Short, specific answers to the questions that come up between finishing the art and holding the book. Every post links to the tool that does the maths.
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A comic cover is back + spine + front + bleed: 13.5 x 10.5 in stapled, 13.76 x 10.5 in at 96 pages. Sizes for every trim, spine widths by page count, and a calculator.
Read the post →Sizes· 5 min read
Pixel sizes for every comic, manga and graphic novel format at 300 and 600 DPI, with and without bleed, the maths behind them, and a calculator for any custom size.
Read the post →Sizes· 6 min read
Tankobon are B6 (128 x 182 mm), doujinshi A5 or B5, US editions 5 x 7.5 in. Every manga size in mm, inches and pixels, the manuscript frames, and what to draw at.
Read the post →Guide· 13 min read
A guide to making a comic from the first plan to a printed, shared book: what each of the ten stages means, why it matters, and how to do it in ComicCraft.
Read the post →Print· 4 min read
Keep text and faces at least 0.25 in inside the trim, 0.375 to 0.5 in at some printers, more on the inner edge of a glued book. What the safe area protects.
Read the post →Planning· 5 min read
Issues, trades and graphic novels each have a usual page range, always a multiple of four. See the ranges, then get a count for your own script from its beats or panels.
Read the post →Print· 4 min read
0.125 inch on every cut edge is the standard. Which printers differ, what bleed does to your canvas, and what to do about art drawn without it.
Read the post →Print· 6 min read
Pages divided by pages-per-inch, KDP per-page thickness, a stock table, and how to lay out a wraparound cover from the result.
Read the post →Guide· 6 min read
Page size with bleed, TrimBox, multiples of four, fonts, resolution and export settings from image editors and layout tools that pass a printer preflight.
Read the post →Printers· 4 min read
Mixam’s comic spec in one place: 0.125 in bleed, 0.375 in safe area, 300 DPI, RGB accepted, multiples of four, spine width for perfect binding, covers and export settings.
Read the post →Printers· 4 min read
PrintNinja’s offset spec: 0.125 in bleed, 0.25 in safe, CMYK with rich black rules, wraparound covers with their spine, and why the proof matters more.
Read the post →Colour· 5 min read
Deliver what the printer asks for: CMYK for offset, RGB for most digital and print-on-demand, RGB for screens. Why blues shift, rich black vs 100% K, and soft-proofing.
Read the post →Sizes· 5 min read
A standard US comic is 6.625 x 10.25 in: 2063 x 3150 px at 300 DPI with bleed. Manga, trade, magazine, album and zine sizes in inches, millimetres and pixels.
Read the post →Digital· 4 min read
Webtoon Canvas shows 800 px wide images in slices up to 1280 px tall; Tapas differs. How big to draw, where to slice, the file limits, and keeping a print option open.
Read the post →Print· 5 min read
300 DPI at the printed size with bleed, and why the DPI tag in your file does not count. Pixel sizes for every standard comic format.
Read the post →Costs· 8 min read
What 100, 500 and 1,000 copies of a 32-page comic cost at real printers, what moves the price most, and an estimator for your own page count, run size and binding.
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