9. A system comprising: a memory; and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device configured to: receive digital data representing a page of a publication, the page including panels set against a background region; identify a plurality of potential panels in the page of the publication; determine a first confidence level for a first potential panel of the plurality of potential panels; add the first potential panel to a panel view for the publication, wherein the first confidence level automatically identifies the first potential panel as an actual panel of the publication, wherein the panel view is a digital representation of the publication that allows panel by panel navigation of a set of actual panels of the publication; determine a second confidence level for a second potential panel of the plurality of potential panels; receive user input to manually identify the second potential panel as an actual panel; add the second potential panel to the set of actual panels in the panel view; store the user input pertaining to at least one of size, shape, location, position or layout of a previously-identified panel to identify additional comic panels as actual comic panels of the publication; determine a third confidence level for a third potential panel using the stored user input; add the third potential panel to the panel view for the publication, wherein the third confidence level automatically identifies the third potential panel as an actual panel of the publication; create panel previews of reduced versions of the set of actual panels; receive a request for the panel view; send first data enabling a graphical user interface (GUI) to display at least some of the panel previews of the set of actual panels in a display region; and send second data enabling the GUI to display an enlarged version of a selected one of the panel previews in the same display region.
17. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further configured to generate a table of contents for the publication using at least some of the set of actual panels in the panel view.