Free comic / manga / graphic novel scripting tool. Rates the readability and pacing density of a script page based on panel count, dialogue, and action density. Flags overly cramped or slow pages against industry baselines.
Use while scripting to catch overstuffed pages before they go to the artist. Catching it at script stage saves a rewrite later.
Most comic-writing guides give text-based rules of thumb. This tool turns them into a live diagnostic.
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.
4–7 panels per page is standard for US comics; manga packs 5–8; webtoons use 3–5 per scroll segment.
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.
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.
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.
ਇਨਪੁੱਟ
6 panels, 40 dialogue words, 6 action beats, US comic style.
ਆਉਟਪੁੱਟ
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.
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