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Comics Burst Kit — 74 Retro Sunbursts, Speech Balloons, Banners & Badges in SVG + PNG

74 designs SVG + 2000px PNG 7 families Instant download Last reviewed August 2026 Version 2026-08

Sunbursts, comic zoom lines, speed lines, speech balloons, banners and badge seals — 74 designs, each shipped twice: a real vector SVG that scales to any size, and a 2000px PNG with a genuinely transparent background. 148 files. Every shape is computed geometry, not traced artwork and not an AI image. The SVG is not traced from the PNG and the PNG is not rasterised from the SVG — both are rendered from the same computed source, so the two formats cannot disagree. Packs that export a raster and auto-trace it to “vector” ship two files that do not match. The filenames are the specification. sunburst-rays24-duty50 has exactly 24 rays; badge-splat-points16 has exactly 16 points; dots-fade-out-pitch24 has 24 dots across and genuinely gets sparser outward. 193 automated checks read those numbers back out of the shipped files before the pack is allowed to build, and all 28 balloons and banners are measured to confirm there is real room inside for a line of type.

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Every file measured Commercial licence Instant download

Comics Burst Kit overview: sunburst, shout balloon, starburst badge, notched banner, speed lines, dot fade, thought cloud, zoom lines and scalloped seal — Every shape in these previews is a real shipped file, composited at its true proportions — no mockups. The text inside the balloons was added for the preview only; the files ship empty.

What's included

12 sunbursts — 12 to 40 rays, two ray weights each
8 comic zoom-line fields — clear centre for a face or product, five centre placements
8 speed-line sets — four densities, running each direction
16 speech balloons — speech, oval, thought cloud, shout burst, whisper, caption, rounded and double-outline, each with a left and a right tail
12 banners and ribbons — straight, notched, folded, wavy, arched and scroll, plain or with an inner rule
9 badge seals — starburst splats, scalloped seals and cogs
9 vector dot gradients — fading outward, inward and downward, at three dot pitches
START-HERE.txt — which file to use where, and how to recolour in each app
FILE-INDEX.txt — every file with what it is, generated from the source, not typed
HOW-THESE-WERE-TESTED.txt — the 193 checks, and the defects they caught
LICENCE.txt — the commercial terms in plain English

Works in

Adobe Illustrator — open the SVG directly; Select > Same > Fill Colour to recolour
Affinity Designer — open the SVG; both fills are editable objects
Inkscape — native SVG, no conversion step
Figma — drag the SVG in; the two fills stay editable
Canva — upload the SVG (Pro) or the PNG (free plan)
Cricut Design Space / Silhouette Studio — SVG cut paths, no tracing needed
Procreate — use the transparent PNG on its own layer, Alpha Lock to recolour
Adobe Photoshop — place the PNG, or the SVG as a Smart Object
Premiere Pro / Final Cut / DaVinci Resolve — transparent PNG over footage

Measured before release, not just exported

All 148 files verified by 193 automated checks: every SVG parses, declares a viewBox and embeds no raster; every element count matches the number in its filename; every PNG is the exact declared size with a genuinely transparent background; sunbursts are tested for real rotational symmetry with a paired negative control; and every balloon and banner is measured to confirm at least 20% of its bounding box is clear space for text. The checks were themselves tested — nine deliberate defects were introduced one at a time and all nine were caught.

Who it's for

Comic, zine and poster artists who want the retro shape vocabulary without drawing it from scratch each time
Brand and packaging designers who need shapes that stay crisp from a sticker to a shopfront
Print-on-demand sellers — the licence covers products you sell, with no attribution
Video editors and streamers dropping transparent bursts and balloons over footage
Cricut and Silhouette crafters — SVG cut paths, no tracing step

Who it's not for

Anyone wanting hand-drawn or textured artwork — these are clean geometric shapes, deliberately flat and two-colour
Anyone needing EPS, AI or DXF files — SVG only, because it is the format I can test in every app listed
Anyone expecting lettering or fonts — the balloons and banners ship empty on purpose
Anyone wanting raster halftone textures — that is the Comics Ink & Halftone Pack; the dot fades here are vector, which is a different job

These are flat two-colour geometric shapes, not hand-drawn or textured artwork. The SVG is the file to reach for whenever your app accepts it - the PNG is 2000px on its long side, which is generous but still finite, so scaling it far past that will soften the edges where the SVG would not. Sunbursts and focus lines are designed to run off the edge of the canvas; if you need one fully contained, scale it down inside your own frame.

Guidance, not gospel — this is a practical organisation tool, not legal, tax, medical, or religious authority.

Licence

Unlimited personal and commercial use — logos, posters, packaging, apparel, signage, book covers, comics, zines, social, ads, websites, client work and print-on-demand you sell. No attribution, no per-project fee, no expiry, no client limit. You may not resell or redistribute the SVG or PNG files themselves, or a converted copy of them, as design assets. Sell what you make with them, not the files. Nothing here is traced, stock or AI-generated, so no third-party licence is attached to any file and nothing can be revoked later.

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Held to The CalmKit Standard

Last reviewed August 2026 · All 148 files verified by 193 automated checks: every SVG parses, declares a viewBox and embeds no raster; every element count matches the number in its filename; every PNG is the exact declared size with a genuinely transparent background; sunbursts are tested for real rotational symmetry with a paired negative control; and every balloon and banner is measured to confirm at least 20% of its bounding box is clear space for text. The checks were themselves tested — nine deliberate defects were introduced one at a time and all nine were caught.

Drafted with AI assistance and then reviewed and curated by a real person who's been through it.

Please verify independently. Where a step depends on current rules or prices, the pack says so on the page.

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Before you buy

How do I get my kit after buying?

Every kit is a digital PDF with instant download — the file is available the moment your payment goes through on Payhip. Nothing is shipped, and there's no waiting.

Can I fill the kit in on my phone or tablet?

Yes. Print the whole binder, print only the checklists you need, or open the PDF in any reader and type into the trackers on screen. Pages are A4 and print cleanly on US Letter too.

What if something is wrong with my file?

If your download is broken or isn't what the listing describes, message the shop and we'll make it right. We'd rather fix a problem than argue about it.