Lunch Bucket Buddies
Issue #1

The Friendship Fort

Five bored kids get thrown out of the house and into the sunlight. They find a shed full of tools, meet four more kids who each know how to use one, and take on a build that has to be standing by the block party — with a week of rain in the forecast.

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Issue #2 is in progress: the crew designs a working drawbridge for the school fair.

Cover of Lunch Bucket Buddies Issue #1: a blue tin lunch bucket printed with nine kids in yellow hard hats.
The crew

Everybody's good at one thing

Which is the whole point — none of them can build the fort alone.

  • Amir, the architectAmirthe architect
  • Eldridge, the excavatorEldridgethe excavator
  • Salvador, the surveyorSalvadorthe surveyor
  • Carmen, the carpenterCarmenthe carpenter
  • Connor, the concrete contractorConnorthe concrete contractor
  • Raelyn, the rooferRaelynthe roofer
  • Pierce, the plumberPiercethe plumber
  • Randy, the landscaperRandythe landscaper
  • Pemba, the painterPembathe painter
  • Mrs. Hayes, the safety coordinatorMrs. Hayesthe safety coordinator
Read Issue #1

The entire issue

Tap any page to open the reader. Arrow keys turn pages; Escape closes it.

Issue #1, second printing. Seventeen story pages plus covers.

The last page is a to-do list

Issue #1 ends where the building starts: a QR code, a build kit, and an invitation to the Builder Community — where kids post photos of what they made, swap ideas, and find out when the next kit drops.

  • Balsa, PVC, and electric kits from beginner sets to Master Builder projects
  • Skill challenges between kit drops
  • A place for parents to see what other families are building

Get the bucket and Issue #1

Back page of the comic: Welcome to the Builder's Guild, with a QR code to join the community.