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PanelWave
Sheet 01For readers

For people who love comics

Your story. Your pace. Your path.

Graphic novels that move, sound and react — laid out for your screen, in your language, at your pace. No app needed: a link opens the story in your browser.

See an example Get notified about new works
the catalogue opens on peoplecomics.com by end of 2026
Pencil sketch of a phone held in a hand; on the screen a comic panel with rain in motion, and two speech balloons offering a choice.
Sheet 02Fig. R · how it reads

Graphic novels deserve better than a scan

Print pages shrink on a phone. Motion comics take the timeline away from you. PanelWave is the third way: the artistry of the comic, with the controls you expect from modern media.

  • ✗ pinch-and-zoom on a print page
  • ✗ a video that runs without you
  • ✓ a comic made for your screen — that waits for you
Fig. R — Reading a PanelWave workNo app: it opens in the browser. Page or panel view, your pace, your language, sound on or off.
Sheet 03Reading, reimagined

Everything is on your terms

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Your pace

Swipe, tap or let it play at your speed. The whole page as drawn, or panel by panel with a transition.
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Your path

Some stories let you choose: tap a door, a sign, a character — and the story remembers.
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Your language

Switch language mid-story. Balloons hold real text, so they change instantly.
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Your soundtrack

Ambience, music and effects that belong to the panel — with audio and SFX switches when you need quiet.
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Just the art

Hide the balloons for an art-only look at any panel.
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Your device

Phone, tablet, laptop or TV — the layout adapts to the screen and re-arranges when you rotate.
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No app, no store

A link opens the story in your browser. Nothing to install.
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Readable for everyone

Keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels and reduced motion are built in.
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Share a moment

Every page and panel has its own link — share your favourite scene without spoiling the rest.
Sheet 04Fig. 4 · stories that listen
Fig. 4 — Story graphEvery PanelWave chapter is a graph — a linear comic is simply a chain. Branches, detours and endings are there when your story wants them.

Some stories let you choose

Many PanelWave works are told straight, like any great comic. Others open a door: tap a sign and take the detour, help a stranger and see it pay off later, reach one of several endings.

Sheet 05Where to read

Honest status, October 2026

The first stories are being drawn right now

NowThe TARMAC exampleA sci-fi comedy pilot with video panels — a look inside a real PanelWave work.Look inside
SoonOpen-source player demoSample works in the open-source player: a noir story, an infinite-canvas descent and video panels.Under construction
End of 2026peoplecomics.comThe first catalogue of PanelWave works, built with our Founding Creators.About the catalogue
Sheet 06Fair and respectful

Your money goes to the creator

PanelWave takes no share of what readers pay. Creators decide what's free and what's paid, offer free previews first — and paid chapters arrive in 2027, when reader payments launch.

Get notified about new works

First looks at new PanelWave graphic novels and the catalogue launch — 1–2 emails a month.

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You deserve a reading space that breathes.

PanelWave honours the craft of the art — and runs at your pace.

See an example Meet the open-source player