In the future, when historians squabble over the root cause of the great schism that resulted in the nerd culture wars, they'll agree that it must have had something to do with this "steampunk" business. Legitimate SF sub-genre, or hyper-dorky art style masquerading as such?

Or maybe I'll eventually read or see something steampunk (whatever that random collision of words means) that's actually good, and stop being such a grump about it.

Obviously this guy has a lot of talent, though. Personally, I prefer the sketchy style of the works in progress to the polish of the finished ones.