Adrián A. Astorgano

One day, Gregor Samsa woke up and found himself transformed into an insect. Do you think that bugged him? Puns aside, insects are fascinating. Many people find them disgusting and associate them with filth and decay, but without them we wouldn’t have anything to eat, considering they’re also the main pollinators of our plants. How could we survive in a world with no bugs? Then again, fleas were quite significant in spreading the plague. Insects are hailed as the protein of the future and shunned as vectors of disease. They’re pests, pets and objects of fear and fascination. But they aren’t the only kind of bug out there. If you’re sick, you’ve caught a bug. If your computer program doesn’t run as intended, it’s due to a bug. If you experience a glitch in the matrix, there might be a bug in the very fabric of our reality. If something is bugging you, you can’t stop thinking about it. And remember: shrimp are also bugs. Comics by: Aiden Kvarnström [SE], The Chemical Jam [IT], Matteo Galasso [IT], Angela Schmold [CA], Monica Nielsen [SE], Sandra G [RS], Adrián A. Astorgano [ES], Jon Högman [SE], Susanne Johansson [SE], Vlad Gaast [PT], Jason Song Quinn [US], Mattias Elftorp [SE]. Text & illustration by: Mattias Elftorp [SE]. Cover & main editor: Aiden Kvarnström [SE].

I’ll see you around the corner. Yeah, cool, but where exactly is that? Corners are physical and mental places. Whether it’s is in your room or by the street down the block, they can be mysterious and shady spots. Corners have secrets to hide and stories to tell. Streets are packed with them, but so are the insights of the mind and its verging thoughts; so are comics as a panelled narration form. They host dust and spider webs, they might be grimy and smell like shit, but overall, corners are meeting points. Literally the angles made when two ways intersect. But also where two feelings or two people collide.