“Our truest life is when we are In Our Dreams Awake.”-Henry David ThoreauIn In Our Dreams Awake #1 comes from co-creators John McGuire (The Gilded Age, The Crossing) and Egg Embry (Powered by the Dreamr, Knights of the Dinner Table). The first issue of this four-issue mini-series features two dreams, the first illustrated by Edgar Salazar (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Dynamite) and the second by Rolands Kalniņš (Scout Comics, FracturePress). Letters and book design are by Alexander Lugo (10 Worlds Studio).Both artists provide covers in addition to Sean Hill’s (Marvel, Zenescope, 133art) variant co ..read more

The last two years haven’t been kind to any of us, let alone artists who need to cut their teeth on the stages of events and gigs all over the country. However, Victor and the Bully seem to have been very busy. As the country locked down, lead singer Victor Ghastly recognised the importance of being able to communicate with our friends and stay in touch. He arranged a 24hr zoom room for people to dip in and out of whenever they needed to see a human face. He, Crowboy and their old (band old, not age old) Billy Rebel band mates started a monthly podcast called Sin & Gin which has been posit ..read more

Hello Lovelies: An incredible worldwide opportunity comes from the great white North of Canada. Subgenres, a streaming TV service through Roku goes on air October 1st. There is the potential to attract 50 million viewers worldwide through this new steampunk channel! Subgenres will also be available on YouTube, and their website, Subgenres.net Subgenres is the creation of longtime steampunk author, actress, and producer/director, Natasha Klassen. Natasha started Subgenres as a website a few years ago, and with a background in television and media, is bringing the Subgenres concept to a streamin ..read more

Hello Lovelies: Been holed up too long? Can’t get out? The Tea in the Clouds is a splendid solution to your steampunk blahs! Live panels from Wheeler Stone and Gail Carriger will delight. Musical performances from Victor Sierra will enthrall! Other wonderful and entertaining videos will be available, this Saturday, June 12th. You can sign up for different events at the website here: https://www.subgenres.net/ NOTE: the event will be held on their website, NOT Facebook or social media. They would be delighted if you’d attend. Many thanks, the Countess —– Victoria L. Szulc is a multi-media Stea ..read more

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Ending Soon NESTRE — Steampunk Jewelry From Recycled Watch Movements Unique Steampunk Jewelry made by hand using old wrist and pocket watch movements & parts. Cufflinks, Earrings, Rings, Pendants etc. Ends April 28 Lots of Comics! HEIRS OF ISILDUR vs TALES FROM NOCTURNIA Vinyl Record+ Comic Steampunk, comics, medieval fantasy, and METAL all collide in: Heirs Of Isildur vs Tales From Nocturnia. This campaign brings both universes into the metal music world, and lets them duke it out with 5 songs each on an album that will be available as MP3s, on CD, and on  ..read more

For those who’ve been watching the rise of the dark carnival band, the Dust Bowl Faeries  on the steampunk circuit over the past few years you may have noticed some avant-garde music videos being released by the band’s Film Faerie Lisa M. Thomas. One such video  is their most recent music novella for the band’s hit song, “Candy Store.”  The recently released video (which is being coined as a “music novella”) was directed and  produced by Thomas in late 2020. One of the first productions to take place in New  York’s Hudson Valley after the onset of COVID-19, the produc ..read more

Boston Metaphysical Society Comic Turns American History on Its Head BURBANK, CA.  Madeleine Holly-Rosing, writer/creator of the comic Boston Metaphysical Society announced the launch of her campaign to fund the printing of her next graphic novel, Boston Metaphysical Society: The Book of Demons.   It is a 41 page story in a 48 page perfect bound book which continues the original six issue mini-series. “It has been a joy to continue the adventures of these characters,” Ms. Holly-Rosing commented. “Though I did want people to know that though The Book of Demons can be read as a st ..read more

Last weekend, SJ editor Phoebe Darqueling helped put on LitCon, an online book convention for readers and writers. Karen J. Carlisle hosted a panel on the Steampunk genre with fellow authors Sharon Kemmet, Geoff Genge, Ged Maybury, and Michael Pryor ..read more