How to Make a Manga in Google Docs
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of writing a manga in Google Docs — pages, panels, action, dialogue. No drawing software, no expensive tools, just plain text.
Guides
Guides, tutorials and templates to help you write a comic, manga or graphic novel.
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Essential GuideHow to Write a Comic in Google Docs
A complete guide to writing a comic script in Google Docs or a Plain Text Editor. From page setup to your first storyboard, the foundation for everything else.
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How to make a Manga and find an artist
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of writing a manga in plain text, using the script Barnicus made in real time by Pistol Taeja.
What does a Comic script look like?
Wonder no more, a real comic script is used side-by-side the production art to show how to write a comic script or graphic novel.
How to introduce a character in a Comic or Manga
A character's first appearance sets everything that follows. How to introduce a character in a comic or manga so readers care from page one.
Guides for Artists
How to structure a horror comic page - Panels, Time & Pacing
Panel structure controls pacing, focus and reading flow. How to design a panel layout that lands the beat for comic, manga and webtoon formats.