comic strips

plural of comic strip
as in cartoons
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 strips The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips. Maria Aspan, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026 Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea. Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026 After working various office jobs, Adams created Dilbert in 1989, satirizing white collar work in what became one of the defining comic strips of the 1990s. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026 Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing. Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026 This book is bursting with classic comic strips to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025 He was featured in tiny comic strips wrapped around pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic strips
Noun
  • Head back in time nearly 100 years ago when the Fox first opened in 1929, showing cartoons, movies, operas, live acts and more.
    Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Like a lot of us who tottered into consciousness in the second half of the 20th century, Les Claypool grew up with cartoons from the family television beaming into his retinas.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Baconator is made with two beef patties, six strips of bacon, two slices of American cheese, ketchup and mayonnaise on a toasted bun.
    Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In February, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport switched to electronic flight strips.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Comic strips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20strips. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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