SteamPunk Magazine explained

Editor:	Margaret Killjoy
Category:	Steampunk
Frequency:	Semi-annual
Publisher:	Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness Vagrants Among Ruins Combustion Books
Finaldate:	January 2016
Finalnumber:	10
Country:	USA
Based:	New York City
Oclc:	697621954

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 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Putting the Punk back into SteamPunk . SteamPunk Magazine. 2012-11-27.
2. Web site: 1 in 100 US adults now eligible for free SteamPunk subscription!. SteamPunk Magazine. 2008-02-28. 2012-11-27.
3. http://www.tangledwilderness.org/ Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
4. http://www.combustionbooks.org/ Combustion Books
5. Web site: Frequently Asked Questions. SteamPunk Magazine. 27 November 2012.
6. Web site: Branwyn, Gareth . 29 April 2008 . Steampunk Magazine at Maker Faire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312074112/http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/04/steampunk_magazine_at_mak.html . 12 March 2009 . 27 November 2012 . Make.
7. Web site: Doctorow, Cory . 3 March 2007 . Steampunk magazine . 2012-11-27 . Boing Boing.
8. Web site: Doctorow, Cory . 31 May 2007 . Steampunk Magazine #2 . 2012-11-27 . Boing Boing.
9. Web site: Doctorow, Cory . 24 September 2007 . Steampunk Magazine #3 . 2012-11-27 . Boing Boing.
10. Web site: Doctorow, Cory . 26 February 2008 . Steampunk Magazine issue 4 . 2012-11-27 . Boing Boing.
11. Web site: Doctorow, Cory . 11 October 2007 . Steampunk's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse . 2012-11-27 . Boing Boing.
12. Web site: Braiker, Brian . 30 October 2007 . Steampunking Technology . 2012-11-27 . Newsweek.
13. http://www.yaleherald.com/article-p.php?Article=6412 Does virtual narrowcasting create narrow minds?