Generate Comic Panel Paper with Custom Rows, Columns, and Gutters as a PDF

Comic panel paper is built for roughing out manga, comics, storyboards, and shot-by-shot layouts. Its clean grid of empty panels gives you a clear frame for dialogue, action notes, and thumbnails. With Lineum you set the number of panel rows and columns plus the gutter width between panels in millimeters, so you can build everything from a classic three-tier, two-panel page to a tall four-tier layout. Need an irregular spread with a big splash panel? Print the base grid and add your own lines with a ruler.

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Use cases

  • It works for film and video storyboards too. Use the rows and columns to set the number of shots, sketch each frame, and jot camera moves or timing in the gutters between panels. Turn on the title section for a scene or cut number, and raise the page count to export a whole sequence in one file.
  • Use it as a step sheet for instructions or recipes. Put one step per panel, sketch the action, and write the explanation beneath each frame to draft a cooking procedure, an assembly guide, or an operating manual. For longer sequences, add more pages and print them in order.
  • Use it as a drawing and story sheet for kids. Set fewer rows and columns, such as 2 × 2, to make each panel larger and easier for small children to fill with a picture or a short story. Export several pages to bind into their own comic book.
  • Use it to plan photo or sticker layouts. Treat the even panels as placement cells to rough out an album or scrapbook spread, or where stickers and cards will go before you print. The number of cells doubles as a count of how many items will fit.

Tips

  • The default is a 3-row × 2-column, six-panel page — close to a traditional shonen-manga layout.
  • Add more rows (4–5) to make smaller panels, which suit dialogue-heavy scenes and four-panel (yonkoma) strips.
  • A gutter width of around 4mm prints cleanly; narrow it to give each panel more drawing area.
  • Export at B4 or A3 to draft at close to submission size for print manga.
  • Add generous margins to leave room for script notes and annotations outside the panels.

FAQ

Can I make four-panel (yonkoma) comic paper for free?
Yes. Set rows to 4 and columns to 1 to create a single vertical strip of four panels. It is free with no account required.
Can I change the width and height of the panels?
Panel proportions change as you adjust the rows and columns. The exact size of each panel is calculated automatically from your paper size and margins.
Can I sketch speech bubbles and characters too?
The panels are blank, so once you print you are free to draw characters, speech bubbles, and backgrounds in pencil.
Can I make B4-size comic panel paper?
Yes — just choose B4 as the paper size.
Can I print a two-page spread on a single sheet?
Output is currently one page at a time. You can approximate a spread by using an A3 landscape layout.

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