In prototyping · Coming soon
Comics that speak, in every language, in the formats readers already use.
A browser-based studio for voiced, multilingual comics: live-text balloons, synced audio and translations in one project, exported to EPUB, the web, PDF, Kindle, WEBTOON and video.
Illustration of the editor: the five step tabs along the top, the story flow and panel list on the left, three comic panels on the stage with a speech balloon on the selected one, and layout and frame settings on the right.
Features
What's being prototyped.
Bellows is in active prototyping. These pieces are built and running in the browser now.
Live-text balloons
Speech, thought, shout, whisper, captions and SFX lettering in comics-convention shapes. The text stays editable and translatable, never baked into the art.
Synced audio
Bind a voice to each balloon, sound effects to panels, and ambience and music to scenes, then time it all on one timeline.
Every language, per balloon
Text and voice are stored per language. Placement and timing carry over, and right-to-left scripts work inside balloons.
Motion for the scroll
Panels reveal as the reader scrolls, with auto-scroll, a parallax effect on inset panels and balloons, and pauses where the reader taps to continue.
One project, many formats
EPUB 3 with read-aloud, a self-hostable web reader, PDF, Kindle, WEBTOON strips, and vertical or landscape video, all from the same project.
Preview what ships
Read it the way your readers will, per format and per language. The preview and every export use the same renderer.
Languages
9 languages, stored per balloon from day one.
English, French, Spanish, Filipino, Farsi, Punjabi and Chinese. You bring the translations and the voices. The editor tracks what's still missing per language, handles right-to-left scripts inside balloons, and keeps the source as the fallback.
- English
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
- Punjabi (Shahmukhi)RTL
- FarsiRTL
- Spanish
- French
- Filipino
Coming soon
Being prototyped now.
We're building and testing Bellows with comics creators ahead of a public release. Want to follow along, partner, or try an early build? Get in touch.