Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Amazingly Steampunk Spider-Men

Denis Medri’s illustration of a Steampunk Spider-Man has been making the rounds on the Internet lately and it is undoubtedly a cool take on the webslinger. And it got me thinking about how other people might see Spidey in a Steampunk world. Well, it turns out there are plenty of different attempts at this and I’ve collected a bunch of them for your viewing enjoyment.

(For people wanting to see more work by these artists, look for them on DeviantArt (except Jin Saotome who was on Toy Ark). I’m working on making the images link directly to the artist’s pages, but the plugin is fighting me, alas.)

I’ll have to see what other Steampunk superhero and villain remakes I can find. Any requests?

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Banana Republic Creating “Anna Karenina” Collection

A bit of 19th century elegance is coming to a mall chain near you this fall. Banana Republic, in partnership with Focus Features, is creating a collection of clothes inspired by the forthcoming production of Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly, Jude Law, and Aaron Johnson. (Alas, not Android Karenina.) The collection, which they describe as “a special holiday capsule” is being “styled and curated by twice-Academy Award-nominated Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran.”

We haven’t seen any part of the line itself yet, but I can show you some of the lavish costumes Durran designed for the film. They are impressive.

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Steampunk Books Coming Out in July

Every month, the good folks over at SF Signal compile an awesome list of science fiction, fantasy, and horror (and related) books coming out in the next month. Here are the Steampunk-relevant ones from the list, but please take a gander at the full list of July title if you are looking for something (gasp!) outside of the Steampunk genre.

CuttleFish by Dave Freer, Pyr, July 24

God Save the Queen by Kate Locke, Orbit, July 3

Ripper by David Golemon, Thomas Dunne Books, July 17.

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