I need some help! I've decided to start another blog, but this one won't be about me. It's called Metachronicals: A history of anachronism and it's about anachronistic themes in science fiction. For example: steampunk stories, dieselpunk stories, stories set in a sci fi atomic age etc. etc.
What I need is the names of writers and artists who do this kind of work. I'm thinking of people like Phillip Reeve, James Blaylock, Mike Mignola, Jay Lake, Tom Kidd, Virgil Finlay, Dave Stevens....And a lot more.
I'll be covering films as well, but to a lesser degree. I'll be concentrating mainly on books and art.
Any thoughts would be deeply appreciated! Thanks!
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Good luck with your new blog. I'm a reader of Paleo-Future myself, love that stuff!
Have you ever seen Lillian Plunkett's "8th wonder of the world" back in the mid 90s?
http://fourcolorcommentary.blogspot.com/2008/04/8th-wonder24-pgs-295-dark-horsestory.html
Awesome, awesome name for the new blog, Eric. In terms of action figure customizing, Sillof has done an extensive series of steampunk figures over the past couple of years:
http://www.sillof.com/
Thanks Koldo~This blog will not be about science,fashion or DIY so much as about books and art which I hope sets it apart from what other people have been doing.
Very, very cool Tim! I hadn't seen that before, I'll have to order it.
Thanks!
Thanks so much Bruce! Yeah, I love Sillof's work. Do you know Glorbes(aka Bruce Ros)? He's a collaborator with Sillof and his work is just amazing:
http://glorbes.blogspot.com
The second post I have planned is about Bruce's dieselpunk reimagings of superheroes.
Sorry Bruce that should read "Bruce Ross" not "ros"
Aye, Eric, I know him very well ;)
I second Eth Wonder - although it's Killian!
Are you familiar with Ian Edginton and D'israeli's work? They've done a War of the Worlds adaptation and spin off for Dark Horse, and their excellent comics Leviathan and Stickleback have had been collected.
hahaha!
Sorry Bruce I thought you were Bruce Gerlach! Oh well.....
I haven't read there stuff Paul! Looks amazing, I'll track it down.
Thanks so much!
Sounds cool! Happy New Year my friend!
Thanks Rawls!
Hey eric, you might want to check out an Umberto Eco book called, The Misterious Flame of Queen Loana. Its set in the present but deals with loss of memory and comic books, grahic novels, and ephemera of the past that have elements of anachronism. Peace.
I remember when that book came out but for some reason I didn't read it. Thanks Matt!
How about the Foglios. Girl Genius is a steampunk story they have been writing for years.
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
Good one Jimmy! Thanks! Great series.
zeppelins! :X Love it.
Hey Eric, these top three drawings in the attached link are somewhat consistent with your theme here. Not sure if you've ever seen them.Thought you might enjoy.
http://timbaron.blogspot.com/2007/11/lots-and-lots-of-little-black-lines.html
Lovely! You're doing some really cool stuff. I'm quite jealous of your energy and skill.
Thanks Eric!
Thanks Tim! amazing pictures!
Thanks Tom! You seriously just made my week1 I love your work and aspire to be even a tenth as good as you.