Comic books are fun to read, and many of the current ones have high quality art and storytelling. Do you want to try your hand at making your own comic book? In this post, we have templates for you to use, and some tips on how to set up your comic.

6-Panel page

An important first step to setting out a comic (which is the first step this post gives) is to outline the story. This is important because it gives you an idea of where the story is going and also helps you figure out how many pages of graphics you need.

To download the above template as a PDF, click here.

6-panel page with hexagon

Our next tip is to keep the actions limited to one per panel, as this post suggests towards the end. Graphic storytelling is visual, and it’s hard to cram a lot of action into one panel. Use templates with different segments like these ones to tell a smaller story on each page, building into the main storyline.

To download the above template as a PDF, click here.

Four-panel irregular

If you’re not an artist, don’t worry about drawing out each panel perfectly. Learning to collaborate is important, and there are plenty of talented artists out there who don’t want to write any dialogue or text. You can draw stick figures if you just want to show what the action is in each scene. Then work alongside an artist to bring the characters to life.

To download the above template as a PDF, click here.

7-Panel irregular

To download the above template as a PDF, click here.

Are you interested in drawing comics, but not quite ready for a full book yet? Check out this post on drawing comic strips – they’re shorter and require a different skill set than creating an entire book. If you want to draw your own panels, we also have dot grids so you can create your own page setup. Some of them are even hexagons or triangle grids, so you can go wild creating your own comic world!