51Թ

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

comic strip

noun

  1. a sequence of drawings, either in color or black and white, relating a comic incident, an adventure or mystery story, etc., often serialized, typically having dialogue printed in balloons, and usually printed as a horizontal strip in daily newspapers and in an uninterrupted block or longer sequence of such strips in Sunday newspapers and in comic books.


comic strip

noun

  1. a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a humorous story or an adventure Also calledstrip cartoon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

51Թ History and Origins

Origin of comic strip1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

“You’ve been my dancer for 43 years,” Feiffer told her, “so this is hard for me. In four weeks, I give up this comic strip.”

From

He entered the cramped hotel room wearing a camo hat, hiking shoes and a “Spy vs. Spy” comic strip T-shirt.

From

The program turned “Peanuts” from a popular comic strip into a multimedia empire — not because it was flashy or followed the rules, but because it was sincere.

From

The commission also denounced several of Bertoli’s public Facebook posts, some of which included Peanuts and Hagar the Horrible comic strips.

From

He grew up admiring comic strips such as “Spider-Man,” which his grandfather regularly clipped for him.

From

Advertisement

Related 51Թs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement