A brass-bound record of chaos, corsets, and commentary.

Author: John Watkins

Miss Piggy’s Steampunk Adventure.

Miss Piggy’s Steampunk Adventure.

Miss Piggy’s Steampunk Adventure, featuring the famous Miss Piggy and her lovable sidekick Kermit the Frog, is not a traditional meme in the sense of its initial purpose. No, it was just me playing with AI, or as I later referred to it, Automaton Improvisation.

The image depicts Miss Piggy in her steampunk costume at a steampunk fair, admiring the goods displayed on a curiosity stall, where Kermit is the proud vendor.

However, meaning to be a meme, it was the start of something. Almost 9 months later, something that’s growing in popularity now on Facebook.

A slightly later image of the Muppet duo in there full steampunk gear.

Steampunk dachshund caption teaser.

Steampunk Dachshund Caption Mene.

This Steampunk dachshund dog meme was likely the beginning of my journey into the world of memes. The idea was to create an adorable image that not only fit the steampunk theme but was also cute and easy to share. Although it didn’t receive the attention I had hoped for, it was enjoyable to make and filled a gap on the Facebook page, especially since there is, and continues to be, a lack of new Steampunk products to write about and share on the main Steampunk Stuff blog.

Steampunk dachshund caption teaser.
Steampunk dachshund caption teaser.

In the meme, the dachshund, dressed in steampunk gear complete with goggles and a hat, waits patiently by his dinner, eagerly anticipating caption suggestions. We received four suggestions for captions! 😄

The meme was originally posted on Facebook on October 19, 2024. You can view it here.

If you have any captions of your own feel free to use the comment section below. Alternately join in with the fun on Facebook.

A black-and-white, vintage-style illustration of a steampunk automaton sitting at a drafting table, holding a quill pen. The text below the image reads "AUTOMATON IMPROVISATION UNIT / FOR CONCEPTUAL ESCAPADES AND DRAFTING WONDERS." The image's style is reminiscent of a 19th-century engraving.

Why I Started Making Steampunk Memes (and How I Learned I Could)

It all began with a corset.

Or maybe a goat.

Or possibly Jenkins.

Regardless, there came a point in my steampunk journey where it became clear that the only way to survive the absurdity was to document it—one meme at a time.

More of an ad than a meme, but an early leason in the power of AI, or the Steampunk phrase “Automaton Improvisation”. Published on Facebook 4th November 2024.

I didn’t set out to be a meme maker. I set out to share a laugh or a knowing nod with others who saw the beauty in brass gears, bad timing, and fictional airships. I posted a few early memes on Facebook, half expecting them to vanish into the aether.

But they didn’t. They took on a life of their own.

People responded. They shared. They quoted. Some even blamed Jenkins, as one should. And somewhere along the way, I realised that this odd little corner of satire, aesthetics, and storytelling was not only allowed—it was welcomed.

So I kept going.

These memes became my creative voice:

  • Short enough to post between tea disasters
  • Visual enough to reach people beyond the usual blog audience
  • Rich enough (sometimes literally poetic) to build a world over time

It wasn’t long before I started hearing people say, “When’s the next one?” or “This needs to be archived.”

Hence… this logbook.

Captain's Log, Aetherwind, Day 1:
 Commissioned by questionable funding and powered by forces no sane engineer would endorse.
Captain’s Log, Aetherwind, Day 1: Commissioned by questionable funding and powered by… Posted to Facebook on $th June 2025

I’m no master illustrator. I can’t draw to save my life—and not for lack of imagination, but due to circumstances that don’t need unpacking here. Let’s just say: I had ideas, but no traditional way to express them.

And then along came the machines.

AI tools gave me something I’d never had before: a way to visualise the chaos in my head.

The teacup disasters. The dignified cats. The spiral staircases of unnecessary engineering.

Suddenly, I could take what I saw in my mind’s eye and build it—slide by slide, meme by meme.

What started as a few Facebook posts became a way to tell stories, make people laugh, and build a little fictional universe. Not because I had all the right skills, but because I found the right tools.

This logbook is the result.

A place for airship mishaps, poetic nonsense, meme-making, and the occasional goat.

Not perfect. Not polished. But possible—and that’s what matters.

"The machain may assist, but the madness is mine.

Just a quick word on the images in this post at the moment. My actual media files for this entier blog, wich I have a back log of will be added as I create more posts and this will be added here and replace the placeholders over the weeks to come.

Welcome post in image format

📜 Welcome to The Steampunk Meme Logbook

Welcome post in image format

Tea has been spilled. Corsets misplaced. Goats… unaccounted for.
And now—at last—the chaos is being properly filed.

The Steampunk Meme Logbook is the official archive of our long-running meme misadventures, previously confined to the aetheric scrolls of Facebook. Here you’ll find a chronological record of original steampunk memes: visual nonsense, poetic ramblings, etiquette violations, time machine failures, and the occasional airship cat.

This site exists for:

  • Longtime followers looking to revisit old favourites like The Corset Incident or The Laundry Chute Wormhole Theory
  • New readers curious about why Jenkins is always to blame
  • Search engines, who may appreciate that these are original, lightly toasted, and mostly coherent steampunk memes

Posts may include commentary, behind-the-scenes notes, and updated formatting for proper digital preservation (and SEO, naturally). The tone? Somewhere between a ship’s log, a public scandal, and a penny dreadful gone slightly feral.


🗂️ Start with the earliest log entries and follow along as the nonsense escalates.

Welcome aboard.
Mind the gears. And never trust Jenkins with the kettle.

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