diff --git a/apps/web/app/components/landing/ComicStrip.tsx b/apps/web/app/components/landing/ComicStrip.tsx
index 880ecf3..8f53390 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/components/landing/ComicStrip.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/components/landing/ComicStrip.tsx
@@ -1,128 +1,37 @@
-import type { ReactNode } from "react"
-
-// Placeholder stick-figure illustrations for v1. Each panel is a simple
-// monochrome amber-stroke SVG. Swap these out for commissioned cartoony art
-// in a follow-up commit — the structure here is stable enough to swap visuals
-// without touching the dialog/layout.
-
-function Panel1SVG() {
-  return (
-    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 140" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5">
-      <title>Frustrated developer at a cluttered desk</title>
-      {/* Desk */}
-      <line x1="30" y1="100" x2="170" y2="100" />
-      {/* Monitor */}
-      <rect x="60" y="50" width="80" height="50" rx="2" />
-      {/* Boilerplate code lines on monitor */}
-      <line x1="68" y1="62" x2="120" y2="62" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="68" y1="70" x2="130" y2="70" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="68" y1="78" x2="115" y2="78" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="68" y1="86" x2="125" y2="86" strokeWidth="1" />
-      {/* Developer (stick figure) */}
-      <circle cx="100" cy="28" r="8" />
-      <line x1="100" y1="36" x2="100" y2="55" />
-      {/* Frown */}
-      <path d="M 96 28 Q 100 31 104 28" />
-      {/* Sad eyebrows */}
-      <line x1="94" y1="24" x2="98" y2="26" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="102" y1="26" x2="106" y2="24" strokeWidth="1" />
-    </svg>
-  )
-}
-
-function Panel2SVG() {
-  return (
-    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 140" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5">
-      <title>Developer with head in hands</title>
-      {/* Desk */}
-      <line x1="30" y1="100" x2="170" y2="100" />
-      {/* Developer head */}
-      <circle cx="100" cy="50" r="14" />
-      {/* Hands covering face */}
-      <path d="M 86 50 Q 92 60 100 58 Q 108 60 114 50" />
-      {/* Arms going up to head */}
-      <line x1="84" y1="52" x2="76" y2="78" />
-      <line x1="116" y1="52" x2="124" y2="78" />
-      {/* Body slumped */}
-      <line x1="100" y1="64" x2="100" y2="98" />
-    </svg>
-  )
-}
-
-function Panel3SVG() {
-  return (
-    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 140" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5">
-      <title>Second developer entering with a coffee mug</title>
-      {/* Desk */}
-      <line x1="30" y1="100" x2="170" y2="100" />
-      {/* Dev A still at desk */}
-      <circle cx="70" cy="50" r="8" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="58" x2="70" y2="92" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="92" x2="60" y2="100" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="92" x2="80" y2="100" />
-      {/* Monitor */}
-      <rect x="50" y="58" width="40" height="28" rx="2" />
-      {/* Dev B entering, holding mug */}
-      <circle cx="140" cy="50" r="9" />
-      {/* Smile */}
-      <path d="M 136 52 Q 140 56 144 52" />
-      <line x1="140" y1="59" x2="140" y2="92" />
-      <line x1="140" y1="92" x2="130" y2="100" />
-      <line x1="140" y1="92" x2="150" y2="100" />
-      {/* Arm with mug */}
-      <line x1="140" y1="68" x2="124" y2="74" />
-      <rect x="116" y="68" width="10" height="10" rx="1" />
-      {/* Steam */}
-      <path d="M 119 64 Q 120 60 121 64" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <path d="M 123 64 Q 124 60 125 64" strokeWidth="1" />
-    </svg>
-  )
-}
-
-function Panel4SVG() {
-  return (
-    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 140" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5">
-      <title>Developer looking at a clean three-file project</title>
-      {/* Desk */}
-      <line x1="30" y1="120" x2="170" y2="120" />
-      {/* Monitor */}
-      <rect x="55" y="45" width="90" height="65" rx="2" />
-      {/* Three-file tree on monitor */}
-      <line x1="65" y1="60" x2="80" y2="60" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="72" x2="115" y2="72" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="84" x2="118" y2="84" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="70" y1="96" x2="105" y2="96" strokeWidth="1" />
-      {/* Developer (above the monitor area, slightly raised eyebrows) */}
-      <circle cx="100" cy="25" r="7" />
-      {/* Surprised mouth */}
-      <circle cx="100" cy="27" r="2" />
-      {/* Raised eyebrows */}
-      <line x1="94" y1="20" x2="98" y2="19" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="102" y1="19" x2="106" y2="20" strokeWidth="1" />
-      <line x1="100" y1="32" x2="100" y2="45" />
-    </svg>
-  )
-}
+import Image from "next/image"
 
 interface Panel {
   readonly speaker: "Dev A" | "Dev B"
   readonly line: string
-  readonly illustration: ReactNode
+  readonly src: string
+  readonly alt: string
 }
 
 const PANELS: readonly Panel[] = [
-  { speaker: "Dev A", line: "Fifth StateGraph this month.", illustration: <Panel1SVG /> },
+  {
+    speaker: "Dev A",
+    line: "Fifth StateGraph this month.",
+    src: "/comic/panel-1.png",
+    alt: "Developer at a cluttered desk, frowning at a monitor full of code, hand on chin.",
+  },
   {
     speaker: "Dev A",
     line: "This isn't agent code. This is project structure.",
-    illustration: <Panel2SVG />,
+    src: "/comic/panel-2.png",
+    alt: "Same developer slumped forward with both hands pressed against their temples, the monitor still cluttered.",
   },
   {
     speaker: "Dev B",
     line: "You know Next.js, right? Same thing for LangGraph.",
-    illustration: <Panel3SVG />,
+    src: "/comic/panel-3.png",
+    alt: "A second developer in a mustard hoodie walks in with a coffee mug, leaning toward the first developer's screen with a small smile.",
+  },
+  {
+    speaker: "Dev A",
+    line: "…wait, that's it?",
+    src: "/comic/panel-4.png",
+    alt: "The first developer sits upright, wide-eyed in surprise, the monitor now showing a clean three-line file tree.",
   },
-  { speaker: "Dev A", line: "…wait, that's it?", illustration: <Panel4SVG /> },
 ]
 
 export function ComicStrip() {
@@ -137,14 +46,25 @@ export function ComicStrip() {
 
       <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-4">
         {PANELS.map((p) => (
-          <div key={p.line} className="landing-surface border border-border-subtle rounded-lg p-5">
-            <div className="aspect-[200/140] flex items-center justify-center text-accent-amber mb-4">
-              {p.illustration}
+          <div
+            key={p.line}
+            className="landing-surface border border-border-subtle rounded-lg overflow-hidden"
+          >
+            <div className="aspect-square relative bg-bg-card">
+              <Image
+                src={p.src}
+                alt={p.alt}
+                fill
+                sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 25vw, (min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw"
+                className="object-cover"
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className="p-5">
+              <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed">
+                <strong className="text-text-primary font-medium">{p.speaker}:</strong>{" "}
+                <span className="landing-text-muted">{p.line}</span>
+              </p>
             </div>
-            <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed">
-              <strong className="text-text-primary font-medium">{p.speaker}:</strong>{" "}
-              <span className="landing-text-muted">{p.line}</span>
-            </p>
           </div>
         ))}
       </div>
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