Meanings
- the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
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."
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[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."
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by McCloud, Scott (1993) p. 4Synonyms: funnies, funny pages, funny papers
- pluralplural of comic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
Translations
Arabic هَزْلِيَّة, مَجَلَّة هَزْلِيَّة
- هَزْلِيَّة (hazliyya)artistic medium
- مَجَلَّة هَزْلِيَّة (majalla hazliyya)artistic medium
Chinese Mandarin 漫畫 /漫画
- 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà)artistic medium
Czech komiks
- komiksartistic medium
Esperanto bildliteraturo
- bildliteraturoartistic medium
Finnish sarjakuva
- sarjakuvaartistic medium
French bande dessinée, BD
- bande dessinéeartistic medium
- BDartistic medium
- bédéartistic medium
German Comicliteratur
- Comicliteraturartistic medium
Greek κόμικς, κόμικ
- κόμικς (kómiks)artistic medium
- κόμικ (kómik)artistic medium
- εικοναφήγηση (eikonafígisi)artistic medium
Hungarian képregény
- képregényartistic medium
Italian fumetti
- fumettiartistic medium
Japanese 漫画, 戯画
- 漫画artistic medium
- 戯画 (giga)artistic medium
- コミック (komikku)artistic medium
Korean 만화, 희화
- 만화 (manhwa)artistic medium
- 희화 (huihwa)artistic medium
Lithuanian vaizdasaka
- vaizdasakaartistic medium
Malay komik, kelawak
- komikartistic medium
- kelawakartistic medium
Norwegian tegneserier
- tegneserierartistic medium
Polish komiks
- komiksartistic medium
Portuguese quadrinhos, HQ
- quadrinhosartistic medium
- HQartistic medium
- história em quadrinhosartistic medium
- gibiartistic medium
- banda desenhadaartistic medium
- BDartistic medium
Russian ко́микс
- ко́микс (kómiks)artistic medium
Spanish tebeo
- tebeoartistic medium
Swedish tecknad serie, serie
- tecknad serieartistic medium
- serieartistic medium
Turkish çIzgi roman
- çIzgi romanartistic medium
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with comics
Anagrams
Cite this entry
comics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comics
“comics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comics.
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