Steam Punk? Steampunk?

So what's Steam Punk, you ask. I should probably wiki it, but usually, it is an alternate fictional  history where there is high technology or magic during the steam age... There's a lot of steampunk in RPG games and fantasy novels. My favorite 'steampunk' novels are The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

The Diamond Age is my favorite Neal Stephenson book. You should definitely check it out. I actually listened to the the audiobook version... while I was drawing comics of course. It's this book that saves face for all his lame books. Does Neal Stephenson write any lame books? I meant long books. All I know, is that when a new book comes out from him, I get it, even if I can't even hope to finish it like the Baroque Saga. The thing about The Diamond Age is that the book actually had emotional resonance with me- it moved me. So now for better or for worse, I'll probably continue to pick up Neal Stephenson books till he's dead. I recommended it to a friend and his reaction was meh. So it's not for everybody. I heard that Hollywood is making a mini series for The Diamond Age. When I say Hollywood, I mean it disparagingly. I hope it is good, but just read the book. I'm one of those guys who hasn't seen Game of Thrones on TV yet. But hey, I'd rather watch Game of Thrones than another Spiderman movie.

Tomorrow I'll talk about The Difference Engine!

Death to the Sky Pirates #1 cover

Here's the cover for issue one coming shortly... I had a previous version similar to this. I prefer this one, but I'll post the other some other time.

Welcome to the Mass Transit Comics blog. I hope to meet readers of my comics here. So far Immense Robot is available on Graphicly via their website and on iTunes. Check it out. Issue two is free. I'm setting up this blog because I am about to release my second comic Death to the Sky Pirates... also free on Graphicly and iTunes. Because I am so busy working on the comic, I won't be posting daily; but I'll try to post as often as I can. I will probably post pictures and unfinished pages as I work on them. Pictures are usually more interesting anyway. Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Dave Smith