Steampunk Tattoos

My sincerest apologies for not keeping up with my scheduled posts this week. So far it's been a darn sight busier with my various other projects than I thought it would be.

In lieu of the two posts I've missed so far this week, I bring you this picture of Steampunk tattoos courtesy of Mr. Rick Daley:

Rick found them here: http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/16/cogs-and-ink-steampunk-tattoo-designs-that-wow/

Steampunk Star Wars

I did have something witty and insightful that I planned to post today, but between toying with the pacing of CALLARION AT NIGHT and general busyness, I kind of forgot. So instead I will today regale you with photos of Steampunk Star Wars action figures.

The view of all the characters -- Obi-Wan is on the far left and a stormtrooper is on the far right.

C-3PO and R2-D2

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker

Chewbacca and Han Solo

Stormtrooper and Darth Vader

Am I too much of a nerd if I say that I really really want to buy the entire set?

Steampunk in Time

Imagine my surprise when I flipped through my recent copy of Time Magazine and found an article about Steampunk.

That got me all excited because it meant the culture is making more headlines. But then I got a tad depressed because it appears Mr. Lev Grossman -- who wrote the article -- spent much of it glossing over a heckuva bunch of stuff in favor of instead talking to Scott Westerfield (apparently one novel in the genre makes you an expert).

Now, I'm not bad-mouthing either gentleman. I've worked as a reporter (like Grossman is) and it is all kinds of not fun. The daily deadlines you have to hit or be reamed out by your boss are like the Sword of Damacles hanging over your head with an evil imp waiting to slice the thread. I'm also not trying to say Westerfield's not an articulate gentleman who spoke very well about the genre. I'm quite happy with his comments in regards to why he wrote Leviathan as a steampunk novel.

I should be happy that Steampunk got a shout-out in a major publication like Time. As it is, I'm merely bothered by it being back matter (tucked away at the end of the magazine) and not somewhere center stage where it belongs. Not like I'm, you know, biased or anything.*

* And if you believe that I have a nice little bridge in New York to sell you.

Steampunk Super Mario Galaxy

So I found this image over at DeviantArt done by Amy Hollen, who corrects me in her comment below:

Yep, it's a steampunk drawing of Super Mario Galaxy. I just had to share, seeing as this here blog's title is a nod to the greatest Nintendo franchise in existence.

No worries, there will be a more detailed post about something steampunk or writing related later today. But this was just far too cool to not share immediately.

P.S.: My apologies to Amy Hollen for miscrediting this steampunk Super Mario drawing.