Make a comic page to print

The panels and the bubbles

• 3 in a row: Three panels in a row, like a comic strip in a newspaper.
• 4 big panels: Four big panels: a beginning, two middles and an end.
• 6 panels: Six panels, like a page from a graphic novel.
• Empty panels: Empty panels: you draw everything, bubbles too.
• Speech bubbles: Speech bubbles drawn in, ready for the words.
• Bubbles and boxes: Speech bubbles and caption boxes, for the narrator's words.

Comic ideas for kids

Pick “Peabody's idea” and the page starts with one of these 24; “Another idea” walks on to the next. Pick “What happens next in my series” and Peabody uses the series you've ticked most on your shelf.

• A cat who is scared of mice opens a bakery.
• Your shoes start talking on the way to school.
• A tiny dragon wants to be a firefighter.
• The class hamster escapes and has the best day of its life.
• A robot tries to learn how to tell a joke.
• It rains pancakes, but only on your street.
• A snail enters a race and has a plan.
• Two best friends find a map in a library book.
• Your pet goldfish becomes the mayor for one day.
• A cloud wants to visit the ocean.
• A sock goes missing in the dryer and finds a whole sock town.
• The moon comes down to see what a playground is.
• A bear opens a shop that only sells hats.
• A pencil draws a door, and the door opens.
• A shy ghost wants to join the school play.
• A dog builds a rocket out of cardboard boxes.
• The library books come alive at night and put on a show.
• A frog and a bird swap homes for a day.
• A new kid at school turns out to be a very polite alien.
• A sandwich goes on an adventure across the kitchen.
• Grandma's garden grows a vegetable as big as a car.
• An owl teaches a class of very sleepy owlets.
• A penguin wants to try being a desert explorer.
• Your shadow decides to go somewhere else.

Read a few comics first? Making your own comic after you've read them all has tips, and the cartoon maker turns a story into a short you can play.