It makes images in the look of printed comic books: inked outlines of changing weight, solid black shadows, flat or halftone color, panels and lettered balloons. Use it for single panels, full pages, covers, strips and ads. On Nano Banana 2.1 an image costs 10 credits. You can start for free.
What makes the look
They come from print: ink, cheap color and a page cut into panels. Name the ones you want.
Black outlines that swell and taper, with hatching and large solid blacks for shadow.
Flat fills or halftone dots, in a few strong colors on off-white paper.
The page split into boxes with white gutters. Say how many and what happens in each.
Speech balloons, caption boxes and sound effects, with the exact words in quotes.
Low and high camera angles, close-ups and motion lines, so each panel moves the story.
Attach a photo of yourself and ask for comic style.
Six prompts, each run once on Nano Banana 2, which Nano Banana 2.1 replaced. Every image is the output of the prompt beside it.
A single comic book panel: a bike courier in a yellow rain jacket skids to a stop through a deep puddle on a city street at night, spray fanning out from the back wheel, a bus looming in the background with its headlights on. Low camera angle. Bold black ink outlines that thicken in the shadows, heavy solid blacks, motion lines behind the bike. Flat colors with halftone dot shading in red, yellow and teal on off-white paper. No text.
A full comic book page in five panels with white gutters, about a mountain rescue. Panel 1, a wide shot across the top: two climbers on a snowy ridge at dawn. Panel 2: a boot slips off an icy rock. Panel 3: a close-up of a rope snapping taut. Panel 4: a gloved hand grabs a wrist. Panel 5, a tall panel along the bottom: both climbers sitting safe on a ledge, the sun rising behind them. Inked line art with hatching, flat colors in cold blues and warm orange. No speech balloons, no captions, no text.
A comic book cover. At the top, the title "TIDE RUNNERS" in huge bold yellow block letters with a thick black outline, and "#1" in a small white circle in the top left corner. Below, a teenage girl in an orange life jacket steers a small patched sailboat through a storm, a giant wave curling over her and a lighthouse beam cutting through the rain. Dramatic low angle. Bold inks, deep shadows, halftone dot texture in the sky. No other text.
A three-panel comic strip in one row, with white gutters between the panels. Panel 1: a fat orange cat stares at a goldfish bowl on a kitchen table, with a speech balloon that says "Lunch." Panel 2: the cat reaches one paw into the bowl, and the goldfish says "Rude." in a small balloon. Panel 3: the cat sits soaking wet on the floor, the bowl tipped over, with a balloon that says "Worth it." Clean black inks, flat colors, hand-lettered comic font in black capitals inside white balloons. No other text.
A comic book portrait of a woman in her thirties with a short undercut and silver hoop earrings, looking over her shoulder at the viewer. Thick black outlines, solid black shadows on one side of her face, red halftone dots on her cheek and a flat sky-blue background made of large halftone dots. Printed comic look, slightly off-white paper. Head and shoulders, centered. No text.
A comic panel ad for a hot sauce called Ember Bay: the red bottle bursts out through the black panel border, chunks of the border flying, flames curling around it. A jagged yellow sound effect reading "KABOOM!" with a red outline fills the top left. Speed lines radiate from the bottle. Bold inks and halftone shading in red, orange and yellow. No other text.
Give the panel count and the layout: a wide panel across the top, two side by side, one tall panel. Then one action per panel, in reading order.
Put every balloon, caption and sound effect in quotes and keep each line short. Say there is no other text. Check every word when the image comes back.
Each prompt starts fresh. Attach an earlier panel and say who must look the same. Nano Banana 2.1 takes up to 14 reference images.
Comic art comes from print. It has inked lines that change weight, heavy black shadows, halftone dots, panels and lettering. Cartoon uses even outlines and simple shapes for one character. Anime follows Japanese animation, with cel shading and large eyes.
Yes. Put each line in quotes, keep it short and describe the lettering. Text can still come out wrong: in our model guide, Nano Banana 2 printed a line that is not a word. Check every balloon, and try Nano Banana Pro for finer text.
Each prompt starts fresh, with no memory of the last one. Attach your best panel of the character as a reference and say what must stay: face, hair, clothes, colors. Nano Banana 2.1 takes up to 14 reference images.
Yes. Give the number of panels, where each sits on the page and what happens in each, in reading order. For a longer story, make one page at a time and attach the last page as a reference.
10 credits on Nano Banana 2.1 and 32 on Nano Banana Pro. A full page is one image. You can start for free.
Yes. Attach it as a reference image and name the style. The face can change a little from run to run, so run a few and keep the closest.
StyleIsometricRooms, city blocks, icons and game pieces drawn from one fixed angle, with no perspective.Learn more
StyleCyberpunkNeon night cities, rain, dense signs and worn tech, for game art, posters and album covers.Learn more
StyleClayCharacters, food, rooms and products that look sculpted from plasticine and shot on a miniature set.Learn more