# Turn your family's funniest stories into a cartoon strip gift > One person fed in Dad's old stories and got cartoon strips, including a five-hour backyard lockout. Type out a story your family always retells, like Dad's wild teenage years or the day someone got locked out. AI picks the funniest moments and draws them as a four-panel cartoon strip. - Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/family-stories-as-cartoon-strips/ - Category: Upgrade your everyday - Made for: Everyone - Works in: ChatGPT, Gemini - Time: About 10 minutes - Effort: Just copy and paste - Note: Image making works on free plans with daily limits. ## The prompt Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them. ```text Turn this family story into a four-panel cartoon strip: [THE STORY, e.g. Dad's first car broke down on a date]. The people in it: [WHO'S IN IT, e.g. Dad at 19, tall, big curly hair]. First, pick the four funniest moments and write a one-line caption or speech bubble for each, keeping the family's own phrases where you can. Then draw the strip in [ART STYLE, e.g. clean black line drawing, newspaper comic] with the same characters in every panel. Keep the humor warm, never mean. Put the title [STRIP TITLE, e.g. The Great Breakdown] across the top. ``` ## Step by step 1. Write the story the way it's told at family dinners. 2. Paste the prompt with the story and who's in it. 3. Describe the people, or add a photo with their OK. 4. Print or frame the strip as a gift. ## What you'll get A four-panel cartoon strip of a favorite family story, ready to print or frame. ## Good to know **Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in ChatGPT and Gemini. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Image making works on free plans with daily limits. **How long does it take?** About 10 minutes. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above. **What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 4 blanks: the story, who's in it, art style and strip title. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them. **What will I get back?** A four-panel cartoon strip of a favorite family story, ready to print or frame. Idea spotted on Reddit, shared by u/Electronic_Cover3522: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1wtfdre/comment/pcttyoj/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version. ## Go further Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business). From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.