webcomic

noun

web·​com·​ic ˈweb-ˌkä-mik 

variants or less commonly web comic or web-comic

plural webcomics also web comics or web-comics

: a series of narrative drawings (such as a comic strip, graphic novel, or manga) that are published online

Originally a webcomic and now a Netflix show, the winning Heartstopper series follows Charlie and Nick, who meet at their English all-boys school and form an unlikely friendship that blossoms into something more.

—Carolyn Juris

Her editor took an interest in a web comic she was self-publishing at the time, which became her first graphic memoir …

—Jordan Kisner

Word History

Etymology

web entry 1 (sense 9) + comic entry 2

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above