Hero & Ink press kit
Facts, images and a contact for journalists, gift guides and podcasts.
Hero & Ink turns one person into the hero of their own 26-page comic book, drawn from their photos and set in their city, and delivers it within 24 hours.
Boilerplate
Hero & Ink makes personalized comic books. A customer uploads a few photos and answers a short form about the person they are buying for; Hero & Ink writes an original 26-page story with that person as the hero, draws it with their real face and their real city, has a person check every page, and delivers it as a high-resolution PDF within 24 hours. Hero & Ink is a brand of Z Pixel Labs, LLC, a U.S.-registered creative technology company registered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Key facts
- Product
- Personalized 26-page comic books: cover, dedication, 22 story pages, epilogue, back cover
- Panels
- 50+ individually composed panels per book
- The hero
- The recipient, drawn from their own photos, in their own city
- Styles
- Six visual styles: modern comic, 3D animation, cyberpunk, anime, watercolor, dark fantasy
- Delivery
- High-resolution PDF, typically the same day, always within 24 hours
- Review
- Every page is checked by a person before it is sent
- Price
- $49 USD digital edition; print editions planned
- Guarantee
- One free revision, 14-day refund window
- Launched
- 2026, online at heroandink.com
- Company
- Hero & Ink is a brand of Z Pixel Labs, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Images
Free to use in coverage of Hero & Ink. Please credit Hero & Ink.
- Brand mark - Gold pen-nib mark on transparent
- Social cover - 1200 x 630
- The Small Signal cover - Sarah and her cat Biscuit, San Francisco
- The Last Page First cover - Anna and Leo, a couple's comic, Lisbon
- The Tail of Two Heroes cover - A man and his German Shepherd, 3D animation style
- The Night Shift cover - A nurse hero over Toronto
- Interior page 7, The Small Signal - Full resolution story page, 1632 x 2112
- Interior page 9, The Small Signal - Full resolution story page, Biscuit's hoard
- Interior page 14, The Small Signal - Full resolution story page, Coit Tower standoff
More finished comics, with sample pages, are in the showcase.
Press contact
hello@heroandink.com - we reply within one business day. For a review copy, tell us who the hero should be and send two photos; we will make the comic.
Latest announcements are on the news page.
