SteamPunk Magazine

SteamPunk Magazine was an online and print semi-annual magazine devoted to the steampunk subculture^[1] which existed between 2007 and 2016. It was published under a Creative Commons license, and was free for download.^[1] In March 2008, SteamPunk Magazine began offering free subscriptions to incarcerated Americans, as a "celebration" of 1% of the US population being eligible.^[2]

SteamPunk Magazine

Cover of Issue 3 of SteamPunk Magazine
Editor	Margaret Killjoy
Categories	Steampunk
Frequency	Semi-annual
Publisher	Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness Vagrants Among Ruins Combustion Books
First issue	March 3, 2007 (2007-03-03)
Final issue Number	January 2016 10
Country	USA
Based in	New York City
Website	steampunkmagazine.com
OCLC	697621954

SteamPunk Magazine was formerly published by anarchist zine publisher Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness^[3] in the United States and by Vagrants Among Ruins in the United Kingdom. The magazine was then published by the worker-run Combustion Books^[4] in New York City and distributed by anarchist publishing collective AK Press.^[5]

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.^[6]
• 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.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}
• SteamPunk Magazine was mentioned in a Newsweek article discussing the steampunk movement as an example of a steampunk periodical.^[12]
• An article in The Yale Herald uses SteamPunk Magazine as an example of microcultures and their ability to thrive on the Internet.^[13]

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

References

1. "Putting the Punk back into SteamPunk". SteamPunk Magazine. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
2. "1 in 100 US adults now eligible for free SteamPunk subscription!". SteamPunk Magazine. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
3. Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
4. Combustion Books
5. "Frequently Asked Questions". SteamPunk Magazine. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
6. Branwyn, Gareth (29 April 2008). "Steampunk Magazine at Maker Faire". Make. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
7. Doctorow, Cory (3 March 2007). "Steampunk magazine". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
8. Doctorow, Cory (31 May 2007). "Steampunk Magazine #2". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
9. Doctorow, Cory (24 September 2007). "Steampunk Magazine #3". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
10. Doctorow, Cory (26 February 2008). "Steampunk Magazine issue 4". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
11. Doctorow, Cory (11 October 2007). "Steampunk's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
12. Braiker, Brian (30 October 2007). "Steampunking Technology". Newsweek. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
13. Does virtual narrowcasting create narrow minds?^{[dead link‍]}