comic book
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːmɪk bʊk/
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cómic
- As a child, I spent hours reading my favorite comic book series about superheroes saving the day.
- superhero comic book
- novels and comic books
- cartoons and comic books
It's not we're not following the comic book structure.
- It's not we're not following the comic book structure.
- They are our first hire moving into the comic book world yet.
- A children's book, a high school mascot, a comic book series or a song?
- To me, the artist is the director of the comic book or graphic novel.
- I'm taking my NFT, Send me the thing, the comic book, the sports card.
- This is the most famous comic book slash manga store here in Osaka.
- And we want to create books, comic books, TV shows, movies and video games.
- We were trying to do a comic book with him, which thank God did not happen.
- It is in panels, but I don't use many of the comic book conventions.
- So I read GI Joe comic books and guess who's my favorite character?
- He is launching a new comic book series called Phenom X.
Examples
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He is launching a new comic book series called Phenom X.
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And to document my passion, I used to write my own comic book.
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And then this comic book came out.
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I actually was a fan of the comic book when I was a kid.
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I know you got this thing out of a comic book.
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It's an amazing comic book, so fun, so charming.
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This place could really use a beanbag chair and some comic books.
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Yes, it is a comic book called Godzilla Versus LA.
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I want to lie on the mattress in the back and read comic books using my flashlight.
Fiction book (1995) -
I have sports cards and comic books and all sorts of collectible toys.
Synonyms
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A book or magazine that tells a story with pictures and words
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A Japanese comic book with pictures and stories for young people or adults
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A comic you read on the internet
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bound publication containing illustrated stories' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'comic' (an illustrated/story magazine) with 'book' (a published, bound set of pages). This is a literal, compositional construction that exists cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Comic book began when people took the funny newspaper comic strips and put them together in a small book to sell, so they were literally little 'funny picture stories' you could read at home. So, comic book now means 'a magazine or small book of comic-strip stories', often about heroes, humor, or adventure.