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comic

comic

222 1.3
A book or magazine that tells a story with pictures and words
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːmɪk/
translation icon : cómic
  • Lisa settled down with the dozens of ragged comic books in the back seat.
  • comic book
  • read comics
  • comic strip

It's based on a comic book and a video game.

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Examples

  • Patsy finally admitted he'd seen it in a comic from America about Superman saving the planet.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Okay, guys, ready for your next comic?

  • It's based on a comic book and a video game.

  • And he had the comic before I was to go up after him.

  • What was the first comic book movie I was in?

  • Yeah, this came from a an old comic that I drew way back in the day.

  • I got a whole collection of war comics.

  • At least a dozen people in the car are reading comics, including the man next to him.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Many academic libraries are adding comics and cartoons in print form to their collections.

    Academic text (2015)
  • My favorite comic has a superhero who saves the world from aliens.

Synonyms

comic book
vscomic
233 1.4

A magazine with pictures and words that tell stories, often about superheroes or adventures

is used for illustrated stories in many formats not just bound genre series
manga
vscomic
20 5.4

A Japanese comic book with pictures and stories for young people or adults

is a general illustrated story format not specific to one national style
webcomic
vscomic
  • Texting
3 3.7

A comic you read on the internet

is a printed or bound illustrated publication rather than a digital release

Compounds

233 1.4

A magazine with pictures and words that tell stories, often about superheroes or adventures

28 1.8

A series of drawings with short words that tells a short story or joke

comic relief
  • Literature
8 3.6

A funny part in a serious story that makes people laugh

1 5.0

A stage show with singing and spoken lines that is funny and ends happily

How Long

comic book
233 1.4
comic
222 1.3
comic strip
28 1.8

Surface Forms

comic singular
comics plural

Etymology

Comic was also used for short, funny stories and then for the printed books that showed these stories with pictures, linked to comedy in meaning. So a comic is a small magazine or book that tells a (often) 'funny' story with pictures and words.