the comics
plural noun
: the comic strips in a newspaper : the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
Did you read the comics today?
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Lodged between musical numbers, the comics, Imogene Coca among them, did six sketches, having already discarded dozens of ideas earlier in the week.
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David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
New Regency acquired rights to the comics in 2018 and developed a film with director Rick Famuyiwa and Plan B (which is executive producing the series).
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Dooley is teaming up with British journalist and doc maker Ben Zand on Untangled, while the comics behind Channel 4 comedy YouTube channel A Comedy Thing are fronting A News Thing.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Superman and Lex Luthor have technically had a child together for decades in the comics, but as many a gay nerd has joked on the internet this year, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex finally seems like a Lex who would baby-trap Superman.
—James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
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David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
New Regency acquired rights to the comics in 2018 and developed a film with director Rick Famuyiwa and Plan B (which is executive producing the series).
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Dooley is teaming up with British journalist and doc maker Ben Zand on Untangled, while the comics behind Channel 4 comedy YouTube channel A Comedy Thing are fronting A News Thing.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Superman and Lex Luthor have technically had a child together for decades in the comics, but as many a gay nerd has joked on the internet this year, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex finally seems like a Lex who would baby-trap Superman.
—James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
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“The comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20comics. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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