If asked what my favourite movement in American cinema was, the answer would definitively be, “Well, film noir, of course!” Honestly, what movement is more of an American classic? Just like its French-given name of “film noir” demanding those silly italics, it’s likewise ironic that my favourite film noir is ostensibly British in ...

Discovered by explorers of the most secluded areas of the East Pole, this strangely retrofuturistic aerial tramway, although not powered by electricity or any other known energy, works in some unexplained perpetual motion. Endlessly, in a slow, squeaking progress, its rusted, deserted cablecars criss-cross the icy fjord. Whether this vertigo high structure was built by some ...

Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with the excellent steampunk artwork of Mr Myke Amend by now. For one thing, he provided the cover to the eighth issue of our magazine, the Gatehouse Gazette. His gallery of digital paintings is much more extended however: the steampunk enthusiasts will especially be able to appreciate ...

We previously featured some of the artworks that were submitted last year in The Computer Graphics Society’s “Steampunk: Myths and Legends” challange: SteamOctopus by Alex Broeckel and the Steamnoccio by Fabricio Moraes, among others. Today, we bring this fine depiction of “The Legend of Shibashu” by an artist who goes by the handle ...