Paper Airplane magazine is the grown-up mashup of the magazines you loved as a kid. Writing, games, comics, photos, art, and activities.
No ads. No A.I. All human creativity.
The exact opposite of doomscrolling. Available in digital and print.
The only way to make sure you get every issue of Paper Airplane is by becoming a subscriber. Your subscription helps fund the magazine for the entire year, which makes it all possible: creating premium issues, paying contributors good rates, and making it a sustainable, long-term enterprise.
Vol. 4 is out now! But due to a significant spike in printing costs, it’s a LIMITED PRINT RUN. Subscribe now to reserve your copy before it sells out.
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What you’ll find inside Vol. 4:
★ “How the Bicycle Was Born,” an epic prose-plume by The Marginalian’s Maria Popova.
★ Comics by Maris Wicks, Hannah Good, and multiple Eisner nominee K. Wroten.
★ The most games and puzzles yet, including a Cryptid-Gram by Brian Michael Weaver, a new Escape Page, and a diabolical mad science maze by Guinness World Record-holding mazemaker Michelle Boggess-Nunley.
★ Infographics by Dan Zettwoch and Caroline Hu.
★ An under cover report from The Strand bookstore by Patrick Flanary.
★ Book excerpts from Phrased & Confused by Eli Burnstein and Weird Buildings from Hoxton Mini Press.
★ Activities, including coloring pages and a creativity fortune teller from the Pratt Institute.
★ Wordplay by Wordnik dictionary’s Erin McKean.
★ Art by Sarah Letteney and Alexander Fysh.
★ A zine by Snail Life zinester Rachel Bicha.
★ Cover art by Kaitlin Brito and Simone Jackson.
★ Cut-out postcards and other novelties and surprises.
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