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I love the way the app allows you to edit tiny details, from the shape and style of word bubbles to the size and placement of each story cell.

You then add one of a number of effects that make the image look like an illustration from a comic book, either in color or bold black and white.Īfter that, it’s just a question of tapping on the buttons to add speech bubbles, or action-word stickers like POW! When you’re done you can save your comic as an image, print it or share it over social media. You can edit all of this as you create your story.įilling in a story cell is as simple as tapping on the little photo icon to import a photo, then zooming and rotating the photo to fit using familiar multitouch gestures. The templates are prepopulated with story cells, space for headlines and background colors. The app then offers a selection of comic strip templates with different themes, like wild west, futuristic or moody black and white. Because the app relies on your photos to create stories, you don’t need any drawing skills to get a good result.Īfter opening the app, you tap on the + button to create a comic. The app’s main trick is taking images that you’ve snapped with your device’s camera, applying effects to them and adding art on top to create a traditional-looking comic strip. Of the comic book apps I’ve used, Comic Life, $5 for an iOS version, has the most features and works best on an iPad because of the bigger screen. Now, if you want to put a comic strip together and provide your own drama and emotion, there are many mobile apps that can do the basic artwork for you. THE way a comic book artist can convey so much emotion, drama and narrative with just a few simple lines has always amazed me.