Two things turn a set of drawings into an actual comic page: dialogue that points at the right speaker, and panels that guide the reader's eye in the right order. Graphic Mode gives you ready-made tools for both, so you can focus on the story rather than fiddly drawing. This article covers how to add speech bubbles and how to structure pages with panel templates.

Speech bubbles

Open the speech bubble menu and choose a style to match the moment:

• Standard and rounded bubbles for normal dialogue.
• Thought clouds for internal monologue.
• Shout / burst bubbles for shouting or impact.
• Narration boxes (captions) for scene-setting or a narrator's voice.

Once a bubble is on the canvas, drag its tail to point at whoever is speaking, then type your dialogue. Text is centered automatically inside the bubble, so it stays tidy as you write.

You don't have to write every line yourself. With a bubble selected, the AI can suggest dialogue tailored to what's happening on the page and to the characters you've tagged in the scene. Treat the suggestions as a starting point and edit them to fit your voice.

Tips for clean dialogue

• Read bubbles left-to-right, top-to-bottom — place them in the order you want them read.
• Keep tails short and aimed clearly at one character so there's no confusion about who's talking.
• Use narration boxes for time jumps and location changes rather than cramming that into dialogue.

Panel templates

Rather than drawing panel borders by hand, start a page from a template and drop your art into each panel. Categories include:

• Standard grids — 2-panel and 4-panel layouts for steady, readable pacing.
• Tiered layouts — mixed panel sizes for variety on a page.
• Dynamic / manga — action-oriented, slanted panels for high-energy moments.

Pick a template that matches the beat you're drawing: even grids for conversation, big or slanted panels for action and reveals.

For vertical-scrolling stories, use the webtoon layouts instead of fixed panel grids, and read more in Exporting webtoons.

Common pitfalls

• Don't overcrowd a single panel with too many bubbles — split a busy exchange across more panels.
• Choose your panel template before placing art, so your images fit the panels cleanly.
• Match the bubble style to the tone: a shout bubble for a whisper (or vice versa) reads as a mistake.

For a wider look at the editor and how panels, art and pages fit together, see the Graphic Mode tour.