comic strip

noun

Definition of comic stripnext
as in cartoon
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story a comic strip that is beloved by both children and adults

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Recent Examples of comic strip The animation style is simple and stylized, like an old comic strip, with bold use of color and shadow that creates real atmosphere and danger. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 More recently, one art critic compared a Harry Kane bronze statue to a comic strip character. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Tamaki adds that the joke driving the original concept was that the story wasn’t about magic, despite its presence in both the world and the title of the comic strip. — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 23 June 2026 Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip. — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for comic strip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic strip
  1. cartoon
  2. strip
  3. funny
  4. comic
Noun
  • There are photo ops and merch on-site, and often meet-and-greets with a cartoon’s creators or voice actors at a higher price point.
    — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And this space, this ironic room of cartoon animals and colors, would be the place of such extreme trauma.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cartoon
Noun
  • With its möbius-strip-esque structure, this surreal social class satire about grief, urban alienation and gentrification in the city of Lagos explores the lost hope of the Nigerian dream.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
  • From sticky tack to adhesive strips, there are plenty of tried-and-true renter-friendly ways to hang your art.
    — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of strip
Noun
  • Another thing Rylo’s got going for him is his penchant for being laugh-out-loud funny.
    — Drew Millard, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • Lowbrow sources such as Sunday funnies, B movies, and advertisements are present but are more diffuse, rarely coalescing into obvious quotation.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of funny
Noun
  • That mentality means that the Emmys won’t just be a coming-out party for Hargitay as a sketch comic.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Midge’s story unfurled in 8-page increments in Naughty Bits, a periodical comic from Fantagraphics anthologizing Gregory’s work, which ran 40 issues from 1991-2004.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of comic

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“Comic strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20strip. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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