Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Sumi: a comic studio for Mac
Sumi presents a Mac app that turns a story idea into a planned, illustrated, and lettered comic, using local models or the user’s own cloud-model keys.
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- For
- Mac users making comics or serialized stories
- Worth noticing
- The page lists 17 story styles and 20 art styles, with options to add custom styles.
Field notes
The page’s worked example, The Harbour Letter, turns a six-page premise into a cast, locations, wardrobe notes, and panel-by-panel beats; its sample includes a bottle dated 2066. The described workflow lets a maker revise panels in plain language or by hand, then arrange pages and export PDF, print, CBZ, or web-comic files. The site says local generation runs on Apple silicon, with cloud models available through the user’s own keys.
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