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

Descendants

• → Cebuano: komiks
• → Czech: komiks
• → Japanese: コミックス (komikkusu)
• → Polish: komiks
• → Russian: комикс (komiks)
  • → Kazakh: комикс (komiks)
• → 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)
• Lithuanian: vaizdasaka f
• Malay: komik (ms), kelawak
• Norwegian: tegneserier m
• Polish: komiks (pl) m
• Portuguese: quadrinhos (pt) m pl, HQ (pt), história em quadrinhos (pt), gibi (pt) m, banda desenhada (pt) f, BD (pt) f
• Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks)
• Spanish: tebeo (es) m
• Swedish: tecknad serie (sv), serie (sv)

See also

• comic book
• graphic novel

Noun

comics

1. plural of comic

Anagrams

• cosmic

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

comics m (plural comics)

1. comic strip

Spanish

Noun

comics m pl

1. plural of comic