ABOUT PANEL
Panel is built to expand the comics form.
Comics have moved onto screens, but their language remains rooted in print. Panel brings motion, game mechanics and AI into that language while keeping the comics form at the center.
Technology and AI is changing how stories are made. Panel exists to bring structure to that change — and to find a new way to create and read comics.
APPROACH
A good form does not only carry an idea. It allows us to discover one.
Panel draws on cognition, visual language, game theory and human–computer interaction. Our long-term mission is to develop spatial and story intelligence for comics— moving AI beyond isolated images toward an understanding of sequence, space, characters and reader choice.
The goal is not to automate authorship, but to help authors shape coherent stories while keeping creative control.
COMMUNITY
A new language grows through the people who use it.
Panel brings together creators, readers, publishers, researchers and developers. Share your work, exchange ideas and take part in shaping what comics can become.
We do not have specific roles open right now, but we are always open to meeting curious, talented people who would like to contribute to Panel.
Ondřej Novák
FOUNDER
Panel was founded by Ondřej Novák, a designer, filmmaker and producer working across comics, games and film. His background in illustration, interactive comics, digital design and filmmaking shaped the central idea behind Panel.
