A Prince of Mars cover

The next instalment of the Space 1889 & Beyond series and I can say only one thing: The dive that was Vandals on Venus was used to build up momentum and now it is going full steam ahead. Abattoir in the Aether was already one great novella and A Prince of Mars by Frank Chadwick is , well, I tell you what it is, just bear with me.

A Prince of Mars starts with intrigue and mystery, setting the stage for a more political adventure. Next, we get introduced to Kak’hamish, an old, experienced Martian also with an air of mystery about him. Than the story shifts back to our beloved main protagonists, Annabelle and Nathanael, who once again seem a bit different from the last instalment of the Space 1889 & Beyond series.

Both Earthlings are in a bit of a situation, after their aetherflyer crash-landed on Mars and owe their survival to the chance-meeting with Kak’hamish, who is the archetypical noble savage (or is he?).
After Kak’hamish helps them out, in a rather unfortunate way, get ready for a nasty surprize, all three travel on by merchant caravan and later merchant flyer. It soon becomes apparent not every Martian, in their trading caravan and in general, is too fond of humans and of Martians helping humans.

Frank Chadwick uses this whole arrangement, the caravan, the Martian tribes, the cities, everything, to bring his version of Mars to the reader. You notice that this is his Mars and Space: 1889 is his creation. Mr. Chadwick adds so much life, so much detail, it is like a documentary in Technicolor.

In fact, the whole novella has the feel of a 1960′s colonial-themed movie about it, only it is set on Mars. That is not to say all the bad stereotypes about civilized white men and savage local primitives are taken from the graves where they rightfully rot, no. Frank Chadwick takes the motifs and uses them in a more appropriate context. It becomes quite apparent the colonials from earth and the Martians are all the same kind of bastards and regular people. Exploitation and friendship happens everywhere.

What I found particularly fascinating was the insight in the machinations of the Cult of the Worm and a look at its priesthood and the look on daily life on a Martian flyer.

The only thing I did not like was the way Kak’hamish makes his exit, this, however is balanced out by the fact that even the main protagonists are not invulnerable. You will find out what I mean by that.

A Prince of Mars is the so far best part of the Space: 1889 & Beyond series, highly recommendable, especially to all who want to take a closer look at what is really going on on Mars.

Admiral Babbage Narasimhan

Steampunk has been a minor attraction at anime conventions in the American Southwest at best but that is all changing now. In the last twelve months, twelve new and different steampunk events have been announced in the region.

The incredible growth of steampunk conventions in the United States and especially the South is the fastest and most pervasive change in convention fandom I have ever seen. Why is this happening?

There were smaller steampunk events in the past at local nightclubs but the first large specifically steampunk event in the South Central United States appears to have been The Green Steam Circus in May 2010. It had musical performances by local Texas steampunk and dieselpunk band White Ghost Shivers, the world renowned steampunk band Abney Park, and assorted other musicians played there. The circus part related to several acts such as balancing, juggling, blockhead and self piercing acts, as well as burlesque and an assortment of other forms of entertainment as well as vendors.

The circus was poorly advertised, unfortunately. The organizers wanted to be “green” and not print any flyers or paper ads and relied exclusively on the Internet and word of mouth which did not work well for a new event. It was also set in an outdoor venue on a weekend that had heavy rain predicted so attendance was poor in spite of an excellent event!

There have been nine brand new steampunk events start up in the last year and will be three more new ones next year. Clockwork Wonderland, an all steampunk evening event presented by the popular steampunk and dieselpunk band Marquis of Vaudville started off an incredible explosion of all steampunk events in January of last year.

Steve Liptak, steampunk inventor

It was followed by Wild Wild West Con in Arizona (March 4-6, 2011). Next came Oklahoma Steampunk Expo, the first three day steampunk convention in the South Central area (Oklahoma City, April 15-17 2011). Aetherfest in San Antonio in early May was the first three day event in Texas. After that came the Difference Engine Summer event on June 4 in Fort Worth. Smaller evening only events included Firewater (July 19) in Dallas, the Autumnal Equinox Masquerade Ball (October 1) in Dallas, and several other smaller events in Central and South Texas cities in 2011.

2012 has brought in three new steampunk conventions and promises at least two more.

It started out with the Difference Engine Convention and New Year’s Eve Ball. It was followed three weeks later by another new three day, all steampunk convention called Clockwork Con. That was followed a week later by another Marquis of Vaudville event in Dallas called Gadgets and Gobstoppers which reportedly sold out a large live show venue with a capacity of eight hundred. Twisted Gears also just presented the first steampunk convention for Houston on February 25.

The Nightmare Machine, a paranormal themed steampunk event, debuted in Jefferson, Texas on March 30 of this year. Jefferson, Texas really is on the list of most desirable locales for those serious about the study of ghosts and paranormal events making this a history making shift in convention fandom focus for this genre. The event is hosted by the Steampunk Illumination Society and will be located near the intersection of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; bringing in steampunks from all four states.

Finally, there is one new event scheduled in October in Oklahoma City under the overtly steamy but hard to pronounce name of Octopodicon. After that the cycle will repeat it seems, at least with the events that survive this difficult economy and extremely full convention schedule for this part of the country.

Some of the biggest obstacles they face are communicating with one another and avoiding scheduling too close to other events (especially megalithic anime conventions like A-kon). Most of them also face the banes of any first time con in that they have little money, little public awareness of their existence and little experience in running a convention.

We will just have to wait and see which events grow and which  survive. In any case, it’s pretty certain that the convention scene will change and evolve, as it always has, though this has certainly been the biggest surge of changes I am aware of in any single year.

Cover of El Investigador's second dieselpunk issue

The retrofuturist monthly magazine for Spanish speakers has gone dieselpunk again.

In its first dieselpunk issue, published in March, experts talked about the essence of the genre’s philosophy, tasted its flavors and covered art deco and dieselpunk style.

To do any retrofuturism, it is necessary to observe the past with a visionary’s point of view but without losing sight of the present because this is what we build our future on.

Some may think that El Investigador is going too fast in putting out a second special dieselpunk issue because it does not have a lot of followers in Spanish. However, for the Mercenarios de DIOS collective, the only limit for retrofuturism development is a lack of information. That is why we try to give as much information as possible, in order to be understood by the reader who is attracted to any retrofuturist style and wants to go beyond the aesthetics.

In this issue, you’ll find a great article about pinup girls, the art of a brand new graphic novel from Chile called Der Stahl Projekt, and in the column Abordo del Condottieri, the director of the magazine talks about the Sindicato Dieselpunk, a Spanish language initiative that has become an international group.

So, books, music, experiments and more! Read the magazine online or download it for free on the new El Investigador’s blog.

Cover of the Martin Mystère anniversary edition

Martin Mystère is an Italian comic published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It was created in 1982 by Alfredo Castelli and its protagonist, the Martin Mystère giving the title to the series, is a professor that investigates on impossible facts denied by official science.

During thirty years of monthly publications, “the Detective of the Impossible” and his companion, the Neanderthal man Java, dealt with Atlantis and other lost realms, UFOs, parapsychology, supernatural and worldwide conspiracies.

The series is set in the present day and the character grows old year after year, an event almost unique in comics. For the thirtieth anniversary of publication, Alfredo Castelli decided to publish a celebratory album, called Anni 30, where the series is moved to the 1930s.

It is not a question of time travel or any other strange plot device. The characters are the same, they just live and act in the thirties, as though they always have.

This allows the Martin Mystère to meet an incredible number of characters from the popular culture of the era, making this adventure a must for every dieselpunk fan.

In short, while Mystère is trying to rescue the Maltese Falcon, he is requested by Inspector Travis (an espy for Inspector Dick Tracy) to stop a giant gorilla that climbed up the Empire State Building in New York. He is involved in a story of gangsters (Flattop, the famous Dick Tracy’s enemy, makes an appearance), crazy scientists (Doctor Cyclops), giant monsters and more.

The experiment is very interesting. As Castelli states, “in the last thirty years [Martin Mystère] has become so recognizable that it is possible to transfer it in other epochs or other worlds without any need to give explanations and without fear to loose its identity.”

The album has an appendix where all references to 1930s are exposed and, as a bonus, the first version of the first Martin Mystère album, when the protagonist was still called with the work in progress name of Doc Robinson, “the Doc,” a reference to Doc Savage, who was an inspiration for the character, closing in this way the circle and returning to the 1930s.

The author in a dalek inspired outfit

The second edition of Antwerp Convention, or in full: Antwerp sci-fi, fantasy and horror convention really did not disappoint. As is the thing with conventions there was a lot of merchandise available, but contrary to other cons there was a very wide diversity and a lot of things at this event was stuff not seen at others. The sales focus is not just on the current hype, but on entire genres, which is a great change from many other events.

What is also awesome is that it really does it’s best to not only focus on the three main genres, but also offer entertainment for others such as a cosplay competition, video games and robot games as well as presentations and fun things such as a really cool band playing Mario tunes. Dressed up as Mario characters whilst at it.

Aside from that it is great to see how geeks from all fandoms just get along and have a collective good time, no matter what they are fan of. There was none of the animosity that sometimes rears it’s ugly head on other places of collective geek gathering.

There was a lot of costuming going on as well. It’s always cool to see the effort that many guests put into their costumes, ranging from really popular things such as Link from Zelda to far obscurer character representations. I’m inclined to say that of all Belgian conventions, it’s at Antwerp Convention where you can see the very best costumes and fandom inspired outfits. And the steampunks that are present look pretty dashing too!

This convention may be on a much smaller scale than others but that makes it no less fun or worthwhile to visit. Those wanting to shop are probably going to eat their heart out due to aforementioned variety of things on offer. For just hanging out and having some fun with friends at a convention this one is excellent, especially seeing they have quite nice areas set up for socialising and having a drink. Entertainment wise it really does an effort to compete with its larger brethren and I found that it was far better organised than at that other larger convention with mostly the same focus that is programmed for the fall here in Belgium. Speakers were easily heard and rather than shoved in some cubicle they were on the stage, which was set up so that people wanting to take a quick photo could do so without being a hindrance to others. It was also set up in a way so it was easily visible and accessible.

The entire con has been set up that way, with wide passage ways so it doesn’t get terribly clogged and people generally have a good visibility of what’s going on around them. For those that care about these things there’s also a good amount of celebrity guests present. One more famous than the other of course, but it’s fun to see the convention does the effort.

Another very nice touch were the photo-opportunity statues they had scattered in a few places around the con, presenting guests with a fun spot to take pictures of friends and have their own photo taken.

And ok, there’s not the greatest offer of food and drink, but there’s places to eat very close by and you can just walk in and out as much as you like because they give you a handy stamp on the hand.

As far as steampunk goes, I saw less steampunks at the convention this year (last year there were at least 8 of us, this year I counted 6) but there was definitely more steampunk merchandise on offer. Whilst this is obviously not a steampunk convention, it is very welcoming to followers of the movement and there is definitely some catering to their interests going on, which is always nice to see.

There was one shop selling steampunk corsets, several sold accessories and one shop in particular focussed on various gentlefolk accessories, pocket watches and assorted letter writing supplies. And one of my personal favourites: the bookshop selling Jules Verne novels, some in vintage editions with linen covers even!

All in all, this edition was even better than the first one, and I would recommend this convention to every fellow geek wanting to have a fun day out with likeminded folks.

The only improvement, in my opinion, they could make is to make sure that there’s a printed program available at the entrance and a very clear time schedule on the website, but let’s be honest: the lack of that is really nothing compared to all the awesome this con does offer.

Photos by Hilde Heyvaert and Sam Van den Bulck

Jefferson welcomes the steampunks

This was the most unusual Steampunk Event I have attended and made for a truly immersive experience.  Instead of pretend Victorian scenery, the entire city was pretty much still Victorian Era in style and design.  The general store was Wild West and/or Diesel Era for real!  The last wood burning steamboat in the world (that I know of anyway) still operating, gave rides as part of your admission price.  A perfect replica Steam Train gave an extensive tour around the town.  The horse drawn carriages toured the interior of the town.  There were Ghost tours (also included in admission price) cypress groves, old west era city streets, and even brass convention badges beautifully engraved with the Steampunk Illumination Society Image.  (at no small cost I’m sure!)  There was even (get this!) a free “Museum of Time and Measurement” that featured all sorts of clock sand time pieces, early calculating devices, and land measurement devices of all types available for view.

The “Museum of Time and Measurement” also provided one of the three main panel locations for the event. The second panel location was at the Russel Building, a very old style brick building (painted bright pink) attached to one of the oldest and most haunted buildings in the city.  The final location for panels as well as the main performance room for shows was at the tourism center right next to the Replica Steam Train station and across the street from the outdoor vendor’s area.  While these three main centers of activity were each about 3 or 4 blocks apart from each other, it was spring and the town was pleasing to the eye, so complaints about walking time or distance were not that frequent and free parking was pretty easy to find in any case.

I find that my complete listing of events has vanished somewhere and the schedule is no longer on the web site. (Maybe one of the ghosts ran off with it?)  As such I will simply discuss the panels or performances I personally saw or heard about at the event.  The Dieselpunk Panel, presented by local experts Larry and Tina Amyett was great as always.  It introduced the attendees to the concept, look, and focus of Diesel Punk as a unique genre and it’s role in the larger Steampunk Community.

“Dark Steampunk” was presented as well, which apparently introduces a very mysterious, gothic, and somewhat sinister look to Steampunk in mostly black cloth or leather with nickel and some crimson. (as opposed to the typical brown leather and brass) The outfits are very focused on producing an imposing, intimidating, and somewhat sinister look.  This often includes masks, some of which appear to represent Raven’s beaks, in a way that plays upon the human subconscious deliciously well!  This approach has played a very big role in recent LARP events where the “Dark Steampunks” portray the “bad guys” (if such actually exist) or at least the opposition force to provide a respectable adversary for ASI and SCARS.

Dark steampunk was there as well

This event also hosted a number of unusual paranormal panels such as “Real Ghosts“, and the “Real Vampyres“ panels presented by Kali’s Hourglass.   Real Ghosts presented general theories about what ghosts really are and the various types of manifestations that might not actually be ghosts, but are indeed a haunting.  They also shared personal experiences living in various haunted homes and how they were able to live in harmony with and eventually help release ghosts from the trap of their existence.  The “Real Vampyres” panel touched lightly on historical facts, myths, and legends, in order to give context and vocabulary as well as symbolic contexts.  It then focused on the modern phenomenon of actual Vampyre Cultures which are not fictional, but actually exist as a fully developed human subculture today.  It also discussed the variety and general differences between psychic vampires, online vampires, Blood Fetishists, Ethical Vampyres, and other types within said subculture.

Musical performances were many and excellent from Darwin Prophet and the Chronus Mirror, Marquis of Vaudville, BB Blackdog, and My Wooden Leg.  Darwin Prophet not only showed up after a fall that left one arm and one leg in a cast, but still managed to perform, (with guitar no less!), at every scheduled performance.  She first played acoustic outside the Hotel where her beloved Oscar Wilde once stayed and wrote beautiful poetry in a tribute to his great contributions to the arts.

Marquis of Vaudville actually led off the main concert this time, and as always, provided an excellent performance that got all the dancers up on their feet unable to sit still with exuberance during their show.  Darwin Prophet and the Chronus Mirror was next.  They had an excellent set with full heavy instrumentation which had the audience up and dancing throughout.  My Wooden Leg was next with a somewhat quirky, but very entertaining set.

BB Blackdog performs

BB Blackdog was the final act.  Their bluesy old rock style with deep throated bass was truly something different that pulled emotions and joy, at least among us old style rock and rollers, in a powerful way.  They played quite a variety of styles within their general genre asking the audience to choose if the next be more hard rock, blues, funk, or something else.  As the audience included young children, the more controversial numbers were not performed, but the ones that were presented were incredibly well received, and the dancers among the crowd found a second wind when these soulful musicians took the stage!

The towns people were uncertain what to expect from a bunch of “Steampunks”, but said over and over how surprised and pleased they were at how polite, clean, and well behaved our attendees were.  Apparently many conventions or events leave a lot of litter in the streets, drunken arrests, and other problems that they did not encounter with any of our people.  They were also surprised how much income our event generated for the town in light of the rather small turn out that new events can attract.  As such, the town is pushing hard to get us back next year, but while the location is a good place to offer more events for Steampunks in Louisiana and Arkansas, it was so far away from hotbeds of Steampunk activity like Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, that it may not be practical to have it in the same location next year.  We will just have to wait and see.

Mr Hugh Ashton himself

We at the the Gatehouse Gazette and The Gatehouse have reviewed most of the works of Hugh Ashton before. Seeing we have been reading and enjoying his work for so long, we figured it was high time to ask Mr Ashton whether we could send some questions his way for an interview on this blog. Here you can read his answers and get better acquainted with the versatile author who brought us epic tales of (amongst others) alternative history and carries on the legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the most brilliant way possible.

You’ve written tales of Japan (Tales of Old Japanese), a contemporary thriller (At the Sharpe End), alternative history books (Red Wheels Turning and Beneath Grey Skies) and now more adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Tales from the Deed Box and More Tales from the Deed Box), what kind of genre would you still love to tackle?
Maybe straight historical fiction – a novel of a past that actually happened. Taking real-life historical characters and examining their motives and their feelings. To a certain extent I did it with Hitler and Goering in “Beneath Gray Skies”, and Lenin and Zinoviev in “Red Wheels Turning”, and I am in the middle of doing it with Stalin and Trotsky in my latest, but I’m not examining them in the light of real events – I’m taking real characters and asking how they would behave in fictional situations. A novel set in Moscow in 1941 against Barbarossa would be fascinating, for example. Or even a Len Deighton-type history would be interesting to research and write.

I’ve also just published a book of short stories about the older generation of Japanese. They’re the closest thing to Literature with a capital L that I have published so far, and I rather like them. “Tales of Old Japanese” contains five short stories, all rather bitter-sweet.

All my books and descriptions are listed at hughasthtonbooks.info.

You live in Japan, would you say Sherlock Holmes is popular there?
Very much so. I joke that whatever interest exists anywhere in the world, you will find a group of Japanese doing it – perfectly. Whether it’s underwater motorcycling, nude bagpipe playing or Sherlock Holmes fandom, there will be Japanese enthusiasts who are practicing the art and who have refined it to an unimaginable degree. The deerstalker and curly pipe cliché is strong here – as strong as in English-speaking countries. Of course, many Japanese will never have read the books in the original – and I can’t tell you how good the translations are.

Your Tales of the Deed Box are like new tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, what inspired you to write in his style and not give your own completely new twist to Sherlock Holmes or contemporise him?
For a start, I like Conan Doyle’s style – long rambling sentences, adverbs, archaisms, the lot. It’s distinctive, and it’s relatively easy for me to write in. It’s enjoyable to craft these sentences. I suppose I could write like Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler (not as well, though), but I couldn’t write Holmes stories that way. There’s no way I want to change the character of Holmes – he’s great as he is. The only thing is that Watson published only those stories which he felt he could publish at the time without upsetting public opinion. There is, I feel, much more to Holmes than Conan Doyle was prepared to let on, and I hope my stories help to extend Holmes’ character – and Watson’s. I like Watson as a person, and I find it very easy to slip into his skin and endure Holmes’ idiosyncrasies as well as share in his triumphs.

Do you find inspiration in tales of Sherlock Holmes other than the originals or other (detective) stories?
I try to avoid the Holmes pastiches, even when they tell the same stories as I am telling (or at least they are stories with the same titles). I don’t want to take other people’s views of Holmes on board, even unconsciously. Other stories – oh yes. I like many of the early thrillers/detective stories of that time or a little later. Edgar Wallace, William le Queux, R. Austin Freeman and so on. Really great for atmosphere and detail of Holmes and his world.

Which of the more modern stories and approaches to Mr Holmes do you like best and which of the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is your personal favourite?
The BBC Sherlock set now with the Cumberbatch/Freeman team is fantastic. I’m in awe. It is so close to the originals, and yet so up to date. Script, dialog, plot, acting, setting, camera work. Fantastic. Best Holmes on film ever. I don’t like the Downey/Law movies – they have little in common with Holmes except the names and the setting.

Favourite Holmes story? I like “The Yellow Face” – there is no crime involved, but a great deal of humanity, and Sherlock gets it completely wrong. For that reason, I like it a lot. For pure detection, I like “The Norwood Builder”, and “The Sign of Four” takes some beating. “The Red-Headed League” is fun.

Sherlock Holmes vs Hercule Poirot, who would solve the crime first?
I’m not a Poirot fan at all, so I would have to say that the little grey cells would be beaten. Holmes is a good deal more methodical than Poirot, despite his eccentricities. He has a vast reserve of facts and knowledge on which to draw, and that is the secret of so much police work – having the data there, and knowing which parts of it are relevant. Poirot tends to rely more on the facts immediately available to him, while Holmes has an intelligence network and a database (on paper, of course).

Are there plans for another Deed Box?
“Secrets from the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD” is well underway. “The Bradfield Push” (currently available as Kindle only) will be included, as will “The Conk-Singleton Forgery Case” and “The Enfield Rope” – all written and in the process of being edited. There will be one more story which has yet to be finished and titled. After that, I am not sure… The Deed Box is rapidly emptying.

You’ve written a prequel to Beneath Grey Skies (Red Wheels Turning), is there going to be a sequel as well?
There’s another prequel in the works, set in Russia in the Civil War. Trotsky, Stalin, Kolchak, Ungern-Sternberg – all in there. I even drag a semi-retired Admiral Togo in there by the scruff of his neck. Brian Finch-Malloy has a Japanese sidekick in this one. Provisional title is “Gold on the Tracks”, and I see it being a monster of a book if I am not careful.

What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
Two conflicting pieces of advice. First, believe in yourself and what you are doing. I am convinced that to be a successful writer you need an ego, or at least a lot of self-confidence. If you don’t believe in the idea of your book, no-one else will.

The second is never trust your own judgement. Always get someone neutral (not family or friend) to criticise and suggest improvements before you send your work off to an agent or go in for self-publishing.

They’re not as contradictory as all that, though. It’s really a matter of having the arrogance to believe in the big ideas, and the humility to know when the details need correction. After that, it’s elementary.

Many thanks to Hugh Ashton for taking out the time to give us this interview. We at The Gatehouse look forward to his upcoming works, that’s for sure!

Strange Artifact live, photo by Dan Orlowitz

This is pretty much your last chance to do more than excellent deals on not just the album, but epic steampunk goodies (I bow down to their craftsmanship!) and help them out in their conquest of the world via their fantastic music!

Newsflash ladies and gentlemen, we’re well on the way to become equally bitchy and elitist as the average Lolita community (no offence meant to the nice followers of said J-fashion, I know for a fact those exist by the bucketloads!).

The approach to someone trying something new, or just joining and making some (common) mistakes is NOT to go and bitch at them or moan like some grannie with god knows what ailment.
It is not ok to tell people to go find someone else that knows about these things to have them done for them if they can’t do it themselves.
How do we expect people to grow to love steampunk as much as we no doubt all do if we treat them like that?
How do we expect his movement to continue growing and being diverse if we act like that?
And perhaps most importantly: how do we expect people to learn new skills and improve on existing ones if we put them off doing so?

Instead of bitching, moaning and generally acting like jerks, we should take a good long look at our general attitude towards all things steam and start afresh.
By seeing how we can offer help so we can all enjoy this thing we love together and have a collective good time. And heck, maybe we’ll learn something new and make new friends along the way. Bonus!

In order to get some initial funding, a project was set up on IndieGoGo.
The fundraiser for the European Steampunk Convention (that is the name of the event) has just over two weeks left to go and the road is still long.

In all honesty, the original target is too high, but we rather aimed high since we did not know how expensive clubs and bands would be. But we did not overestimate the amount we need that much. As the situation is at the moment, paying for the fundraiser goodies will eat up most of the money we have collected, leaving us with little to actually support the convention.

In essence, the fundraiser fails.

Although the convention will still happen, it will be less well connected as originally planned and fewer things will happen.

As of me writing this, there will be major events in or near Madrid, Luxembourg, Vienna, Prague and Moscow. Further, number of events of various sizes (some of them may well be major as well) will happen from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea.

We need to be able to connect them via the internet, and we need equipment for making a documentary about it. Yes, the story of the convention will be told!

Since a lot of things will be going on online, everyone around the world can join in and watch those parties and concerts which have streaming equipment. Yes, even if you are sitting somewhere near Bismarck in North Dakota, in the Australian Outback or the New Hebrides, you can be part of this event.

As long as you are online, you can be part of the European Steampunk Convention.

So please, Steampunk and Dieselpunk enthusiasts around the world, help us get this going! There are goodies on Indie GoGo waiting for you and a Convention you can join where ever you are! This started out as a party for European Steampunks, but it has now become an event for the Steampunk and Dieselpunk scene around the globe! We just stuck to “European” because of the initial idea. The fact it will be available online makes it global. Support this in unity and celebrate in unity!

Thank you for your time.