The Webcomics Handbook

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The vertical-scroll eComic

The panel-by-panel scroll is the dominant reading format of comics today. Your eComics/eBooks should reflect that

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Jun 16, 2025
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I've advocated converting your comics into a panel-by-panel scroll for smartphone users for a while. I think it's a good reading experience for Instagram, and I think it's a good use of the multi-image post feature on Patreon. If you've taken that advice, then you're already prepping the files, and I have another way for you to use these files. And if not, I will give you another reason you should.

The smartphone edition eBook/eComic

Suppose you've already been preparing your comics for panel-by-panel swiping on Instagram or a vertical scroll on Webtoons. In that case, you already have the building blocks for a smartphone edition eBook. If not, your first step is to convert all of your strips or comic pages into panels.

You can do this simply by cropping each panel, doing a "Save As" or "Quick export as PNG" each time, and then returning to the master file to capture the next panel.

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