comics

See also: Comics, cómics, and còmics

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

comics

1. the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
   • Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by McCloud, Scott (1993) p. 4

     [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."

Synonyms

• (newspaper): funnies, funny pages, funny papers

Derived terms

• Comicsgate

Descendants

• → Cebuano: komiks
• → Czech: komiks
• → Spanish: cómic
• → Japanese: コミックス (komikkusu)
• → Korean: 코믹스 (komikseu)
• → Polish: komiks
• → Russian: комикс (komiks)
  • → Kazakh: комикс (komiks)
• → Swedish: comic
• → Ukrainian: ко́мікс (kómiks)

Translations

artistic medium

Arabic: هَزْلِيَّة f (hazliyya), مَجَلَّة هَزْلِيَّة f (majalla hazliyya) Chinese: Mandarin: 漫畫 / 漫画 (zh) (mànhuà) Czech: komiks (cs) m Esperanto: bildliteraturo Finnish: sarjakuva (fi) French: bande dessinée (fr), BD (fr) f, bédé (fr) f German: Comicliteratur f Greek: κόμικς (el) n (kómiks), κόμικ (el) n (kómik), εικοναφήγηση f (eikonafígisi) Hungarian: képregény (hu) Italian: fumetti (it) m pl Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), 戯画 (ja) (ぎが, giga), コミック (ja) (komikku) Kazakh: комикс (komiks) Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa), 희화(戲畫) (ko) (huihwa) Lithuanian: vaizdasaka f Malay: komik (ms), kelawak Norwegian: tegneserier m Polish: komiks (pl) m Portuguese: quadrinhos (pt) m pl (Brazil), HQ (pt) (Brazil), história em quadrinhos (pt) (Brazil), gibi (pt) m (Brazil), banda desenhada (pt) f (Portugal), BD (pt) f (Portugal) Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks) Spanish: tebeo (es) m Swedish: tecknad serie (sv), serie (sv) Turkish: çIzgi roman sg

See also

• comic book
• graphic novel

Noun

comics

1. plural of comic

Anagrams

• cosmic

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

comics m (invariable)

1. comic strip

Spanish

Noun

comics m pl

1. plural of comic

Swedish

Noun

comics c pl

1. plural of comic