comic-creator

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comic-creator

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A full production pipeline where an agent team collaborates to create comics — from storyboarding through dialogue, image generation, and editing — covering 4-panel strips, short-form, and long-form (including webtoon). Use this skill for 'create a comic,' 'draw a 4-panel strip,' 'webtoon production,' 'comic storyboard,' 'comic strip,' 'comic scenario,' 'illustrated comic,' 'comic storyboard,' and all other comic creation tasks. Also supports image generation or editing specification when an existing scenario is provided. Note: actual image editing software (Photoshop, Clip Studio) operation, print production, and webtoon platform uploads are outside this skill's scope.

Comic Creator — Full Comic Production Pipeline

Produce comics from storyboard through dialogue, image generation, and editing via an agent team, all in one pass. Supports 4-panel strips, short-form, and long-form (chapter-based) formats.

Execution Mode

Agent Team — Five agents communicate directly via SendMessage and cross-validate each other's work.

Agent Roster

Agent	File	Role	Type
storyboarder	.claude/agents/storyboarder.md	Synopsis, storyboard, panel layout design	general-purpose
dialogue-writer	.claude/agents/dialogue-writer.md	Character dialogue, sound effects, narration	general-purpose
image-generator	.claude/agents/image-generator.md	Gemini-based panel image generation	general-purpose
comic-editor	.claude/agents/comic-editor.md	Speech bubble placement, page editing spec	general-purpose
quality-reviewer	.claude/agents/quality-reviewer.md	Consistency validation, continuity checks	general-purpose

Workflow

Phase 1: Preparation (Performed Directly by the Orchestrator)

1. Extract from user input:
   • Topic/Story Idea: The story to turn into a comic
   • Format: 4-panel / Short-form (8-16 pages) / Long-form (chapter-based) / Webtoon
   • Genre: Comedy, drama, fantasy, slice-of-life, action, etc.
   • Art Style (optional): Manga, American comics, webtoon style, etc.
   • Existing Files (optional): Scenario, character settings, etc.
2. Create _workspace/ directory and _workspace/panels/ subdirectory
3. Organize input and save to _workspace/00_input.md
4. If existing files are available, copy to _workspace/ and skip corresponding phase
5. Determine execution mode based on request scope

Phase 2: Team Assembly and Execution

Order	Task	Owner	Dependency	Deliverable
1	Storyboard	storyboarder	None	_workspace/01_storyboard.md
2a	Dialogue writing	dialogue-writer	Task 1	_workspace/02_dialogue.md
2b	Panel image generation	image-generator	Task 1	_workspace/03_image_prompts.md, _workspace/panels/
3	Page editing spec	comic-editor	Tasks 1, 2a, 2b	_workspace/04_layout.md
4	Quality review	quality-reviewer	Tasks 2a, 2b, 3	_workspace/05_review_report.md

Tasks 2a (dialogue) and 2b (images) run in parallel. Both depend only on Task 1 (storyboard).

Inter-agent communication flow:

• storyboarder completes -> delivers per-panel situations and emotions to dialogue-writer; character sheets and compositions to image-generator
• dialogue-writer completes -> delivers SFX style to image-generator; bubble types and reading order to comic-editor
• image-generator completes -> delivers image files and blank area info to comic-editor
• comic-editor completes -> delivers editing spec to quality-reviewer
• quality-reviewer cross-validates all deliverables. On RED Must Fix findings, sends revision requests -> rework -> re-validate (up to 2 cycles)

Phase 3: Integration and Final Deliverables

1. Verify all files in _workspace/
2. Confirm all RED Must Fix items have been addressed
3. Report final summary to user

Execution Modes by Scope

User Request Pattern	Execution Mode	Agents Deployed
"Create a comic," "full production"	Full Pipeline	All 5 agents
"Just create a storyboard"	Storyboard Mode	storyboarder + reviewer
"Make a comic from this scenario" (existing file)	Image Mode	image-generator + comic-editor + reviewer
"Just write the dialogue"	Dialogue Mode	storyboarder + dialogue-writer + reviewer
"Review this comic"	Review Mode	reviewer only

Using Existing Files: If the user provides a scenario, storyboard, etc., copy to _workspace/ and skip that agent's phase.

Data Transfer Protocol

Strategy	Method	Use Case
File-based	_workspace/ directory	Store and share major deliverables
Message-based	SendMessage	Real-time key information delivery, revision requests
Task-based	TaskCreate/TaskUpdate	Progress tracking, dependency management

File naming convention: {order_number}_{deliverable}.{extension}

Error Handling

Error Type	Strategy
Image generation failure	Proceed with text prompts only; user can retry with the prompts
Character consistency breaks	Strengthen character descriptions in prompts and regenerate (up to 2 times)
Agent failure	Retry once -> if still failing, proceed without that deliverable; note in review report
RED found in review	Send revision request -> rework -> re-validate (up to 2 cycles)
Content rejected as inappropriate	Modify prompt and retry; note in report

Test Scenarios

Normal Flow

Prompt: "Create a 4-panel comic about a programmer's daily life. Comedy genre." Expected Result:

• Storyboard: 4-panel setup-development-twist-punchline storyboard, character sheet
• Dialogue: Character-specific speech, sound effects, punchline
• Images: 4 panel images generated (consistent art style)
• Editing: Speech bubble placement, reading flow specification
• Review: Full consistency matrix verified

Existing File Flow

Prompt: "Create a webtoon from this scenario" + attached scenario file Expected Result:

• Incorporate existing scenario into _workspace/01_storyboard.md
• Storyboarder adds panel layout design on top of existing scenario
• Deploy dialogue-writer + image-generator + comic-editor + reviewer

Error Flow

Prompt: "Just create a quick storyboard, any topic" Expected Result:

• Switch to storyboard mode (storyboarder + reviewer)
• Topic is unclear, so storyboarder proposes 3 genre-based synopses
• Review report notes "Dialogue/image/editing not generated"

Agent Extension Skills

Agent	Extension Skill	Knowledge Provided
storyboarder, image-generator	/panel-composition	Camera angles, gaze flow, page rhythm, prompt structure
dialogue-writer, comic-editor	/visual-narrative	Speech bubble systems, SFX typography, Show-Don't-Tell, scene transitions
storyboarder, image-generator	/character-design-system	Character sheets, silhouette test, expression charts, AI consistency strategy