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...The Do-It-Yourself mentality at SDCC is not limited to comics, of course. More and more of these costumes are simply spectacular. I've noticed a below-the-radar subgenre has been slowly bubbling to the surface, riding the DIY wave: steampunk. Perhaps the manifestation of 21st century kids yearning for the innocence and mystery of yesteryear by way of Jules Verne and H.G. Welles, steampunk imagines an alternate 18th century world, where we never abandoned steam to power our inventions, but somehow pushed forward into a bejeweled, science-fantasy world. Steampunk costume-players wear ornately tooled gadgets, protective goggles and umbrellas, clockwork broaches, and weathered boots. Bands of them stalk the floor seeking out supernatural menaces, or gathering expeditions to the moon. They sell their handcrafted wares on Etsy, and call for spontaneous meet-ups through Twitter to scavenge antique stores for "parts." Man, it's a great time to be a geek...
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