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as in graphic novel
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as in picture book
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Recent Examples of comic book
As for the nickname Archie, there's the beloved comic book series.
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Clea Haran, Parents, 18 June 2025
Milioti, who plays crime ring heiress Sofia Falcone on The Penguin, shared why she's drawn to the comic book universe on the latest episode of WTF With Marc Maron.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 June 2025
Humanoids attempted to bring it back occasionally in an English periodical edition, but anthologies generally don’t do well in the comic book direct market.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And it really is based on the tone of [2000s comic book series] All-Star Superman in a lot of ways.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
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Clea Haran, Parents, 18 June 2025
Milioti, who plays crime ring heiress Sofia Falcone on The Penguin, shared why she's drawn to the comic book universe on the latest episode of WTF With Marc Maron.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 17 June 2025
Humanoids attempted to bring it back occasionally in an English periodical edition, but anthologies generally don’t do well in the comic book direct market.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And it really is based on the tone of [2000s comic book series] All-Star Superman in a lot of ways.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic book
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Having weathered a global pandemic, regime changes at Netflix, fires, Hollywood strikes and more in the five years since the first OG came out, the film based on the characters from Rucka’s 2017 graphic novel series has rocketed to the top of the streamer’s charts this Independence Day week.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 July 2025
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The film is based on The Old Guard graphic novels (Image Comics) by Greg Rucka and illustrator Leandro Fernandez.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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As part of the the decisions, briefings and petitions in the case, the justices and lawyers for the parents described in detail the story lines of nine picture books that were part of Montgomery County’s new curriculum.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Many have pointed out the similarities to the Wild Things of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, which seems appropriate, given that the creatures sprung from a children’s picture book.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The once notoriously secretive Ministry of State Security now commands a massive following on Chinese social media, with near-daily commentaries, short videos or even comic strips sounding the alarm about supposedly ubiquitous threats to the country.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Save your comic strip, and create another one next year and others in years to come.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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Wonho says that many of the songs on the album will be in English to better communicate with fans worldwide.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Stack regularly worked on Hill’s albums, co-producing her entire 2021 album Simple, Sweet, and Smiling.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Like Squid Game, many episodes of the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror explore the morally ambiguous ways people will try to make money — sometimes, with deadly results.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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In a storyline straight out of dystopian anthology series Black Mirror, one aging police vehicle becomes erratic and violent out of panic it will be replaced and discarded.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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That’s how many visits readers made to the web novel and webtoon that inspired the film Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Both the novel and the film were set in the year 2025, with Wright’s iteration now to be released this year.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
1 July 2025
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“Comic book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20book. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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