ComicGallery was originally created for a subscription based webcomic site I worked on in 2004. I’m making it available under the GNU General Public License, which means it’s free software and you can use it on your own site.

This script will automatically create a gallery from a directory of images that you specify. It’s easy to add to existing webpages, and easy to modify the configuration of the script to produce a variety of gallery styles suitable for webcomics as well as other types of artwork.

Other scripts for creating more complex types of galleries exist, but they often take longer to setup, administer, and integrate into your site. This script can be included on your page with a single line of code, and uses minimal, standards based markup (XHTML) that can be easily styled with CSS to match the rest of your website.

Optional features include:

• Start with the first or last image in the directory
• Display navigation above or below images
• Back and Next links
• Back and Next arrows
• Direct links to each image
• Configurable number of links per line
• Customizable dividers between links
• Display the copyright owner
• Display a link to your Creative Commons License

Download
ComicGallery v1.0

The default settings for the script will create a gallery from files in an “images” subdirectory. You can easily change this and other script settings to suit your needs.

Let me know if you end up using the script on your site, and feel free to suggest any improvements.

Update

Comic Gallery Tutorial including an example PHP webpage, CSS file, supporting images for the CSS, and a directory with 10 sample comic images.

Comic Gallery version 1.1 is now available.