COMIC STRIPS
Probably the best known app for creating comics is Comic Life, which is available in a trial version for both Macs and Windows. It’s very easy to use and is versatile enough to be used for a variety of documents other than comics.
You can save your comics in several formats, but PDF seems to work best for our purposes. You can then either offer readers a link to the downloadable PDF or you can embed the PDF files into a blog entry via a document hosting site like Scribd.com or Issuu.com
You can find other comics and cartoon apps on the web, either downloadable apps or apps you can use in a web browser, but be sure to check out what’s possible in an app before you commit to using it, as some may be fairly limited, particularly if they’re aimed towards kids or if they want to entice you into paying for membership. You can also find some cool free or inexpensive comics apps for iPad, iPhone, and Android phones.
ADDITIONAL TOOLS
- Pixton — Online Comic Creator
- ToonDoo
- Bitstrip
- Kerpoof
LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPOSING WITH COMICS
- Tutorial on Composition and Page Layout for Comics
- Visual Language: Learn the Language of Comics
- Rhetoric of Comics (syllabus for a class by that title)
- Scott McCloud’s blog - author of the highly influential Understanding Comics
