AI comic generator: from script to finished panels in an afternoon

Most "AI comic generators" produce disconnected panels — beautiful images that don't share characters, consistency, or a story. The harder problem isn't generating one cool panel. It's generating page 47 with the same character that appeared on page 1, in a new pose, in a coherent scene.

This post walks through the Lumora comic pipeline that solves exactly that.

The four stages

A comic project in Lumora moves through:

1. Preparation — characters, world, style, target language.
2. Planning — the AI writes a chapter outline and the panel-by-panel breakdown.
3. Chapters — chapter scripts get expanded into pages with panel descriptions and dialogue.
4. Images — each page is generated as a full-color illustration that respects your characters.

Each stage has a token cost shown before you confirm — see the pricing page.

Stage 1: Lock the cast and the look

For comics, character consistency matters even more than for novels. Reuse the bible model, but add two extras:

• A reference description per character. "Iria, 31, copper hair tied back, beekeeper's apron, always carrying a leather notebook." That description gets pinned to every panel that includes her.
• A style choice. Lumora supports manga, american, european, webtoon and realistic. Pick one — the model adapts pose, line weight and color palette per style. Don't switch styles mid-project; the pages will fight each other.

If you have an existing character you've already designed elsewhere, upload reference images during preparation. They feed directly into the image generator.

Stage 2: The plan reads like a real comic script

The planning step generates a comic-shaped outline:

• Chapter 1: 8 pages
• Page 1: 4 panels — establishing shot of greenhouse at dusk; close on hands wiping soil; over-shoulder of Iria reading the notebook; reverse shot — her father's name on the page.
• Page 2: …

Read it like a comic script editor would: are the page turns landing? Are panels per page reasonable (3–6 is the sweet spot for most styles)? Lumora will let you edit any panel description before generation.

The most common rookie mistake: too many panels per page. Eight or more panels on a comic page makes every panel small and visually weak. Trust the editor's suggestion of 3–6 unless you have a reason.

Stage 3: Dialogue you can rewrite

The chapter step expands each panel description into a finished panel: scene direction + dialogue. The dialogue field is fully editable — it's the cheap, fast iteration loop. Most users:

1. Generate the chapter
2. Read it