EXCALIDRAW POWER-UP

Install the script

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

Install from the Script Library — free
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One-click install — it's in the official Script Library

Comic Strip Director is in Excalidraw's built-in Script Library: install it from inside Obsidian (Part 3) and grab the free starter pack — core cast of 8, POW! ZAP! BOOM!, and all 30 layouts — with one button (Part 4).

THE 5-MINUTE VERSION

All the steps

33 steps across 6 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 Install Comic Strip Director from the Script LibraryOne-click install — the script is in Excalidraw’s official library. 5 steps
  4. 4 Get the free starter packOne button: the free core cast, 3 FX and all layouts install themselves. 3 steps
  5. 5 Install a strip pack & make your first stripDrop bought packs in Scripts, import, then pick who × what × action. 8 steps
  6. 6 Remove a packChanged your mind? Packs uninstall cleanly from the Manage panel. 5 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 1 and click Turn on community plugins 2 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

    The Welcome to Excalidraw splash appears 1 — close it with the × top-right 2.

    Step 7
  2. 8

    Excalidraw now shows as installed 1 — close the plugin store with the × 2.

    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

Install Comic Strip Director from the Script Library

  1. 13

    Create a new Excalidraw drawing, then open the Script Engine — the gear-with-play icon in the note header (top right).

    Step 13
  2. 14

    In the Script Library, search for comic strip director 1 and click the Comic Strip Director result 2.

    Step 14
  3. 15

    On the script’s page, click Install the script.

    Step 15
  4. 16

    The button flips to Script is up to date — installed.

    Step 16
  5. 17

    The script now sits under Scripts › Downloaded in your vault, and its icon appears in the Obsidian menu under Downloaded.

    Step 17
PART 4

Get the free starter pack

  1. 18

    Open the Obsidian menu → Downloaded → click the Comic Strip Director icon 1. The panel opens — click ⭐ Get the free starter pack 2 at the top.

    Step 18
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    It downloads and imports automatically — watch the progress 1 (Importing packs… figures 75/176). A Comic Strip Director library folder appears under Scripts 2.

    Step 19
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    Done: POW! ZAP! BOOM! land in FX callouts 1, and the free cast of eight — Mia, Walt, Priya, Sam, Dr. Nadia, Rico, Grace & Felix — appears under 1 · Who 2.

    Step 20
PART 5

Install a strip pack & make your first strip

  1. 21

    Bought a pack? Open the Excalidraw/Scripts folder 1 (right-click Scripts in Obsidian → Reveal in Finder) and copy the .strippack file(s) from your download into it 2.

    Step 21
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    In the panel’s Characters section, click ⬇ Import pack…

    Step 22
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    The picker lists every strip pack it found in Scripts 1 — keep them selected and click Import selected 2.

    Step 23
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    The import runs pack by pack — big packs take a minute; the section unlocks when it finishes.

    Step 24
  5. 25

    Your new pack shows as a tab 1 (e.g. Action Heroes Pack · 1232). Pick who 2 (Mia), as what 3 (Boxer), then doing what 4 (Waving).

    Step 25
  6. 26

    Time to build: under Build a page, pick a layout 1 (e.g. 2 × 3) — the panels are drawn on your page 2.

    Step 26
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    Select a panel and click an action — the figure stamps straight into it. Repeat per panel: here Mia 1 as Boxer 2 filled the whole page with the actions 3–7. 🎉

    Step 27
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    Housekeeping: once imported, select the .strippack files in Scripts 1 and Move to Trash 2 — everything now lives in the script’s library folder.

    Step 28
PART 6

Remove a pack

  1. 29

    Say a pack has to go — here the free Summer Free sampler: it shows as a pack tab 1 with its characters in the 1 · Who grid 2.

    Step 29
  2. 30

    In the Characters section, click ⚙ Manage — the management panel opens, with an Installed packs list at the bottom.

    Step 30
  3. 31

    Find the pack under Installed packs and click 🗑 Remove next to it.

    Step 31
  4. 32

    Confirm in the Remove pack? dialog. Images not shared with another installed pack are deleted from disk — and you can re-import the .strippack any time.

    Step 32
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    Gone: the pack tab disappears and its characters leave the Who grid. Your other packs are untouched.

    Step 33
⚠ WARNING

Using Obsidian Sync? Exclude the data folder <Excalidraw>/Scripts/Comic Strip Director (Library) from sync (older installs: Comic Strip Director or Comicbook Strip Director (Library)). Imported packs contain a lot of images — they can eat your Obsidian Sync space and make Obsidian slower.

💡 TIP

After importing a strip pack, close and reopen Obsidian so file indexing can do a good job.

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