THE MATING RITUAL IS HERE. 

And we are so pumped. Get it: iPad or PDF. 

In this issue, you’ll find stories about making open relationships work, the logistics of loving a sexbot, and more. Pretty cool, right? The Mating Ritual is included with the cost of subscription and is also available for $2.99 as a single issue purchase.

Secondly, this issue features a super rad collaboration between Symbolia, Popular Science, and Tumblr. Shape Matters explores the life and work of an artist-turned-mad scientist who has dedicated her career to the study of insect genitalia. Written and illustrated by Andy Warner and featuring 360 degree animated GIFs of insect copulatory organs, this is one of our finest published works to date. Don’t miss it! Other amazing talent in this issue includes:
  • Matt Bors and Sarah Mirk interview three people who are making non-monogamous relationships work.
  • Audrey Quinn and Kat Fajardo on how—and why—humans might love sexbots.
Also! Please take this short user survey to help shape all of our tomorrows.One lucky survey taker will win a beautiful Symbolia art print from the story of their choice! So hop to it and tell us what you want to see next.

To read this issue, subscribe to Symbolia via iPad or PDF Edition.

P.S. We want to give a special shout out to Chris Mohney and the great team at Tumblr’s Storyboard for supporting Symbolia. We’re honored to have worked with you and can’t wait to see what you do next.

ICYMI: Today, Symbolia partnered with Popular Science and Tumblr to give you a tour of the Museum of Copulatory Organs. See Andy Warner’s amazingly illustrated story in all it’s glory, then share it with all your friends!
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ICYMI: Today, Symbolia partnered with Popular Science and Tumblr to give you a tour of the Museum of Copulatory Organs. See Andy Warner’s amazingly illustrated story in all it’s glory, then share it with all your friends!

The secret is out! Symbolia is honored to have worked with Tumblr and Popular Science to produce SHAPE MATTERS, a brilliantly illustrated story about the Museum of Copulatory Organs by Andy Warner. Ever wanted to see a 360 GIF of a Daddy Long Legs phallus? Now’s your chance. This is the first story we’ve ever published online in entirety. Please like and reblog! If you’re a new fan of Symbolia, please subscribe! We’re available on iPad and PDF. Our new issue, THE MATING RITUAL, will be out later today. We’re especially thankful to Chris Mohney and the phenomenal editorial team at Tumblr Storyboard for bringing this story into the world. Best of luck, guys! We’ve got nothing but love for you. storyboard: Welcome to the Museum of Copulatory Organs It all started with a flea circus. This is the story of Maria Fernanda Cardoso, whose biology-based artwork progressed from her very own circus of live fleas to detailed models of nature’s most intricate and unlikely reproductive systems. Industrial design, electron microscopy, and 3D printing were all brought to bear, and the results are fascinating. This story, created in partnership with Symbolia and Popular Science, was illustrated and animated by Andy Warner. “My father is a marine biologist who specialized in fish sex change,” says Warner, “and I grew up learning about weird and wonderful animal behavior and morphology at the dinner table.” Read More
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The secret is out! Symbolia is honored to have worked with Tumblr and Popular Science to produce SHAPE MATTERS, a brilliantly illustrated story about the Museum of Copulatory Organs by Andy Warner. Ever wanted to see a 360 GIF of a Daddy Long Legs phallus? Now’s your chance.

This is the first story we’ve ever published online in entirety. Please like and reblog!

If you’re a new fan of Symbolia, please subscribe! We’re available on iPad and PDF. Our new issue, THE MATING RITUAL, will be out later today.

We’re especially thankful to Chris Mohney and the phenomenal editorial team at Tumblr Storyboard for bringing this story into the world. Best of luck, guys! We’ve got nothing but love for you.

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Welcome to the Museum of Copulatory Organs

It all started with a flea circus. This is the story of Maria Fernanda Cardoso, whose biology-based artwork progressed from her very own circus of live fleas to detailed models of nature’s most intricate and unlikely reproductive systems. Industrial design, electron microscopy, and 3D printing were all brought to bear, and the results are fascinating.

This story, created in partnership with Symbolia and Popular Science, was illustrated and animated by Andy Warner. “My father is a marine biologist who specialized in fish sex change,” says Warner, “and I grew up learning about weird and wonderful animal behavior and morphology at the dinner table.”

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GENIUS GENITALIA: Meet Maria Fernanda Cardoso, the mad scientist-artist behind the Museum of Copulatory Organs. The Sydney-based museum, which features 3-D sculptures of insect genitalia, explores some of the most complex evolutionary structures in the world—many of which can only be seen with an electron microscope! Brilliantly illustrated and reported by Andy Warner, this story is also a Symbolia first: It was collaboratively produced by Symbolia, Tumblr, and Popular Science. To read this article when it goes live on Thursday, April 11, subscribe to Symbolia via iPad or PDF Edition. WHO ARE WE? Symbolia is an eye-popping, jaw-dropping tablet magazine that merges comics, illustration, interactive elements, and in-depth journalism. Each issue of Symbolia is packed with in-depth and insightful stories by world-class illustrators and journalists. We’re turning the news into art.Subscribe via iPad today, or get our PDF Edition.
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GENIUS GENITALIA: Meet Maria Fernanda Cardoso, the mad scientist-artist behind the Museum of Copulatory Organs. The Sydney-based museum, which features 3-D sculptures of insect genitalia, explores some of the most complex evolutionary structures in the world—many of which can only be seen with an electron microscope!

Brilliantly illustrated and reported by Andy Warner, this story is also a Symbolia first: It was collaboratively produced by Symbolia, Tumblr, and Popular Science.

To read this article when it goes live on Thursday, April 11, subscribe to Symbolia via iPad or PDF Edition.

WHO ARE WE? Symbolia is an eye-popping, jaw-dropping tablet magazine that merges comics, illustration, interactive elements, and in-depth journalism. Each issue of Symbolia is packed with in-depth and insightful stories by world-class illustrators and journalists. We’re turning the news into art.Subscribe via iPad today, or get our PDF Edition.

Oh man! Guess what? The next issue of Symbolia is GOING LIVE this week. A+, right? The theme is THE MATING RITUAL, and in it we’ve got: Insect copulatory organs! (WITH GIFS!) Sexbots in love! (WITH AUDIO!) Polypeople galore! (WITH INTERVIEWS!) Contributors include Matt Bors, Kat Fajardo, Sarah Mirk, Audrey Quinn, and Andy Warner. SO. MUCH. FUN. We’ll be sharing previews all week, so stay tuned. And if you aren’t a subscriber yet, now’s a good time to get on that: iPad OR PDF
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Oh man! Guess what? The next issue of Symbolia is GOING LIVE this week. A+, right? The theme is THE MATING RITUAL, and in it we’ve got:

  • Insect copulatory organs! (WITH GIFS!)
  • Sexbots in love! (WITH AUDIO!)
  • Polypeople galore! (WITH INTERVIEWS!)

Contributors include Matt Bors, Kat Fajardo, Sarah Mirk, Audrey Quinn, and Andy Warner. SO. MUCH. FUN.

We’ll be sharing previews all week, so stay tuned. And if you aren’t a subscriber yet, now’s a good time to get on that: iPad OR PDF

We’ve been a little quiet lately. We know! We’re really sorry! But it’s for a good reason: The Symbolia crew has their head down finishing a new issue. Coming soon to an iPad/computer/whatever near you: The Mating Ritual, a look at the evolutionary, social, and technological influences driving sex and relationships. In the coming issue (groan), you’ll find: Insect genitalia! (with GIFs!) Love and Sexbots! Polyamory! In short, the next issue is going to be a whopper. Contributors include Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Audrey Quinn and Kat Fajardo—PLUS Andy Warner, the mind behind these prancing fleas. If you haven’t subscribed, well, you should probably get on that, dude. Get us on yer iPad or via PDF. We’ll see you real soon!
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We’ve been a little quiet lately. We know! We’re really sorry! But it’s for a good reason: The Symbolia crew has their head down finishing a new issue.

Coming soon to an iPad/computer/whatever near you: The Mating Ritual, a look at the evolutionary, social, and technological influences driving sex and relationships. In the coming issue (groan), you’ll find:

  • Insect genitalia! (with GIFs!)
  • Love and Sexbots!
  • Polyamory!

In short, the next issue is going to be a whopper. Contributors include Matt Bors, Sarah Mirk, Audrey Quinn and Kat Fajardo—PLUS Andy Warner, the mind behind these prancing fleas.

If you haven’t subscribed, well, you should probably get on that, dude. Get us on yer iPad or via PDF. We’ll see you real soon!

andywarnercomics: Hey kids! It’s a history of the yo-yo.Turns out that hiring people to do strange things in public is surprisingly profitable! Frequent Symbolia contributor Andy Warner’s histories of everyday objects are a delight to read. 
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andywarnercomics:

Hey kids! It’s a history of the yo-yo.

Turns out that hiring people to do strange things in public is surprisingly profitable!

Frequent Symbolia contributor Andy Warner’s histories of everyday objects are a delight to read. 

Andy Warner has a brilliant history of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood up at Slate. It’s definitely worth a read.
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Andy Warner has a brilliant history of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood up at Slate. It’s definitely worth a read.

Meet Andy Warner

Andy Warner illustrated “Live Long, Die Fast” for Symbolia’s preview issue.

What inspires you? People who work hard every day to make amazing things.

What is your favorite thing to do to get away from work? Go for a walk outside.

Did you always know you wanted to be an artist/writer? Almost. First I wanted to be a mime. But I settled.

Andy Warner is a cartoonist who lives in San Francisco. His work has been published by Slate, KQED, The Bold Italic, Samandal and Dartmouth University. He comes from the sea. Find more of his work at andysaurus.com.

What else will you find in Symbolia’s preview issue? In “Live Long, Die Fast,” Lauren Sommer and Andy Warner explore the microbial universe in your gut. Subscribe via iPad today, or get our PDF Edition. Symbolia is an eye-popping, jaw-dropping tablet magazine that merges comics, illustration, interactive elements, and in-depth journalism. Each issue of Symbolia is packed with in-depth and insightful stories by world-class illustrators and journalists. We’re turning the news into art.
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What else will you find in Symbolia’s preview issue? In “Live Long, Die Fast,” Lauren Sommer and Andy Warner explore the microbial universe in your gut.

Subscribe via iPad today, or get our PDF Edition.

Symbolia is an eye-popping, jaw-dropping tablet magazine that merges comics, illustration, interactive elements, and in-depth journalism. Each issue of Symbolia is packed with in-depth and insightful stories by world-class illustrators and journalists. We’re turning the news into art.