Issue #8: HOME immerses readers into a subject so dear to everyone's heart: Home—a place full of life and living, brimming with dreaming and making. At Illustoria, we find homes in stories and pictures that sometimes leaves us feeling warm and cozy and familiar, and other times take us to extraordinary places beyond our wildest imaginations. In this issue, some of our favorite artists and writers contribute in the form of interviews, original stories, and art as to what Home means to them. From beloved kid lit author/illustrator (and our issue 8 cover artist) Carson Elis and her husband, the musician and children’s book author Colin Meloy, to musician Andrew Bird and designer Katherine Tsina Bird; from fairytale homes to designers who reinvented home—you’ll find a ton of original ideas and illustrations that you and your little ones will want to cozy up to. Make your own woven basket, cardboard furniture, peg dolls, and chai spice mix. Listen to songs that you’ll want to play at home or on the road. Enjoy this wonderfully packed, and super special issue—our last under founding editor Joanne Chan, as we pass the torch in this issue to our new magazine publisher, McSweeney’s!

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Cover Art by Carson Ellis
Carson Ellis & Colin Meloy
Nikki McClure
Melissa Sweet
Andrew Bird & Katherine Tsina Bird
A Brief History of Prussian Blue by Alexis Joseph and Lindsay Stripling
Beyond the Blueprint by Claire Astrow
Literary Giants and Their Pets by Docu-Comix
Q & Artist with Hillery Sproatt
DIY Basket Weaving
Fairytale Homes
DIY Peg Dolls
Legends, Myths, Lore by Lindsay Stripling
DIY Cardboard Furniture
Art & comics by….
Shelley Couvillion
Jesse Zhang 
Diana Schoenbrun
Anne Pomel
Jamie Bennett 
Rosie Brand 
Nigel Sussman 
Chelsea Larsson
Eline Veldhuisen 
Nelleke Verhoeff 
Drew Lytle
Jenna Lechner
Vaughn Parish

• DIYs

• Stories

• Comics

• Interviews

• Playlist

• Book Recs

• Art Supply Recs

• Activities

• Recipe