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A cornucopia of comic-making applications

This is an image I created using pulpomizer.com. Thanks to Julian Wood for drawing my attention to this application in one of his talks.

A short while before the summer 2017 break, Nick Jeans, Senior Consultant in Learning Technology at Sero Consulting, enquired in the Association for Learning Technology discussion list whether anyone had any recommendations for free comic-making software. I've collated the responses here. (Nobody in the discussion list has objected to my plan to do so.)

You'll need to check for yourself whether all of them are still working or free, but even if one or two have gone the way of all flesh, there is still a lot to choose from! 

20 free tools for making comics and cartoons for teaching and learning, by David Walsh

Teaching with Comics, by Shelly Terrell

The best ways to make comic strips online, by Larry Ferlazzo

Review of Comic Strip Creator, by Terry Freedman

100 ways to use a VLE – #89: Embedding a Comic Strip, by James Clay

Comic Life: iPad app of the week, by James Clay

James Clay has also reviewed various free and non-free comic apps at http://elearningstuff.net/tag/comic/ – definitely worth a rummage!

The following were collated by Oriel Kelly:

Canva Comic Strips

Comic Smart Panels

Comic Smart Panels application

Stripwise Comic Creation Suite

Krita (Digital painting software)

Synfig Studio (An animation software but can easily export as still comic frames)