Illustoria is an art and storytelling print magazine for all ages, suitable for readers as young as six years. Packed with stories, comics, DIY projects, and interviews orbiting a central theme—this magazine aims to incite curiosity and ignite creative response. Published by the legendary independent powerhouse McSweeney’s, Illustoria is a beautifully curated, tri-annual print magazine celebrating visual storytelling and DIY culture for creative kids and their grownups.
Get ready to get sequential in Illustoria's first-ever all-comics issue, featuring seventy-two pages entirely dedicated to the comic artform!
Dip into the immersive world of panel-format storytelling and all the world-building, character-developing, plot-twisting details. Check out interviews with our cover artist, Jillian Tamaki, and other series artists who share how they get ideas (and keep getting ideas) over time. Discover wordless comics, DIY comics, and autobiographical comics about real life. Feeling brave? Gather friends and try performing your own comic.
Find all this and much more as you tear through this unforgettable unputdownable issue panel-by-panel.
