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comics

nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkɒmɪks//
  • United States//ˈkɑmɪks//

the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art

noun

  1. 1

    the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art

    [bold in original] "Comics" is the word worth defining, as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as "comic book" or "comic strip" do."

    Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN [bold in original] The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as "politics" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, "comics industry" or "comics creators."

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of comicplural of comic

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).