Content policy and what we can't generate

ComicInk runs content moderation on every prompt — synopsis, character description, panel description, story input — and on every image you upload. Some content is automatically rejected before any compute runs. Some is your responsibility as the creator.

What's blocked automatically

The platform's safety system blocks content in two layers:

1. A multilingual term filter that catches unambiguous sexual or harmful terms across every language ComicInk supports.
2. An AI safety classifier that judges the intent of what you write in any language — catching nuanced or euphemistic sexual and harmful content the term filter misses, including content phrased indirectly or in a language other than English.

When a prompt is blocked, you'll see an error and no credits are deducted — the rejection happens before any image generation.

Specifically rejected

• Sexual content (graphic sexual descriptions, nudity in sexual contexts).
• Sexual content involving minors — zero tolerance, in any framing.
• Hate speech — content targeting groups by race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc.
• Self-harm or suicide content in promotional or instructive framing.
• Incitement or a real-world threat — asking for a workable method of attacking a real person or place ("show exactly how to ambush X when his car stops"), or content urging readers to go and harm a real group. The test is whether the text is trying to make something happen outside the comic. Depicting an attack in a story is not this.

What's allowed

• Fictional violence at any intensity — fighting, weapons, blood, gore, injury, death, murder, assassination, torture, dismemberment. Horror, crime, war, thriller and superhero comics are a violent medium and we don't apply a stricter standard than the genre does. Graphic detail, premeditation, and a specific named victim are not, by themselves, reasons for a block.
• Characters from novels, films, games, myth and folklore are fictional — Dracula, Frankenstein's creature, a slasher-movie villain, a mythological figure. Adapting a public-domain novel is exactly what ComicInk is for. "Real-world" means a person who actually exists or existed.
• Children in peril — a fictional child kidnapped, frightened, hurt, or killed is horror and drama, not a safety violation. Describing a child's ordinary appearance so an artist can draw them is a portrait, not sexualization.
• Mature themes — war, crime, abuse-survival, mental illness, grief.
• Romance and intimacy — kissing, attraction, romantic tension. Anything more explicit gets blocked.
• Anything clothed — swimwear, athletic wear, lingerie or sleepwear, revealing and skin-tight outfits, a bare-chested male character, and underwear worn under or visible through other clothing. Body proportions however exaggerated, and whatever a pose happens to reveal — seated, bending, a skirt riding up. Comics are frequently risqué and that on its own is not a reason for a block. Not allowed: an actually-uncovered body part, a topless female character (however the framing describes it), and sexual acts.
• Mature language — characters can curse and argue.

The line: violence is judged by whether you're telling a story or trying to cause real harm, not by how graphic it is or who is in it. Sexual content is judged by what is actually uncovered, and what you ask for — clothed is fine however revealing, nudity and sexual acts are not, and asking for something to be made sexual ("make her sexier", removing clothing across panels) is not. Anything sexual involving a minor is never allowed.

Real people and real history

Comics about real people and real events are allowed. Biography, history, war, journalism, satire and alternate history are all normal uses of ComicInk. Gandhi's independence movement including the imprisonments and the massacres, a president's downfall and the abuses under his rule, a real revolution redrawn as manga, a musician's assassination dramatised across a page — all of these generate. Depicting something is not endorsing it, and "this really happened" is a reason to allow, never a reason to block.

Two things still apply:

• The picture is a separate question. The image models we use refuse to render identifiable real public figures, so a script about Gandhi will write, but a page showing a recognisable Gandhi may be refused at the rendering step. That refusal comes from the image provider, not from us. Describe the qualities you want — the build, the era, the bearing — and you'll get the feel without the likeness.
• Likeness and defamation are your responsibility. Publishing a comic that uses a real person's likeness, or that presents invented events as fact about a living person, is on you rather than on ComicInk. See the note on originality below.

Adapting classic novels: Dracula, Frankenstein, fairy tales

Adapting a public-domain book — Dracula, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, the Brothers Grimm, Greek myth — is a fully supported use of ComicInk, and those characters count as fictional no matter how famous the book is or how real its setting. Lucy rising as a vampire and preying on a child, the creature murdering William Frankenstein, a Grimm fairy tale at full horror intensity: all allowed, in as much graphic detail as the story needs.

"Real-world" means a person who actually exists or existed. A character who originates in a novel, film, game, myth, or folklore is fictional, and violence involving them is judged like any other fictional violence.

This covers works in the public domain. Characters still under copyright — Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Pokémon — are different in two ways: the rights are your responsibility (see "What you're responsible for" below), and the image models refuse to draw them. See the next section.

Copyrighted characters: Superman, Pikachu, Darth Vader

The image models refuse to draw characters that are recognisably someone else's. This works the same way as the refusal for real public figures above: the script will often write, and then the picture is refused at the rendering step. The refusal comes from the image provider, not from ComicInk, and it is not something we can turn off for an account.

Rewording does not get around it. The check looks at what the description adds up to, not at whether you used the name. A "tall man in a deep blue suit with cardinal-red boots, a red cape to the ground, and a diamond emblem on his chest" is refused for the same reason "Superman" is. Renaming the character, swapping a colour word, or describing the emblem more abstractly does not change the outcome — you will just spend attempts.

What works instead. Build an original character who gives you the same feeling. Pick your own palette, your own emblem shape, your own silhouette. The genre conventions — capes, armour, masks, insignia, glowing eyes, a symbol on the chest — are all fine on their own; it is the recognisable combination that is refused.

If a generation fails for this reason you will see a content-safety message, and no credits are charged for a blocked generation.

Common questions: horror, gore, children in peril, and dark backstories

Can I make a violent horror comic? Can there be gore?
Yes. Fictional violence is allowed at any intensity — blood, gore, injury, torture, murder, dismemberment. Comics are a violent medium and we don't hold your horror or crime story to a stricter standard than the genre. What we block is violence aimed at a real person or a real group.

Can a child character be in danger, kidnapped, or killed?
Yes. A fictional child in peril is horror and drama — it's the heart of half the genre. Harm to a child is only a problem if the scene is sexual, which is never allowed. Describing a child's ordinary appearance so the AI can draw them — hair, eyes, height, clothing — is a portrait, not a red flag.

Can a teenage character have a dark backstory — abuse, exploitation, trafficking?
Yes, when it's told as backstory. A 16-year-old whose history includes violence, neglect, grooming or exploitation is ordinary dark young-adult storytelling, and describing what was done to a character in the past is not the same as depicting it. What's blocked is showing a minor sexually — nude, in an act, posed, or with their body emphasised.

Can my character's underwear be visible?
Yes. Underwear is clothing. A character seated with her underwear showing, a bra visible under an open shirt, a bikini top under a tied blouse — all fine, on an adult character. What isn't fine is asking for it to be made sexual, or for a garment to come off.

My page was refused and I think that's wrong. What now?
Tell us through the chat bubble and include the page. We test the filter against real reported pages, and genuine false positives get fixed.

What characters can wear: shirtless, lingerie, swimwear, revealing outfits

Clothing questions come up a lot, so to be explicit about where the line sits.

Allowed. A shirtless or bare-chested male character. Lingerie, nightwear, or pyjamas worn in an ordinary scene — sleeping, resting, getting ready. Swimwear and bikinis. Athletic wear. Skin-tight and revealing-but-clothed outfits, including most superhero costumes. Underwear worn as clothing, or visible under an open shirt, a tied top, or a short skirt. A bikini top under an open shirt. Outfit variants that remove an outer layer: "no jacket", "no cape", "armour removed". Body proportions described however you like, including exaggerated cartoon figures.

Also allowed: what a pose reveals. A character seated with her underwear showing, a skirt riding up as a slapstick gag, a low neckline as someone bends — the character is dressed, and a glimpse of a garment is not undress.

Not allowed. Nudity of any kind — an actually-uncovered chest, genitals or buttocks. A topless female character, and that holds however the request is framed, so "hands covering", "tasteful", "seen from behind", "modest", or "hidden by steam" won't get it through. A bikini bottom with no top named counts as topless. Sexual acts. And anything whose evident purpose is to sexualize — "make her sexier", removing clothing progressively across panels, or an upskirt or voyeur framing.

The difference between the two lists is what you're asking for, not how much skin an outfit leaves. "Seated, underwear visible" describes a picture and is fine; "a low angle up her skirt so you can see her underwear, make it sexy" is a request to sexualize and is not.

Anything sexual involving a character under 18 is never allowed, and for minors the rules are stricter than for adults: none of the allowances above apply, and emphasis on a minor's body is treated as sexualization even when the character is fully clothed.

Uploaded photos and reference images

You can upload your own photos — of yourself, friends, or family — as reference images, character portraits, or comic pages. Uploaded images are moderated the same way as text:

• Ordinary photos are fine. A photo of your kids for a birthday comic, a family portrait, a friend as a superhero — all allowed. An image is never blocked just because a child appears in it.
• Blocked: sexual or pornographic imagery, and any image that sexualizes a minor (zero tolerance).
• Consent is your responsibility. Only upload photos of real people you have the right to use. Don't upload images of other people — including children who aren't your own — without permission.

If an upload is blocked you'll see a message, and the image is not stored.

Story Videos: synthetic media, voices, and music

The content rules above apply to Story Videos exactly as they do to comics — sexual, violent, hateful, and minor-involving content is prohibited in video and audio too. Story Videos add a few rules specific to moving images and sound:

• No deepfakes or deceptive synthetic media. Don't use AI video or audio to fake real events, to make a real person appear to say or do something they didn't, or to pass synthetic content off as a genuine recording. This includes election, financial, medical, and other disinformation.
• No animating or voicing a real person without consent. A story about a real person is fine, but making them move or speak is a higher bar: don't animate someone's likeness or synthesize their voice without their consent. This is about a convincing impersonation, not about whether they can appear in your story.
• Everything is AI-generated. The video, the motion, and the spoken voices are all produced by AI models. The voices are synthesized from the AI model's own output — they are not recordings of you or anyone else, and ComicInk does not capture your real voice.
• Background music is licensed for your videos only. The background music we offer comes from a royalty-free music library and is licensed for use within the videos you create on ComicInk. Don't extract it, isolate it, or redistribute it as standalone music.

Note that video moderation works a little differently from images: video safety filtering happens at the model provider during rendering, and credits for a render that completes successfully are not refunded even if you're unhappy with the result. See credits and refunds in the Terms of Service.

What you're responsible for

The platform cannot fully detect:

• Copyright violations — using characters from existing comics, films, or shows. The image models refuse to draw a recognisable one (see "Copyrighted characters" above), but a script can still name and reference them, and that part is on you. Name your own character and describe them as you want them to look.
• Trademarks — branded products, logos, real-world brand names in panels. Avoid unless they're naturally background-incidental.
• Likeness rights — depicting real people without consent. If you describe "a character who looks exactly like [celebrity name]", that's on you legally.
• Originality — every story you publish is yours; we don't ghostwrite or co-own.

We treat the platform's output as your work product, governed by the Terms of Service you agreed to at signup. Stories you publish on a storefront are subject to the same originality and copyright requirements.

What happens if a generation is blocked

You see an error message in the editor. Your synopsis, panel text, or character description triggered the filter. Edit the offending text and try again. No credits are spent on a blocked generation.

Common false positives to watch for:

• Character names containing flagged words (rare but happens). Try a slight name variation.
• A real place or real group named in an otherwise fictional scene. A battle set in a real, currently-contested city can read as a real conflict. Use an invented setting.
• Wording that sounds like an undressing request when you meant a costume change. "Same character, no jacket" is fine; phrasing it as removing clothing from someone may not be.

If a page you believe is legitimate is refused, tell us through the chat bubble and include the page — genuine false positives are bugs and we fix them against the reported example.

Reporting violations

If you encounter content on a public ComicInk page that violates this policy (someone else's published comic), contact support via the chat bubble or email superhero@comicink.ai. We review reports and remove violating content.

Age requirements

You must be at least 18 years old to use ComicInk. See the Terms of Service for the full account eligibility terms.

Why we moderate at all

AI image generation can be misused. We moderate to:

• Keep ComicInk usable across cultures and demographics.
• Comply with App Store and Google Play policies (the iOS app's existence depends on this).
• Comply with payment processor policies (Stripe and Apple both prohibit certain content).
• Make a public storefront platform that's safe to share with friends and discoverable through the gallery.

If you're working on adult-themed comics that fall outside our policy, ComicInk isn't the right platform — there are dedicated platforms for adult content that handle the legal and payment-processor requirements that come with it.

Updated on: 17/08/2026