A gentle, rhyming bedtime story featuring favorite Marvel characters in a soft, "baby-style" art.

Before words, there are sequences. Before stories, there are panels. The baby play comic is the first visual grammar of action and emotion.

These are physically durable books—often made of thick cardboard—that use comic-style panels to tell short, rhythmic stories.

You don’t need to be a cartoonist to harness the power of the . Here is a zero-stress guide to making a personalized comic for your infant using your smartphone camera.

: Many baby play comics use high-contrast photographs or bold, primary-colored illustrations to capture an infant's developing vision.