Illustoria

A magazine for creative kids & their grownups

Stories, art, comics, interviews, DIY, activities a magazine for creative kids & their grownups

07/16/2026

📣OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY, ISSUE 30: MAIL IS HERE! 📣 Subscribe now through August 2nd and receive 20% off your subscription! 💌

We are overjoyed to present to you this edition, which is dedicated to letters, the postal service, and all things snail mail. 📬️

We are honored to feature a triumphant cover by Pablo Auladell. Find a beautifully printed post card featuring his artwork inside the issue 💞

PLUS - can you mail a coconut? Where can you post a letter underwater? Who still sends RSVP invites (besides us…)? Find all the answers inside this spectacular issue.

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06/11/2026

Illustoria’s ✨️SPECTACULAR, TENTH ANNIVERSARY, ISSUE 30: MAIL ✨️ is almost here! 📩

🕊️ We are so proud to show off the triumphant, charcoal cover art by Pablo Auladell, an artist artist from Alicante, Spain. 🕊️

To celebrate 10 YEARS of Illustoria, we’re having a ⚡️FLASH SALE⚡️ For the next 24 hours, enjoy $10 off subscriptions. Subscribe today and begin with this special issue!

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Inside the MAIL issue:
📬️ Discover the most unusual locations for post offices (including underwater)
👩🏾‍✈️Check out postal carrier outfit redesigns submitted by young artists from around the world
💌 Learn how to make edible mail, plus find tips for envelope decorating & RSVP invitations

Find all this, plus book and art supply recommendations, writing by exceptionally talented young authors, stupendous mail-themed comics, high-quality (and entirely mailable) postcards by cover artist Pablo, and more inside this certified first-class issue.

Our subscription flash sale ends 6:00 a.m. PT on Friday, June 12! Sign up:
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06/10/2026

Announcing our ✨️30th ISSUE✨️ THEME... MAIL! 💌
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Lovers of hand-written letters rejoice! This spectacular issue will explore all things stamps, post offices, envelope decorating, pen pals, and slow correspondence. 🐌📬️❤️

We are honored to feature Pablo Auladell as our cover artist for this epic edition. Stay tuned for more Mail announcements coming soon!👀

06/08/2026

In Issue 29: SMELLY, play "match the saying to the character" with creatures known for their expert noses, drawn by Katharina Kulenkampff. Grab your copy: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/illustoria-29-smelly?taxon_id=1

06/03/2026

💿️🎵💿️ In Issue 29: SMELLY, our comic series with the brilliant continues as our fearless friend Dora tries out being a trash collector.... and DJ!!!!! 😎😎😎😎

What will Dora try next??? SUBSCRIBE today to stay up-to-date with Dora's growing CV 👀

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05/28/2026

We adore Esther González pencil flowers, created for Illustoria's Issue 29: SMELLY. What might a pencil flower smell like? ✏️🌸You get to decide in a fun lil' Mad Libs-style story activity. Grab your copy of Issue 29 here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/illustoria-29-smelly?taxon_id=1

03/31/2026

This Saturday, April 4th, we're celebrating the launch of Issue 29: SMELLY in not just one, but TWO cities! Both events are free, family-friendly.

Unplug with an array of interactive sensory activities: drink aromatic tea, taste stinky cheese, make scented play dough, and more. In Portland, explore smell and memory with local poet Vandoren Wheeler! In Oakland, magazines and subscriptions will be for sale from our dear friends East Bay Booksellers.

PORTLAND, OR:
Where: Mother Foucault's Bookshop, 715 SE Grand Ave
When: 12-2 PM

OAKLAND, CA:
Where: Local Economy, 6028 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618
When: 1-3 PM

Can't wait to see you there.

03/30/2026

In Illustoria's latest issue themed SMELLY, contemplate the complexities of scent with our long-time guest writers Jessixa & Aaron Bagley and fantastic Argentinian illustrator PowerPaola.

P.S. right now until April 1st, McSweeney's is having a Spring Cleaning Sale 🧹 with 20% off all subscriptions! It's a perfect time to subscribe to the magazine and start with Issue 29: The Smelly Issue.

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03/24/2026

GET A WHIFF 🌸💩 Illustoria 29: Smelly has officially arrived!!! Join us on a sensational tour of odors, aromas, whiffs, scents, and maybe a stench or two. To celebrate, subscriptions are *JUST $33* until this time next week.

A tip of the 🐘🧢 elephant hat to Michael D. Kennedy for this eye-popping, pungent cover 😵😵😵

Inside this sensory issue:
🪻Read about the smells that transport our contributors back to childhood 🦤Meet the world's smelliest bird
🧟‍♀️Learn all about the co**se flower in an interview with biologist
🐩Discover expert smellers of the animal kingdom

PLUS all the activities, interviews, articles, and comics you know and love! Subscribe for $7 off (this week only) via link in bio and start off with this super smelly issue 🙃

*Special note for subscribers: If you haven't yet received your issue, please know that it IS en route! We are experiencing some supply-chain delays and sincerely appreciate your patience 🙏🏼*

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