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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
In comic book lore, Kara lives through the destruction of her home planet before arriving on Earth.
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
The annual festival has welcomed stars from popular television shows and movies, comic book writers and illustrators, cosplayers, and vendors to celebrate their favorite superheroes and characters.
—Joseph Hernandez
march 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Brendon also wrote several issues of the Buffy comic book series.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The legend of Selena has been well-documented across movies, TV shows, museum exhibits and even a comic book.
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
The annual festival has welcomed stars from popular television shows and movies, comic book writers and illustrators, cosplayers, and vendors to celebrate their favorite superheroes and characters.
—Joseph Hernandez
march 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Brendon also wrote several issues of the Buffy comic book series.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The legend of Selena has been well-documented across movies, TV shows, museum exhibits and even a comic book.
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic book
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The series is based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, from a story by Ande Parks, Joe Russo & Anthony Russo, with illustrations by Fernando Leon Gonzalez.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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The franchise is based on Ande Parks’ graphic novel Ciudad, which has a story credited to Parks, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, along with illustrations from Fernando Leon Gonzalez.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shirahama’s detailed etching and line work make the manga feel like an old picture book come to life, and her paneling and layouts are astonishingly detailed and gorgeous.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her friend and veteran advocate Dave Winters wrote a picture book about Krier, with half of the sales going towards the World War II Women’s Memorial Foundation.—
Karla Marie Sanford,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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Netflix also gave a shoutout to a famous Argentine comic strip and a big sci-fi name.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, the small colored drawing by Kushawn Miles El reads like a comic strip.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The invite-only, no-phones gig found the musician performing music from last year’s double-album releases, Swag and Swag II.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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That’s down just 34% from the previous week, when the album racked up 187,000 units.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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Her work has been published in The New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs, New York magazine, NPR’s This American Life, and the humor anthology Notes From the Bathroom Line.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hawley is best known for creating, showrunning, exec producing, writing and directing FX’s anthology series Fargo, based on the iconic Coen Brothers film, which has won seven Emmys from 70 nominations over the course of its five seasons.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Until then, Jude had never read Bram Stoker’s novel, which was suppressed during the Communist era, its supernatural themes being out of alignment with Romania’s view of itself as a modern industrial nation.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Cameras have rolled on Legacy of Spies, a big-budget adaptation based on 1963’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and the 2017 novel A Legacy of Spies, which itself is a prequel and sequel to The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Comic book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20book. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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