots are so gorgeous! I so want their spacecraft!!! smile.gif
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Posted 10 April 2010 - 09:51 PM

Warehouse 13 (currently on Cable) has a lot of very steampunky accessories - well worth checking out
Brass Goggles forums are also insanely inspirational - from there I have seen a reference to an anime called "Steam Detective" which i am going to check out.......

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 11:10 PM

I second Darth Horus' recommendation of 'Steamboy', watching that helped me get a good grasp on the steampunk thing, having never experienced it before. Be sure to get a hold of the english version unless you like subtitles!
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 12:25 AM

Adelaide Steampunk has some nice piccies taken at the Fringe - 'Steampunk Ball, Maiden Flight of the Olympia' event. Ideas for costumes can be gleaned from there...http://adelaidesteampunk.info/gallery/index.php (quite a few people from AGC were there and we had fun!)
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Posted 09 January 2011 - 10:29 PM

Here's a cool Steampunk blog I happened across.
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Posted 09 January 2011 - 11:10 PM

I agree. I love these guys!!!
If you haven't seen them, check it out.
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View PostDarth_horus, on 04 April 2010 - 10:36 PM, said:

Found this on Youtube today, very funny indeed...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlg-p3RfRYY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlg-p3RfRYY</a>

and there are more episodes on there as well.

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Posted 10 January 2011 - 10:00 PM

I watch a parody of star trek set in the world of steam. I laughed my heart out Steam Trek.

I had been thinking about a steam punk costume. A lot of people enjoy the Victorian aesthetic but there are also steam pirates! The reference to steam pirates comes from the Manga "One Piece". I am not a fan of One Piece but I am glad to have found that I can be a Steam Pirate! I was tossing up about making a costume as a sky captain but now I am really happy 'cause I can get a pirate costume together and find steam punk accessories.

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Posted 13 March 2011 - 02:48 PM

My sister sent me this link for Steam punk insects...so cute. (in a kinda steampunk/scifi kinda way)go here.
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 02:26 PM

A couple of Steampunky good websites...:)


The Victorian Steampunk Society of the UK - http://thevss.yolasite.com/

and

A funny military troop, The 3rd (Foot & Mouth) Regiment - http://3rdfootandmouth.yolasite.com/ ...hhmmm, I think my Steampunk Scot character, will be trying to recruit these guys for his Regiment! ;)
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