Great stories, told with pictures
True stories, great comics, and tales worth telling again.
Stories With Pictures is a magazine of great stories: remarkable true stories told in pictures; the best comics, manga and graphic novels; and stories you can play or make yourself. Original art only; we never reproduce pages.
New stories
Great stories this week, 26 October – 1 November
New graphic novels this week: none confirmed for 26 October – 1 November. Single issues dated 28 October, a true sea rescue and a wordless pick.
The Brink's-Mat Robbery: Three Tonnes of Gold
In 1983 robbers at Heathrow expected £1 million in cash and found three tonnes of gold. How the Brink's-Mat robbery happened, and where the gold went.
Escape from Alcatraz: What Happened in June 1962
Three men left the most secure prison in America using homemade tools, raincoats and dummy heads. What we know about the 1962 escape, and what nobody does.
Featured
Our picks
Maus and the Graphic Novel: How a Comic Won a Pulitzer
Art Spiegelman's Holocaust memoir, drawn with Jews as mice and Germans as cats, changed what comics could do. How it was made, received and challenged.
Where to Start With Manga: A Beginner's Guide
Where to start with manga? Begin at volume 1 of a series in a genre you enjoy, and pick a short complete title like Death Note to test the format.
Play and make
Stories you can play, read and make
Original art, no sign-up. Download what you make.
Panel Lab
Pick a scene and a hero, write four lines (or let the AI write them) and download your own four-panel strip.
Open Panel LabMakeThe Literal Artist
Commission a comic panel from an artist who takes every request literally, and download the strip.
Commission a panelQuizWhich meme are you?
Eight absurd questions, zero science. Find your meme, caption it and download it.
Find my memeComics journeyThe Daily Panel
Three issues, a panel debate, craft quizzes and a four-panel strip drawn from your answers.
Start readingTrue crimeThree Tonnes of Gold
The true story of the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery in seven illustrated chapters: play it as a case file or read it as a story.
Open the caseStoriesThree Tonnes of Gold: the Stories
The same true story told like stories on your phone: nine short chapters of real photos, clips and quick polls.
Watch the storiesLibraryThe Free Comics Shelf
Where to read, borrow and make comics for free, and what kind of free each one really is.
Browse the shelfAbout Stories With Pictures
What we don't do
No scans
We never reproduce pages or panels. Read the real thing through official, licensed sources.
No spoilers by surprise
Spoilers are always labelled, so you choose what you see.
Original illustrations
Every illustration in our comics and quizzes is drawn for us, not taken from a published work. Article photos are licensed stock images.