Illustoria: Bugs

Our 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! Inside these pages (featuring a stunning cover by artist Jesús Cisneros) young readers will find: a comic about Dora the Cat becoming a beekeeper in an ongoing creative job series by YUK FUN, an interview with artist Peter Kuper–conducted by Illustoria’s youth advisors–on the making of his book Insectopolis, a tour of an ant farm by beloved comic artist Fuzzytown, and so much more.

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, Budapest, and beyond. Read two fictional stories by eleven-year-old writers (from Minnesota & 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.

Find all this plus bug-themed brain teasers; book, music, and art supply recommendations; bug avatars; puzzles; comics; and more! Keep your creative brain buzzing with this surprisingly epic volume.

Illustoria is a print magazine for creative kids & their grownups. We celebrate visual storytelling, makers and DIY culture through stories, art, comics, interviews, crafts and activities. Our high-quality, tri-annual publication is geared toward readers ages 6-12 and the young at heart.