The creation of a comic strip can be a very complex task. Luckily, there are many web pages that offer very simple interactive environments to create strips using speech bubbles and characters. Besides, we can export them to image formats compatible with Moodle and use them in exciting exercises.
1. Open your default web browser and go to http:// stripgenerator.com. This web page allows us to create simple comic strips.
2. Click on Create New Strip!. A new web page will appear displaying three boxes for a comic strip and many characters.
3. Click on the Bubbles button. A list of different bubbles will appear, as shown in the following screenshot:
4. Position the mouse pointer over the desired bubble's thumbnail. Drag-and-drop it to the first box.
5. Double-click inside the new bubble in the box in order to select the original text. Enter
Today is Halloween.6. Change the bubble's size and direction by dragging and dropping the different rectangles that appear, as shown in the next screenshot:
7. Repeat the aforementioned steps (4 to 6) to add speech bubbles and fill them with text using the following dialogues:
Box number 1
Today is Halloween
What costume are you wearing?
Box number 2
I'm a princess
I'm a butterfly! What about you, Alice?
Box number 3
Ohhhh….
I'm a mummy
How scary!!!!!
8. Click on the Finish button, located at the lower left-hand side corner.
9. Enter the desired title in the Title textbox,
Halloween, and then click on Next, last step, because we aren't interested in the thumbnail preview.10. The web page will offer you the opportunity to sign in or remain as an anonymous user. Click on Remain anonymous, then on Publish and the web page will create a bitmap image for the comic strip, as shown in the following image:
11. Position the mouse pointer on the center of the generated comic strip image. Right-click and select Save picture as in the context menu that appears.
12. Save the file as
halloweenstrip01.pngin the previously created folder,C:\School.
We created speech bubbles for a very simple comic strip with three boxes. We used the tools and the simple user interface provided by stripgenerator.com.
We could organize different kinds of speech bubbles, change their size, and enter the text to create a simple comic strip. Then, we exported the resulting image to the PNG format.