Bug chef David George Gordon, right, is the culinary genius behind the Boxtrolls food truck menu during Comic-Con International in San Diego. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Tempura tarantulas are on on the menu as fans gather to chow down on insects at the Boxtrolls food truck. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Fans are warned as they line up to eat insects, spiders and worms at the Boxtrolls food truck. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A lubber grasshopper, a native of Florida, is the featured protein on a grasshopper teriyaki kebab. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brodie Martin, 9, chews on a grasshopper kebab as his sister Cami, 7, looks on while contemplating whether to eat hers. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Boxtrolls food truck chef and operator Jae Wong, center, serves up worms, spiders and insects to the Martin family of San Diego. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Boxtrolls food truck chef and operator Jae Wong, left, serves up a grasshopper kebab. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Pam Gould, of San Antonio, Texas, tears into a grasshopper teriyaki kebab. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
