Comic Strip Maker

Panel layouts and page formats

The maker renders every panel on a single fixed-size page. You are free to compose the story across the whole page, so the template is more of a starting grid than a rule:

The canvas resolution is chosen so the page prints cleanly at most common sizes.

Speech bubbles and narration

A speech bubble is a white rounded balloon drawn near the bottom of its panel, with a small tail pointing at the speaker. It is meant for words a character says out loud. Narration is a darker band across the top of the panel, used for an omniscient voice such as “Later that day…” or “Meanwhile, back at the lab.”

Keep both short: one or two lines per panel reads best. Long paragraphs overflow the bubble and get trimmed to keep the page tidy.

Tips for a readable page

• One clear action per panel. If a panel tries to show two events, viewers have to guess the reading order.
• Keep the speech bubble on the same side as the speaker. The tail points at the character talking, so a bubble placed far from its speaker reads oddly.
• Use narration sparingly. A strip works when dialog and art carry the story; narration fills gaps, it should not replace them.
• Check the image aspect. Panels crop images to fill the cell (cover fit). A wide image in a portrait panel loses its left and right edges, so crop it yourself first when the edges matter.