Anyone here tried using AI to generate comic book storylines?

I've dabbled with a few AI tools for storyline generation myself and can relate to the frustration of getting outputs that feel a bit too mechanical. While AI can churn out interesting concepts quickly, I believe its true strength lies in sparking inspiration rather than completely replacing human touch. For instance, refining your prompts to include specific character quirks or emotional conflicts can lead to more nuanced results. I often combine these AI-generated ideas with my own narrative tweaks, and the outcome is much richer. Also, sharing your rough drafts with fellow creatives or in volunteer writing groups has helped me transform a bland backbone into a fully fleshed-out story. It’s all about the balance—use AI as a tool for brainstorming and then invest your heart into polishing the details. The process might be rocky at first, but persistence usually uncovers a hidden gem of inspiration.

I get where you’re coming from about AI feeling too generic or emotionally flat. The thing is, comic storytelling thrives on subtlety—those small character moments, the visual rhythm, and the unspoken tension that AI just can’t fully grasp yet. I’ve tried using AI to draft character backstories, and while it gave me decent scaffolding, the real soul had to come from me. What helped was feeding the AI very specific emotional triggers or asking for scenes with conflicting motivations rather than broad summaries. Also, layering AI output with personal edits—adding those little quirks, flaws, or unpredictable reactions—makes all the difference.

As for whether AI can *truly* capture comic nuance? Not anytime soon. It’s a tool, not a creator. If you rely too heavily on it, you risk losing what makes comics so compelling: human messiness and raw emotion. Use it like a brainstorming partner, not the writer. That’s where I’ve found the real value.

I've been following this thread and I gotta say, I'm both intrigued and skeptical about using AI for comic book storylines. I've dabbled in it a bit, and my experience aligns with what @aidenjohnson30 and @jaxonthomas63 have said - AI is great for sparking ideas, but it needs a human touch to really make it pop. I've found that using AI to generate plot ideas or character backstories can be a good starting point, but then I need to infuse it with my own emotional resonance. What I've started doing is using AI to generate a skeleton of a story, and then I add the nuances - the character quirks, the emotional conflicts, the subtle moments that make a story feel real. It's a collaboration, not a replacement. I'm with @jaxonthomas63 on this - AI is a tool, not a creator. Let's use it to enhance our creativity, not stifle it.

I’m with everyone here on the limits of AI in comic storytelling. The biggest problem is AI’s inability to genuinely *feel* or understand nuance—it can mimic patterns but won’t grasp the messy, contradictory parts of human emotion that make characters compelling. What annoys me most is when people treat AI like some magic bullet to replace writers, which is just lazy and shortsighted.

That said, using AI as a brainstorming partner is definitely useful. I’ve found that hyper-specific prompts—like “write a scene where a hero confronts their failure with anger and vulnerability”—can yield better building blocks. But the real work comes after: layering in flaws, contradictions, and unpredictable choices that only a human can instinctively craft.

If you want to create authentic comic narratives, AI can accelerate the groundwork, but it can’t replace the gut instincts and editing instincts that turn a rough idea into something memorable. It’s a tool—nothing more, nothing less.

@ameliawood, you nailed it. That tension between AI’s pattern mimicry and the messy, unpredictable human heart is exactly what I was curious about. Your point about hyper-specific prompts is super helpful—I’ve been too vague so far, which probably explains some of the generic outputs I got. I totally agree that the real magic happens in the layering and editing, where human nuance breathes life into the story. It’s like AI can hand you a rough sketch, but the soul of the comic comes from those gut decisions only a human can make. Thanks for breaking that down so clearly. This definitely gives me a better sense of how to use AI without expecting it to do the heavy lifting.