Template guide
Panel-by-panel breakdown
This template has no printed dialogue. The story is told entirely through the artwork, so each panel below is described from the image.
Panel 1
The goal: a perfect plate of tomato spaghetti with basil, surrounded by fresh tomatoes.
Panel 2
A woman in a red apron reads a red recipe book in a sunny kitchen, smiling.
Panel 3
Close-up of her knife slicing ripe tomatoes on a board.
Panel 4
Tomato juice splatters and she flinches with wide eyes.
Panel 5
She stirs the red sauce in a pot.
Panel 6
A huge white cloud of steam bursts up and she shrieks.
Panel 7
Tongs lift spaghetti out of the boiling pot.
Panel 8
The pot lid flies through the air and she throws up her hands in panic.
Panel 9
Her plate: spaghetti with a messy heap of sauce, not like the photo.
Panel 10
She leans on her hands gazing at it lovingly, hearts floating.
Panel 11
The plate is now empty except for a smear of sauce and a fork.
Panel 12
She takes a selfie with the empty plate, winking and making a peace sign.
What you get
- Canvas
- 2:3
- Cast
- 1 character, replaceable with your own
- Type
- Cooking Life
- Common remixes
- Change the dish / Add a critic / Change the ending
Who this template suits
This template suits beginner cooks, food bloggers and cheerful single characters. The two-column grid pairs each cooking step with a reaction, so readers can follow both the recipe and the chaos. It fits food, home-cooking and lifestyle accounts.
When it is not a good fit
It does not suit romance, multi-character drama or text-heavy scenes.
How to remix The Recipe Skipped This Step
- 1Open with the perfect target dish so readers know the goal.
- 2Pair each cooking step with an exaggerated reaction panel.
- 3End with a messy but happy result and a proud selfie.
Ways to make it your own
Change the dish
Pancakes with a flip gone wrong, or a birthday cake that leans.
Add a critic
A cat on the counter watching every disaster with judgement.
Change the ending
She posts the selfie and a friend replies with a single thumbs up.
Questions about The Recipe Skipped This Step
How is the grid organised?
Mostly in pairs: a cooking step on the left and her reaction on the right, then the result and the selfie.
Why start with the perfect plate?
It sets the expectation the rest of the comic hilariously misses.
Is there text?
No. The recipe book is shown, but no words are printed on the panels.
