Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan komik digital berbasis platform instagram pada materi zat aditif pada makanan untuk siswa kelas viii smpn 2 tarakan. jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan menggunakan metode dbr (design based research ) model reeves . subjek uji coba dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa kelas viii smpn 2 tarakan yang berjumlah 29 siswa. keseluruhan data diperoleh berdasarkan skor dari angket penilaian ahli media, ahli materi, angket repon guru dan angket respon siswa. hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kualitas komik digital berbasis platform instagram pada materi zat aditif pada makanan berdasarkan penilaian ahli media meperoleh hasil rata-rata skor sesbesar 80 % ( kategori layak ), penilaain ahli materi memperoleh hasil rata-rata skor sebesar 82,5 % ( kategori sangat layak), respon ngket guru memperoleh hasil rata-rata 89 % ( kategori sangat layak ) , respon siswa berdasarkan hasil uji coba skala kecil 88,9 % ( kategori sangat layak ), dan respon siswa berdasarkan hasil uji coba skala besar memperoleh rata-rata skor sebesar 95,3 % (kategori sangat layak).

This study aims to produce digital comics based on the instagram platform on food additives for class viii students of smpn 2 tarakan. this type of research is research and development using the reeves model of dbr (design based research). the test subjects in this study were students of class viii smpn 2 tarakan, totaling 29 students. overall data was obtained based on scores from media expert assessment questionnaires, material experts, teacher response questionnaires and student response questionnaires. the results showed that the quality of digital comics based on the instagram platform on food additives based on the assessment of media experts obtained an average score of 80% (category eligible), the assessment of material experts obtained an average score of 82.5% (category). very eligible), the teacher's sticky response obtained an average result of 89% (very feasible category), student responses based on the results of small-scale trials 88.9% (very feasible category), and student responses based on the results of large-scale trials obtained an average of the average score is 95.3% (very feasible category).