Comic book Creation
Apps
How to use Comics to Support Learning
Using Comics in the Classroom
Combining meaningful images with descriptive text is a tried and true method of communicating your ideas to others. Comics use images and dialogue to tell a story, describe a process, or simply demonstrate mastery or understanding. Images may be taken as needed using the iPad camera, downloaded from the Internet, drawn using an iPad drawing app, or may be from your photo roll. Comic Maker HD is one of the best free, easy-to-use comic creation apps. |
Teaching Ideas
26 Ways to Use Comings in the Classroom from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne |
Tutorials
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Learn more at the 21 Things 4 iPads Comic & Book Creation page
Other Comic Apps
Comic Maker HD (Free)
StoryMe (Free)
Comic Life ($)
Strip Designer ($)
ComicBook! ($)
- Comic Maker Video Tutorials (15 different short tutorials)
- Comics can be open from or saved to Dropbox or Box.net
- Can create a multi-page comic and include a header/footer page
- Use images from the library such as Soundfx to enhance your comics
StoryMe (Free)
- Story Me Video Tutorial (4:42)
- Click on the ? in the Story Me app to see a help screen overlay.
- StoryMe auto creates dialogue bubbles based on the faces in the image.
- StoryMe does not provide action word/stickers and the dialogue bubbles are limited to two styles.
Comic Life ($)
- Comic Life offers a similar desktop app.
- Themes, and over 100 different layouts, easy addition of photos into frames.
- Add cartoon bubble, text, and adjust the bubble size and tail.
- Tools hide when not in use.
- Can copy to Dropbox, Camera Roll, or open in other apps as a .pdf.
Strip Designer ($)
- Priced less than Comic Life and works about the same.
- Strip Designer provides dozens of layouts, or students can create their own.
- Students can import pictures from Dropbox, camera, camera roll, a map or even draw their own with a simple drawing program that's built in.
- Numerous text editing tools, captions, stickers, and effects text.
- Sticker categories include: Hands, Moving Objects, Exclamations, Mustache…
- Share options include save as .jpg or .pdf or send to Dropbox, Twitter, and even Flickr.
ComicBook! ($)
- Priced at $1.99 has a few less features but works similar to other comic apps.
- You can only bring in photos from your camera or camera roll (no Dropbox yet.)
- A unique feature is the option to apply special effects frame by frame, making frames look more “comic book” like.
- Easy to use menu hides on bottom when not in use under a “Create” tab.
- Not as many stickers or effects text as the more costly apps, but enough.
- Saves to camera roll, as a .pdf, or to other social networks, including Instagram.