JP Dean, Author at Chicago Steampunk Exposition

The Problems with Lovecraft: Separating the Mythos from the Man

by JP Dean | May 1, 2025

Presented by Jeffrey S. Kupperman & Dr. Bee Lovecraft has become a standard of modern horror and urban fantasy. His presence looms, while his mythos has moved beyond him into new exporations of social relations and realities. In this panel discussion,...

Realistic Self Defense and Combat (13+)

by JP Dean | Apr 30, 2025

Presented by N E Riggs Learn about street fighting, dirty boxing, and martial arts self-defense techniques, and how to use this knowledge to write realistic combat scenes. There will be plenty of time for questions! N E Riggs practices Pekiti Tirsia Kali, Dutch Muay...

High Magic in the Age of Steam: A Reading and Discussion of Steampunk, Magic, and Social Subversion

by JP Dean | Apr 29, 2025

Presented by Jeffrey S. Kupperman Join the author in a Reading and discussion of High Magic in the Age of Steam, encompassing intersection of steampunk, magic and the occult, and social subversion and justice. Jeffrey S. Kupperman (he/him) is a scholar, artist,...

Western Territorial Parasol Dueling

by JP Dean | Apr 28, 2025

Presented by the Steampunk Lady Scientists (AKA Danaus, Sidonne, & Bobbin Beth) Learn the steampunk art of parasol dueling. It’s Rock, Paper, Scissors with parasols! We’ll follow the Western Territorial Rules where we use small street dueling parasols...

One Month until the Exposition!

by JP Dean | Apr 26, 2025

Only FIVE more weeks remain until the portals of time and space open to July 1893 and dimensions of the Chicago World’s Fair that only ever made it into a handful of history books that have long since been forgotten. Some say it never happened, some say the...