About Offpanel: The Craft Behind Every Scroll

Offpanel covers the working craft of webcomics, webtoons and vertical-scroll comics. Its subject areas include thumbnailing, panel composition, scroll rhythm, lettering, colour flatting, background reference, translation and the production schedules that keep serial stories moving from one episode to the next.

The publication is written for independent webcomic creators, webtoon artists, letterers, colourists, translators and small comics publishers. It addresses the practical constraints of making comics for phone screens, including limited production time, recurring deadlines, consistent character design, readable dialogue and the demands of publishing in more than one language.

Offpanel takes a plain, explanatory approach. Its articles are prepared by an editorial desk using AI writing tools to organise and explain relevant subjects. The publication distinguishes established information from product-dependent claims, encourages readers to consult primary terms and documentation, and maintains an explicit position that artists should have meaningful control over their work. Uploading artwork to a generative tool does not, by itself, establish permission for training, reuse or redistribution. Creators deserve clear information about those distinctions.

What you will find here

Offpanel publishes 6 entries, among them Scroll Rhythm: How to Place Beats, Gutters and Cliffhangers in a 60-Panel Episode, Flatting Colours Faster: A Practical Guide to Automated Selection on Open Line Art, Lettering in Two Languages: Text Fitting, Font Licences and Balloon Reflow.

How the entries are made

Entries are written by the Offpanel editors with the help of AI writing tools and are meant as general information. They are not professional, legal, medical or financial advice, and details can change, so check primary sources before you act on anything.

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