My name is Amy Dallen, and today on Talkin' Comics Weekly
we're talkin' Steampunk!
Specifically, we are talkin' Legenderry, a steampunk adventure.
The miniseries from Dynamite, whose second issue ships today.
Legenderry is the brain-child of Bill Williams, the writer of the modern classic Vertigo comic Fable;
about a world in which all the familiar classic characters of fairy tales have been thrown together in modern day New York City.
William is prepared to work the same magic on the pulp adventure heroes, with a story that reimagines them all
in a steampunk world of his own design.
The roster of heroes in play is intriguing, to say the least.
A steampunk Green Hornet, Vampirella, Red Sonja
Flash Gordon, aaand the Six-Thousand Dollar Man.
These are a few of the faces we'll be seeing in this book,
and given Williams' gift for the literary remix it is a hugely exciting prospect.
Steampunk, and Sci-Fi in general is all about the "what if"
and today I get to answer a really, really, REALLY cool "what if" of my own
with the help of some ridiculously amazing guests.
About whom I'm going to be totally professional.
STEAM POWERED GIRAFFE!
Steam Powered Giraffe
is an amazing band whose members perform as robots from the Victorian era
and today I'm going to get my own automotonic transformation,
but first, I'll need to go shopping.
Welcome to Clockwork
I understand you're going to need to be outfitted
I..I'm going to get my..my very own automoton Victorian makeover!
Ok! What are the Automotons wearing these days?
Uhhhhh.. this seems to be the height of fashion for it, actually.
Ok, very good!
[music]
So here we are with the *incredibly* talented members of Steam Powered Giraffe.
If y'all would introduce yourselves, please?
I'm uh.. 'Bunny' Bennet
My name's Sam Luke, I play Hatchworth.
And I'm Dave Michael Bennet I play The Spine
What are we going to do today?
We're going to "robotize" you.
Turn you into a robot, a rare treat. I don't think a lot of people get..
No we brought all the make-up and you've got a costume and it's going to happen.
It usually takes us, like, 3 hours? We don't really rush when we put our make-up on. Yeah.
No laughing! [laughs] Sorry!
Now, I have a bit of an awkward question, cause..
I'm not used to working with cleavage... [laughs] ..so.. are we just gonna cover that
with black? You want to paint it yourself, or..? [laughs]
So, the name is Panda Skeleton?
Skelepanda!
I think we have ourselves a robot!
Keep your arms "eh-eh" level
So most of it is just taking body inventory and you
know just.. kind of.. knowing that every movement
reacts to another movement.
They can get.. you know it's all about, like, isolating individual
parts of your body.
So if you stand still, it's a lot more impressive
than like.. jumpin' around.
But I think, one of the easiest ones is probably moving the head, just..
Isn't this incredible?!!
Umm.. so thank you to Clockwork Couture for the wonderful
outfit to go with this make over.
And thank you guys so much for being here,
is there anything you guys want to promote?
www.steampoweredgiraffe.com
Thank you so much!!
Thank you SO MUCH to Steam Powered Giraffe for doing this with me.
My first quick pick for today is their own web comic which you can
see online steampoweredgiraffe.com.
For more steampunk goodness, check out the following:
"Return of the Dapper Men", which is a wholly original
children's fable, with a healthy dose of clockwork charm.
"Girl Genius". Another of the standard-bearers for steampunk,
with its inventor heroine who has a touch of the mad
scientist to her.
"The Adventures of Luther Arkwright", which was one of the first works
to explore this kind of setting, and deserves a place on
every steampunk historian's shelf.
So what makes steampunk so compelling?
Nostalgia for an imagined Jules Vernian past?
Rebellion against the tidy design of an iPod with a sudden
romantic attachment to moving parts?
What do you think?
Sound off in the comments! And if you enjoyed this adventure,
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buy the new Steam Powered Giraffe album, MK III !
And join us next week for another new comic book day, and
another Adventure!