EXCALIDRAW POWER-UP

Install the script

The packs work in any tool — but in Obsidian Excalidraw, the Comicbook Strip Director script builds the whole strip for you: panels, your cast, and FX. Here’s the full walkthrough.

Download the script — coming soon
SOON

One-click install is on the way

The script will land in the Excalidraw script library — installable straight from inside Obsidian. Until then, the manual steps below take about five minutes.

THE 5-MINUTE VERSION

All the steps

31 steps across 5 parts. Skim it, then follow the screenshots below.

  1. 1 Install the Excalidraw pluginGrab the Excalidraw plugin from Obsidian’s community store. 6 steps
  2. 2 Point Excalidraw at a scripts folderTell Excalidraw where scripts live — an Excalidraw/Scripts folder. 6 steps
  3. 3 How the Script Library worksSee how Excalidraw scripts install (Strip Director lands here soon). 8 steps
  4. 4 Add the Strip Director scriptCopy the two Strip Director files into your Scripts folder. 4 steps
  5. 5 Install a strip pack & make your first stripImport a pack, pick a character × costume × action, place it — done. 7 steps
PART 1

Install the Excalidraw plugin

  1. 1

    Open your vault in Obsidian and click the Settings gear (bottom-left).

    Step 1
  2. 2

    Go to Community plugins and click Turn on community plugins to leave Restricted Mode.

    Step 2
  3. 3

    Click Browse to open the plugin store.

    Step 3
  4. 4

    Search for Excalidraw (by zsviczian) and select it.

    Step 4
  5. 5

    Click Install.

    Step 5
  6. 6

    Once it finishes installing, click Enable.

    Step 6
PART 2

Point Excalidraw at a scripts folder

  1. 7

    Close the Welcome to Excalidraw splash screen.

    Step 7
  2. 8

    Excalidraw now shows as installed and enabled.

    Step 8
  3. 9

    In Settings, scroll the left sidebar down to Excalidraw (under Community plugins) and open it.

    Step 9
  4. 10

    Expand the Basic section.

    Step 10
  5. 11

    Set the Excalidraw folder — where your drawings are saved (e.g. Excalidraw).

    Step 11
  6. 12

    Set the Excalidraw Automate script folder to Excalidraw/Scripts. This is where the Strip Director script goes.

    Step 12
PART 3

How the Script Library works

Strip Director is coming to this built-in library soon — one-click install. Until then, add it manually in Part 4. This part just shows how scripts work.

  1. 13

    Back in your vault, the Excalidraw tools icon now sits in the left ribbon.

    Step 13
  2. 14

    Create a new Excalidraw drawing — it opens in the editor.

    Step 14
  3. 15

    Open the Obsidian menu (top-right gem), then the Script Engine (the gear-with-play icon).

    Step 15
  4. 16

    This is Excalidraw's built-in Script Library. Jump to List of available scripts.

    Step 16
  5. 17

    Browse the Editors' Picks.

    Step 17
  6. 18

    Open any script and click Install the script.

    Step 18
  7. 19

    It installs and shows Script is up to date.

    Step 19
  8. 20

    Installed scripts appear under Scripts › Downloaded and in the Obsidian menu.

    Step 20
PART 4

Add the Strip Director script

  1. 21

    Right-click the Scripts folder in Obsidian → Reveal in Finder.

    Step 21
  2. 22

    Finder opens your Excalidraw/Scripts folder.

    Step 22
  3. 23

    Copy in the two files: Comicbook Strip Director (Library).md and its .svg icon.

    Step 23
  4. 24

    Back in Obsidian, the script appears under Scripts and in the menu's User section.

    Step 24
PART 5

Install a strip pack & make your first strip

  1. 25

    Run the Strip Director script (from the menu’s User section). The panel opens on Build a page.

    Step 25
  2. 26

    Pick a layout (e.g. 3 rows) — the panels are drawn on your page.

    Step 26
  3. 27

    Copy a strip pack (a .strippack file you bought) into the same Scripts folder.

    Step 27
  4. 28

    In the panel’s AI characters section, click Import pack… and choose the .strippack.

    Step 28
  5. 29

    The cast loads — pick a character, then a costume.

    Step 29
  6. 30

    Pick an action (Standing, Waving, Jumping…) — the figure stamps into the selected panel. Repeat to build your strip!

    Step 30
  7. 31

    Imported packs unpack into a library folder inside Scripts. That’s it — you’re making comics. 🎉

    Step 31

No Obsidian? The packs and free layouts are plain PNG + SVG — they drop into Figma, Miro, Canva, Google Drawings, PowerPoint, anything.