comic strip

noun

plural comic strips
: a group of drawings in narrative sequence : cartoon

Examples of comic strip in a Sentence

a comic strip that is beloved by both children and adults
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He was featured in tiny comic strips wrapped around pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Created by Jim Davis, Garfield got the bump to a weekly series in 1988, with the titular Friends including not only Garfield’s supporting cast from the comic strip – his owner Jon and Odie the dog – but separate segments for U.S. Acres, Davis’ other daily strip. Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Terminator is pure comic strip. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 The postwar best-seller Tezuka borrowed heavily from American newspaper comic strips and Walt Disney; Hayao Miyazaki has long praised France’s Mœbius. Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for comic strip

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comic strip was in 1911

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“Comic strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic%20strip. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

comic strip

noun
: a series of cartoons that tell a story or part of a story

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