Understand manga,
then create your own.
Articles illustrated with our own pages: where manga comes from, how a page reads, which words to use, which style to choose, and how to write yours without knowing how to draw.
How to write a manga without knowing how to draw: the five-step methodYou have a story but not the pen skills? Here is how to go from three lines to a drawn chapter, speech bubbles included, with an AI-assisted studio.7 October 2026 · 7 min read
Anatomy of a manga page: panels, speech bubbles, reading directionHow does a manga page read? Panels, gutters, bubbles, captions, sound effects, screentones and bleeds: everything that makes a page work.7 October 2026 · 8 min read
Shōnen, shōjo, seinen, josei: the main manga styles and how to recognise themThe four main manga readerships, their visual and narrative codes, and the genres that cut across them: action, romance, horror, slice of life, isekai…7 October 2026 · 9 min read
Manga vocabulary: the 30 words you need to knowMangaka, tankōbon, nekketsu, screentone, sound effect, yonkoma, isekai… An illustrated glossary to read, talk and write manga without getting it wrong.7 October 2026 · 8 min read
Where do manga come from? A history in five erasFrom painted scrolls and Hokusai’s sketchbooks to weekly magazines and digital reading: how manga became the most-read comics in the world.7 October 2026 · 9 min read