Cover Model: Dastardly Dandy Demondaz

Artwork: Jason Juta www.jasonjuta.com

Magazine layout: Tim Beale

Edited:
Tim Beale
Contributors:
John Walton
Sally Jacobs
Paul Boswell
Tom Brown

ISSUE 1
Contents:
Dastardly Dandy Demondaz - Model, DJ, Promoter
Artist - Sally Jacobs
From across the pond - Montegue Jacques Fromage
Justice in the Balance - Episode 1
Paul Boswell - Steampunk Street Artist
Tom Brown - Graphic Novel Artist Supremo

Model, DJ & Promoter- Dastardly Dandy Demondaz

gives an exclusive interview to Steamline Magazine
work is a study of female subjects.
I am supposedly agency represented but they
never get me any work so I get my own and
dont have to give them anything!
(Will send over a resume with noteworthy projects too)

So Darren (DD) thank you for talking to Steamline Magazine (SL) and being the cover model
for the very first issue:
SL - What led to become an alternative model?
DD - Its the cheek bones and eyes - they just
beg to be photographed.
It all goes back about 7 years now and an ex,
also a model, told me I really should get photographed and I did. The result formed part of
an early portfolio that has lead to a number of
interesting shoots and projects and a portfolio
that, I hope, is impressive and eye-catching.
SL - How long have you been modelling and who
for?
DD - Its about 7 years now, man and boy, and
Ive been lucky to pick up a number of interesting roles and projects. I have modelled for David
Bailey as part of a Nokia promotion, I am on numerous book covers (Steampunks may recognise me as Cyrus Darian on Raven Danes novel
and I am on the Polish translation of Japanese
Devil Fish girl and other tales by Robert Rankin)
and have been the subject of a number of editorials including 3 in Bizarre Magazine and a good
few in the cheap and nasty Lifestyle magazines
that smell funny in doctor and dentist waiting
rooms everywhere! Most recently I am the face
of Vampire Culture a non-fiction ethnographic account that introduces readers to the
vampire community despite the fact that this

SL - Do you get to keep any of the clothes after?

DD - Most of the clothes I model in are my own, I
like to keep an elegant wardrobe and I am proud
of my Vampire and Steampunk attire. Many
items I have altered myself, some I have designed and commissioned. I hate to wear anything that looks off-the-peg or bought in
Camden market!
SL - Do you have the opportunity to input creatively on photoshoots?
DD - Yes, its generally the case that I self-style
most of my shoots even if offering a choice of
outfit changes. Also as a fairly experienced
subject I have a few moves which I know work
well to be photographed. Its very often down to
the level of experience of the photographers
you shoot with many need the models to take
charge to deliver striking images others, more
experienced, will have directions they wish to
give and ideas that they wish to try. Im always
happy to work with both and its often the case
that by getting direction in a shoot you add to
your own repertoire of moves.

Having a prospective photographer ask me

What would you like to do? may be dangerous
as Ive always dozens of ideas that I would like to
explore. I must get chatting a photographer and
digital artist that I know is going to Whitby, a
friend of many years, in November too for an
idea Ive had for some time Dracula 1930
where the Demeter is a flaming downed zeppelin
and Dracula and his 3 wives have dynamically
leapt from the wreck with the ruined Whitby
Abbey in the background.
SL - Where can our readers see your work,
other than here?
DD - My main networking portfolio is on Purpleport here (http://purpleport.com/portfolio/demondaz/)
SL - Do you have any favourite or memorable
locations?
DD - Many, I am lucky to be a Londoner as provides a plethora of wonderful locations - Everything from the medieval, through to the
Victorian, and modern and derelict locations for
contemporary shooting themes.
Actual favourites include the Victorian Viaduct
and gardens that is found behind Londons
Arnos Grove tube station. This was the location
for my first ever Steampunk shoot in 2008
(which was before the whole thing became
rather popular in the UK) and here I first met my
dear Hayley. Amusing that we both noted each
other, as we were dating other people at the
time, and a couple of years later we stated dating and have just celebrated 3 years together!
We also have one of Brunels Bridges close to
our home in Hanwell, a place where we both like
to walk and we have done a couple of shoots
there too as there is a beautiful park and woodlands behind the bridge.
I will always love Whitby too, not just because of
the association with a certain Victorian era
Horror Novel that has become a modern classic
or indeed the festival, but also as it is like going

back in time whenever we visit and life there has

a slower more relaxed pace. Its more like a Spa
in my mind where I can breathe clean air and
watch wildlife at play.
SL - You also organise the Vampire Villains vs
Steampunk Slayers events, what inspired such
a concept and can you tell our readers a little
more about the events?
DD - I used to run the events for the London
Vampyre Group for over 3 years. Various mixed
events that included lingerie catwalks, magicians, burlesques, bands, DJs and dancing before I decided to go it alone. Vampyre Villains vs
Steampunk Slayers (VVvsSS I think is catchy)
was born in 2008 and it was my most well attended, and enjoyed, event to date! I recently
resurrected VVvsSS and moved the event from
pub cellar function rooms to a noted London
concert venue and took it to a bigger level with
bands and cabaret acts.
SL - Do you have any more events in the
pipeline?
DD - No dates confirmed but I have been toying
with the idea of a H.P.Lovecraft themed VVvsSS
event. It may be a bit niche for finding suitable
acts and performances but HPL has always
been a huge influence for me. Quite unique to
mix gothic horror influences with bizarre science fiction and time-travel concepts!
SL - Finally if you had to choose one band that
epitomises Steampunk for you who would it be?
DD - Just one! May I have two please? Mainly as
they, to my mind, stand for the same thing. I like
my Steampunk with a touch of darkside thrown
in so Gladstone and TMWWNBBFN are my kinda
Steampunk bands. If I must just choose one
then Gladstone so good Ive put them on twice.
I hope to put The Men on at some future event
too, I did ask them about the last one but they
were out of town playing a festival!

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Artist Sally Jacobs

My artwork often explores the darker/Steampunk side of faery and mermaids and
Fae creatures are the focus of my work at present. It is hard to pinpoint what inspires me exactly, but I believe all art is about self-expression.
To me, Steampunk is about being able to mix, sometimes anachronistic, things together. It enables me to merge my pre-Raphaelite influences with something darker
to create slightly more edgy paintings. History and the past has a huge influence on
my work and ultimately Steampunk is just me!
Influences include the pre-Raphaelite movement and modern faery artists such as
Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Brian Froud and Amy Brown.
Sallys work has been published in several magazines, including "pentacle", Faeries
and Angels and "faeries and enchantment".
Fantasy artist Sally Jacob, www.thepunkfaeryartworks.com

Nothing Left

The midnight oil

Traces of my mistakes

Our man from across the pond

An exclusive interview with Steampunk
Funk originator Montegue Jacques Fromage

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SL - Where in the world are you right now?

MJF - Im presently in the UK. Will be returning to
the US briefly in mid October to attend
Teslacon/Madison, Wisconsin and almost immediately returning to the UK with scheduled gigs here,
Germany, Holland and Luxembourg. Then returning
to the UK until after Christmas/New Years.
SL - What does Steampunk mean to you? and how
did you get into it?
MJF - "Steampunk" is, like any other genre, an avenue of self expression. I particularly like steampunk because, unlike many genres, it is open to
"people of all ages". There is "room for everyone".
It also has a much broader potential (personal creativity, interaction, self expression, etc.) in any
number of genre-related areas. I had been vending
a number of years ago at horror cons (which include "American Goths") and there was a definitive
interest in "steampunk" accessories. Steampunk,
as its own genre, was still coming out of the
closet... and has now BLOSSOMED into a most formidable genre in its own right.
SL - Steampunk Funk. Can you explain to our readers what this is and the thought processes behind
it?
MJF - There is no specific musical "style" that is
exclusively "STEAM punk". Say "Cyberpunk" you
think of goth, heavy metal, industrial, and pigeonhole them accordingly, but "steampunk" is a bit
more elusive. It incorporates those mentioned
above AS WELL AS indie, folk music, gypsy, big
band, electro-swing, rap, blues, jazz and more. As
far as "steampunk funk" is concerned, Ive defined
it my lyrics... "pertinent Victorian subject matter,
words that rhyme, and a backbeat". Simple as that
Although some people may disagree, "funk" is like
"jazz" and "blues"... strictly American origin. The
beat/sound is unquestionably recognizable, danceable and most importantly FUN! It strikes a chord
with people from multiple backgrounds. "Funky"
has been around since the 60s (I have been around
substantially longer ) Incorporating a funky
bassline and brass with "Victorian rap" lyrics just
seemed like the next logical step.

SL - You spend a great deal this side of the pond.

How do the UK Steampunks differ from the US
crowd?
MJF - Dare I use the Professors word? Both UK and
US steampunks are SPLENDID! UK Steampunk (as a
genre) differs greatly from US Steampunk (imho).
The roots are the same (Victorian Science Fiction)
but the interpretation and growth has been entirely, no, UNIQUELY, different (as it should be). UK
and US steampunks are individually expressive in
their appearance and demeanour based on their
personal exposure/involvement. Because steampunks are amazingly creative, look and style are
important. There are basic "visual cues" that identify people as "steampunk"
(goggles/tophats/pocket watches/walking sticks)
but from that point, there is a delicious variation
with regards to look, style and presentation. UK
steampunks also have the advantage of several
thousand years of history to draw from. The US
(as a country) only has several hundred
SL - Having recently attended Dragon *Con in Atlanta can you tell us something about the con and
what it was like there? What were your highlights
there?
MJF - Dragon*Con is a multi-genre con, not exclusively Steampunk. Within DCon is an "Alternative
History Track" masterminded by a very good
friend, Doc Quincy E. Quartermain (Doctor "Q")
that is pretty much a "con within a con". DCon itself was 60,000 to 100,000 people, 24 hours a day,
6 massive hotels within a 10 city block area that
defies description. It must be seen to be believed.
Highlights? I suspect "being part of the whole
thing" and my MCing/performing at the Midnight
Burlesque ... both unbelievable experiences.
SL - And finally of each of these three what/who
would you recommend to our readers:
a) Your top Steampunk band? MJF - In all humility,
SteampunkFunk Bizarre (me)
b) Book? MJF - BONESHAKER - Cherie Priest
c) Male grooming product? MJF - "Cement" ... US
product for setting my mustache

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Justice In Balance!
Episode One - Wool Gathers
I pulled open the solid wooden door to the dockside tavern, The Keg, in Greenwich, and entered
from the night, trailing damp fog. My hood and
overcoat dripped water onto a wood floor already covered in slick dirt and coal dust slurry.
Inside the air was thick with smoke from the fire
and pipes in slackened mouths and the rank smell
of, fish, sweat, wet clothing, sour beer and bodies.
My entrance prompted no break in the
hubbub of conversations, the only acknowledgement being baleful glares from those sitting near
the door as they hunched against the draught I
had brought in. A gust of cold moist wind blew
across the wet wharf and slammed the door shut
behind me.

Habit had me turn my back to the wall and

keep my own counsel. As I sipped, I studied those
around me over the top of my mug. Most of the
clientele looked like dock labourers, regulars,
with a couple of sailors huddled here and there.
Not encouraged, but tolerated for their transient
wealth.
My clothing was unremarkable amongst
the, worn, patched, hard wearing clothes and the
sturdy scuffed boots of the patrons. A weeks
carefully cultivated stubble gave me a scruffy
look that fitted in with my surroundings; my neat
military hair-cut was covered by the hood which
helped conceal my features.
The man I had come to meet, Bob Topper Stagg, sat alone at a table, as befitted a man
of importance. Topper did not refer to the
threadbare short-crown top hat that lay on the
table beside a black lacquer walking-stick, its
brass handle shaped into a clenched fist.

The drinkers returned to their business

and I wove through the throng towards the bar,
the crowd reluctantly bunching together as
much to keep from my wet clothes as allowing
me access.
Ale, I said unnecessarily, for that was all
they sold here.

No, it referred to the occasions when he

followed up on the fatherly advice he gave when
he hired, special, help.

The barman soundlessly took my sixpence

and slopped an over-filled mug down on the filthy
counter in front of me and dropped my change
alongside. I took the mug, and the penny, spilling
some of the sticky brew over my hand as I did so,
and went to stand as near the fire as I could for
warmth but at the same time trying to keep in
the shadows.

If you work for Bob Stagg you do what

youre told, how youre told, when youre told.
And you keep your mouth, shut. Or Ill top yer.
He was dressed in the same working
mans rig as the rest of us, but his were less
frayed. Chunky gold rings stood out on both
hands and a thick silver watch chain was displayed across his belly, wrapped round his neck

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was a royal-blue silk cravat with a gold pin, all

these accoutrements were meant to accentuate
his status. He had a foreign almost theatrical air
with hard black eyes, gold flashed in each ear,
and heavy black stubble covered his jaw, though
not, I was pleased to note, as thick as mine.
Less than a pace from him, one on either
side stood his two bully-boys. Both of them
adopting a threatening stance as I approached
their hands on hips and coats open, so that their
cudgels could be seen. Looking at them, I made
sure I stopped short of the table, as would a normal supplicant.
Robert Stagg? A grunt was the only answer. Sir, I hear youre hiring to-night for a job
on the dock. My face was partially hidden and I
was sure he would not recognise my voice with
the whine I had affected.
He had been watching me, now he gave me
a more detailed study.
Whats your skill then: coal-whipper,
stevedore, general labourer, river-man, stoker,
bargee? Show us your hands.
It was now, or never. He would either
recognise me from the diamond fields near Kanteen Koppie and keep mum, or set his bully-boys
onto me. On second thoughts. No, on this one he
would prefer to get his hands dirty.

and extended my arms. My hands and wrists

stuck out from tattered cuffs, the nails thick
with black dust and grease. He looked down at
them, unimpressed.
Turn them over.
I did so.
He didnt move, not even an intake of
breath. He was good. Always had been. On my
right hand, against the dirt, the ridged white line
stood out, across the base of the thumb down
onto the arm curving around the wrist.
His hand slid beneath the hat in front of
him and I heard a small metallic click.
If, and I say only if, I was to hire you, what
would you call yourself?
Fox. I stood tensed, ready to run, not
sure how this would play out.
Ah, Fox. Good English name, but can we
trust the fox, tonight, in the hen house as it were.
He looked me directly in the eye. After a drawn
out pause he gestured to the man on his left.
Toby, take Mr Fox up to my room; and
make sure nothing happens to him, a stranger
here and all that. Mr Fox, Ill be joining you
shortly. Throughout the exchange he did not remove his hand from under the hat nor shift his
gaze from me.
I allowed Toby to grab my arm, and to
hustle me across the room and up the stairs,
pleased with myself for reducing the odds
against me to Stagg and only one of his thugs,
and not both bully-boys and possibly the entire
tavern.

With apparent disregard for the posing

guards I stepped up to the table, put my ale down

From the journals of Reynadine Ferine Freelance Investigator

Artist: Harriet Gill

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Paul Boswell AKA Los Mutartis

Steampunk Street Art.....

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Emerging from Rural Somerset Boswell presents us with a mixed up twisted world where the
likes of freakish anthropomorphic creatures
stalk apocalyptic landscapes co-existing with
lost and obsolete technologies, which have mutated and taken on a new life. Boswells weird
and wonderful visions are fuelled by a powerful
imagination, a soup of the mind whose ingredients range from a childhood brought
up on comics, old horror movies, sci-fi,
northern European fairy tales, weird 1970 s
kids T.V, and Punk Rock to name but a few of
the influences.

main. The eternal outsider Boswell pushes the

boundaries of the art form creating a fantastical
and sometimes unnerving universe of mutated
possibilities.

After getting into Graffiti in the 80s through discovering the seminal book Subway Art like so
many others of his generation, Boswells art
found a new means of expression on walls. In
some ways the antithesis of more bubbly traditional Graffiti forms Boswells work dwells in a
twilight world, an edgier
and atmospheric do-

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Tom Brown
Artist for the Hopeless, Maine graphic novel
series published by Archaia Entertainment.
(among other strange things)

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Li'l Eddie:
Edgar Allan Poe for Kids

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Steamline
Issue the 1st
Notes from the editor:
Id like to thank all the contributors to this the first
issue of Steamline an online
magazine aimed at Steampunks
covering art, music literature
and any other randomness inbetween....
If you would like to contribute
to the next issue email:
[email protected]

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Illustration by Tom Lynn

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