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Lucky Bug comics + quarterly newsletter by picture book author and illustrator Sarah Kurpiel
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- Sep 25, 2026
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Lucky Bug Comic #031 - Leaves Again (opens the original)
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<img alt="Four-panel comic. A leaf falls. Moth Clover says the trees are losing leaves again. Ladybug Penny looks worried. She picks up the leaf. Clover asks where she's going. Penny responds, "The lost and found."" class="sizing-normal" height="1456" src="https
Lucky Bug Comic #030 - Popcorn (opens the original)
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<img alt="4-panel comic: Spider Terrance is doing a bunch of things at the same time. Ladybug Penny tells him he should try her process. The relax and eat popcorn. Terrance says, "And this really helps you get things done?" Penny replies, "Nope."" clas
Lucky Bug Comic #029 - Teaching (opens the original)
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<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1456" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YW3V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e81d5b8-2904-4069-8603-0889b73a24a6_3500x3500.
Lucky Bug Comic #028 - Perfect (opens the original)
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<img alt="Four panel comic: Penny complains she can't draw a perfect circle. Terrance points out that she can draw a perfect jelly bean. Penny decides she's pretty good. She presents her jelly bean artwork in a gallery setting. "I call it Sour Apple," she says."
Lucky Bug Comic #027 - Ants (opens the original)
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<img alt="Four panel comic. Two bugs lay on a tree branch listening to taps, clanks, and buzzes. "What's all that noise?" asks Penny. "Carpenter ants," says Clover. Penny wonders what they're building. In the last panel, we see the ants are building a
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