Comics in Music Video

Corporate Rock, A Comic Book Take on Learning Through Music

For this week’s Comic Book challenge, I leaned into bold visuals, panel‑based storytelling, and a little nostalgia to explore a simple idea: what if learning content worked more like Schoolhouse Rock?

Corporate Rock is an experiment in using music and comic book visuals to teach workplace learning concepts. I partnered with AI throughout the process, starting with the design of a Knowledge Management course strawman, then breaking topics into short, focused scripts. One subtopic was transformed into a song using an alternating verse and hook structure, with spoken moments to reinforce key ideas.

From there, AI helped generate detailed image prompts for each verse and spoken section, intentionally designed as comic book panels. Verses became three‑panel cartoon sequences, while spoken moments landed as single, punchy panels. Each image was generated with a consistent illustrated style to feel like pages pulled straight from a comic.

The final step was bringing everything together into a music video, syncing the song with the comic visuals and editing it all in DaVinci Resolve. The result is a learning experience that blends instructional design, music, and comic storytelling to make content more engaging and memorable.

This project was a reminder that learning does not always have to look like slides. Sometimes it can look like a comic book that rocks.

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