Comics words
The parts of a comic
Every comic is built from the same few parts. Tap a word to hear what it means, then find its number on the page.
Page
One whole side of paper in a comic book. A page holds a few panels, read from the top.
Panel
One box of the story, like one picture from a movie. You read the panels in order.
Border
The line around a panel. A wobbly border can mean a dream or a memory.
Gutter
The white gap between panels. Time passes in the gutter, and your imagination fills it in.
Speech bubble
Holds the words a character says out loud.
Tail
The little point on a speech bubble. It points at whoever is talking.
Thought bubble
A cloud with little circles under it: what a character thinks but doesn't say.
Caption box
A box with the narrator's words, like Meanwhile, or The next day.
Sound word
Big letters for a noise, like BOOM, ZAP or SPLASH. The fancy name is onomatopoeia.
Splash panel
One huge panel, sometimes a whole page, for the biggest moment in the story.
Test yourself: panel, bubble or box? Then make a comic with every part in the Comic Studio.