comic book

noun

: a magazine containing sequences of comic strips
usually hyphenated in attributive use

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Sinuous lines hold everything together, a joyous stew of colors and floral patterns that sit inside and outside the blocky human and animal figures that could have dropped in from a comic book or a prehistoric cave painting. Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 5 June 2025 The Saw franchise not only grossed over $1 billion at the global box office from 10 movies, but spawned comic books, video games, theme park attractions, toys, masks and clothing. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 4 June 2025 Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight on Netflix Asterix and Obelix are beloved French comic book characters known all over the French speaking world, who live before the Common Era in a small village of Gaulois, in what today is Brittany, resisting the Roman Empire of Julius Caesar. Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 While the creation may sound like something out of a comic book, the research did note that the lenses have real-world uses. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for comic book

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comic book was in 1904

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“Comic book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic%20book. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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comic book

noun
: a magazine made up of a series of comic strips
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