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.
Illustoria's bugs issue is devoted to these tiniest of heroes that keep our planet humming. Join along as we take a curious gaze and a magnifying lens to examine this miniature universe!
Learn how to make delicious peanut butter snails with our in-house DogChef. Wow your friends by discovering how to draw a peacock jumping spider. Check out drawings of bugs as superheroes drawn by young artists from Montenegro, Romania, Hungary, and beyond. Read two fictional stories by eleven-year-old writers (from Minnesota and the Netherlands) about a scientific mishap that caused an insect to grow to an outrageous size. Create a buggy face mask out of found objects. Have your mind blown by numerous insect factoids curated by acclaimed illustrator Lauren Tamaki. Enjoy an interview with Peter Kuper; take a tour of an ant farm with Fuzzytown; and discover bug-themed brain teasers; book, music, and art-supply recommendations; bug avatars; puzzles; comics; and more!
