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I just finished playing around with the demo of Comic Life 1.0, which was just released a few days ago by plasq. I made a one page comic telling the plight of a hero (me) who is thwarted in his plans to eat a hamburger by the scheming of his arch-nemesis (my wife, Kristin) and her sidekick (my pet Eclectus parrot, Misha).

The program is very intuitive, working via a simple drag and drop interface, with little sounds that "mickey-mouse" your actions.  For example, while resizing the speech balloons, you hear the sound of a balloon being inflated / stretched.  It can look for pictures wherever you keep them, but defaults to your iPhoto library.  A few times when I scrolled quickly through the library and grabbed a picture, I would often end up with a pic from the row above or below where I had actually grabbed.

Comic Life will put you back $39.95USD, but it is very fun.  Make sure you check out the demo.

You could do this sort of thing yourself in any number of graphic programs, but not with the speed and ease of Comic Life.  I think this program would be great for kids.  Alas, I am the only kid in this household. . . . well, me and the burger-thieving bird.

Check out the big version of the comic after the jump.