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Comic Script Page-to-Panel Pacing Calculator

Kostenloses Tool für Comic-/Manga-/Graphic-Novel-Skripte. Bewertet Lesbarkeit und Pacing einer Skriptseite basierend auf Panel-Anzahl, Dialog und Action.

Wann verwenden

Use while scripting to catch overstuffed pages before they go to the artist. Catching it at script stage saves a rewrite later.

Vergleich

Most comic-writing guides give text-based rules of thumb. This tool turns them into a live diagnostic.

Enter your values below. Calculations run locally as you type.

So funktioniert es

Industry ratios for panel count, dialogue words, and action beats per page vary by style. The calculator compares your inputs against curated medians.

Word density per panel above ~30 typically indicates cramped text balloons. Action density above ~1.2 actions/panel signals too much happening visually.

The tool is a planning estimator; final pacing depends on your specific layout and artistic choices.

Häufige Fragen

What's an ideal panel count?

4–7 panels per page is standard for US comics; manga packs 5–8; webtoons use 3–5 per scroll segment.

What counts as an "action beat"?

Any distinct visual moment that must be drawn — a punch landing, a door opening, a character reacting. More than one per panel is hard to read.

Why can too many panels on one page hurt readability?

Cramming many panels onto a page shrinks each one and crowds the dialogue, forcing readers to slow down and strain to follow the flow. The tool flags pages that exceed comfortable density against typical print baselines.

How does dialogue volume affect page pacing?

Heavy dialogue slows the reader and competes with artwork for space, while sparse text speeds the page along. Balancing word count against panel and action density keeps the page from feeling either talky or rushed.

Beispiel

Eingabe

6 panels, 40 dialogue words, 6 action beats, US comic style.

Ausgabe

Dialogue per panel: 6.7 — balanced. Action density: 1.0 — at the edge.

Six panels at 6.7 words each is comfortable. One distinct visual action per panel is the upper limit of what reads cleanly — push further and panels need to be larger.

Häufige Fehler

  • Tool counts spoken/narrated words — captions and SFX vary.
  • Splash pages (1 panel) are intentionally extreme and will flag — that's usually fine.
  • Webtoon vertical scroll has different ideal numbers (lower panel count per scroll segment).

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