Multi-panel comic strips with consistent characters and proper visual storytelling — script the beats, then generate panel by panel.
Help me create a {3 / 4 / 6}-panel comic strip about {TOPIC/JOKE/STORY IDEA}.
Phase 1 — Script the beats: panel-by-panel breakdown — what happens visually in each panel,
dialogue (max 12 words per bubble), and where the beat lands (setup → escalation → punchline in the final panel; the pause-panel before a punchline doubles the laugh).
Phase 2 — Character anchors: 2-sentence visual description per character, specific enough to
repeat verbatim in every panel prompt (this is how they stay consistent).
Phase 3 — Panel prompts: one paste-ready image prompt per panel:
"Comic panel in {STYLE — newspaper strip, webcomic flat color, manga}: [character anchors]. Scene:
[action this panel]. Composition: [close-up/wide, who's positioned where]. Speech bubble space
left {TOP/SIDE}. Clean line art, consistent style, no text in image."
(Text gets added afterwards in Canva — AI mangles bubble text.)
Phase 4 — The lettering guide: exact dialogue per bubble and placement.